Observations from a brief All-22 study
An example of a serious missed opportunity. We FINALLY call something that can exploit their defense, and Carr rushes the check down (ball out in literally under 2 seconds) despite a reasonable pocket to step into. Big hole in the middle of the field that Mike is breaking into. He only needed another second at most - step up a little bit and deliver a strike down the middle of the field to the most sure handed receiver this team has ever had. Is it the cleanest looking pocket ever? No, but it's more than fine for him to step up and deliver a strike.
There's no point in occupying the left side of the field with Olave and Graham running vertical routes if we're not going to abuse the middle and take the touchdown to Mike. I don't want to hear anything about Carr having happy feet because of pressure thus far throughout the season. For as many sacks as he's taken from our O-line getting abused, he's taken just as many because he's eyes are too far down the field.
But again, this isn't all on Carr. This is literally one play I can provide where we even had a chance to attack this defense. Our gameplan and our coaching are doing next to nothing in terms of helping him succeed.
An example of a serious missed opportunity. We FINALLY call something that can exploit their defense, and Carr rushes the check down (ball out in literally under 2 seconds) despite a reasonable pocket to step into. Big hole in the middle of the field that Mike is breaking into. He only needed another second at most - step up a little bit and deliver a strike down the middle of the field to the most sure handed receiver this team has ever had. Is it the cleanest looking pocket ever? No, but it's more than fine for him to step up and deliver a strike.
There's no point in occupying the left side of the field with Olave and Graham running vertical routes if we're not going to abuse the middle and take the touchdown to Mike. I don't want to hear anything about Carr having happy feet because of pressure thus far throughout the season. For as many sacks as he's taken from our O-line getting abused, he's taken just as many because he's eyes are too far down the field.
But again, this isn't all on Carr. This is literally one play I can provide where we even had a chance to attack this defense. Our gameplan and our coaching are doing next to nothing in terms of helping him succeed.