I just found this by Ross Jackson. Man, 7 week 1 offensive starters have missed a total of 30 games including 3 @ QB. AND the backups to those starters have missed games
Again, I get that the injuries are limiting, but he is inventive in the scripted plays and they are very effective when running those plays. So, he clearly must have enough talent on the field to be effective when off script. But he seems to struggle in those situation and get conservative. And maybe I might think it is just because of the injuries and lack of talent, but he was the same way when he was the OC in Minnesota. People have said maybe that was Zimmer forcing him to be conservative. And maybe DA forced that too, but I doubt Rizzi is doing that. So, he has gotten overly conservative in two jobs with 3 head coaches so at some point, you have to think maybe it's him.
But, again, I think he's a good at designing scheme and game plan. But I think he's only average as a play caller. He's certainly better than Carmichael but I think he has a lot of room for improvement as a play caller.