Official gameday thread...

brad7686 · Post by **brad7686** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:05 pm

Heyer has to be replaced. He might be the worst run blocker in the NFL.

tribeofjudah · Post by **tribeofjudah** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:07 pm

Coach em up.... listen to Billick say that Sellers is DOING A POOR JOB of blocking. I will have to agree.

No wonder Portis wanted him to sit down....

dlc · Post by **dlc** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:07 pm

Champsturf wrote:
Countertrey wrote:Why would you call a sweep down there? That's a lot of time with the ball in the end zone.
More brilliant play calling. I guess Zorn can't call plays near any endzone.

So what do you call? A pass and JC gets sack (cause the doesn't happen often) and you blame Zorn for it. The goaline is tough no matter what you call if you don't get the blocking.

BTW, it looks like to me that CP looks right about Sellers.

Champsturf · Post by **Champsturf** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:07 pm

brad7686 wrote:Heyer has to be replaced. He might be the worst run blocker in the NFL.

It's either him or sellers

SCSkinsFan · Post by **SCSkinsFan** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:07 pm

Except for a couple of 3rd down passes, D is playing lights out.

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:08 pm

I think Delhome is hurt. He's moving like his back is killing him.

Champsturf · Post by **Champsturf** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:08 pm

dlc wrote:
Champsturf wrote:
Countertrey wrote:Why would you call a sweep down there? That's a lot of time with the ball in the end zone.
More brilliant play calling. I guess Zorn can't call plays near any endzone.

So what do you call? A pass and JC gets sack (cause the doesn't happen often) and you blame Zorn for it. The goaline is tough no matter what you call if you don't get the blocking.

BTW, it looks like to me that CP looks right about Sellers.

Well, I don't get paid to call plays like Zorn does, but I can tell you that I'm not running a stretch play in my own endzone!

RedskinsFreak · Post by **RedskinsFreak** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:09 pm

tribeofjudah wrote:Coach em up.... listen to Billick say that Sellers is DOING A POOR JOB of blocking. I will have to agree.

No wonder Portis wanted him to sit down....

After he got paid, I haven't seen one bit of the "Caveman" (do use a Doc Walker term, which may or may not be a good idea) mentality we came to appreciate.

Paralis · Post by **Paralis** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:09 pm

I have trouble believing that was a called sweep. Best guess is that when Heyer got blown up, Sellers ran outside and Portis just followed (which is basically what he's supposed to do).

This is going to be a long game. Playcalling can't fix this kind of horror show at both tackle positions.

SCSkinsFan · Post by **SCSkinsFan** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:10 pm

dlc wrote:
Champsturf wrote:
Countertrey wrote:Why would you call a sweep down there? That's a lot of time with the ball in the end zone.
More brilliant play calling. I guess Zorn can't call plays near any endzone.

So what do you call? A pass and JC gets sack (cause the doesn't happen often) and you blame Zorn for it. The goaline is tough no matter what you call if you don't get the blocking.

BTW, it looks like to me that CP looks right about Sellers.

Any run that involved straight ahead blocking would have been a better call, than a stretch run play that gives their D Line and LB's a chance to read and react.

Paralis · Post by **Paralis** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:10 pm

Actually, scratch that. This many sacks and no-gain runs means the clock will keep running. It just feels like forever.

Walton40 · Post by **Walton40** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:11 pm

O needs some first downs

DaSkins24 · Post by **DaSkins24** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:11 pm

Nice pass play.

dlc · Post by **dlc** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:11 pm

Champsturf wrote:
dlc wrote:
Champsturf wrote:
Countertrey wrote:Why would you call a sweep down there? That's a lot of time with the ball in the end zone.
More brilliant play calling. I guess Zorn can't call plays near any endzone.

So what do you call? A pass and JC gets sack (cause the doesn't happen often) and you blame Zorn for it. The goaline is tough no matter what you call if you don't get the blocking.

BTW, it looks like to me that CP looks right about Sellers.
Well, I don't get paid to call plays like Zorn does, but I can tell you that I'm not running a stretch play in my own endzone!

Let's run in down the middle so you criticize him for being predictable and conservative. My point is that if it doesn't go right, perhaps it's the players missing their blocks and not performing. The best play call in the world isn't going to work if the players screw up. It looked like to me the players screwed up.

SCSkinsFan · Post by **SCSkinsFan** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:12 pm

Okay, so who just noticed that Yoder was in at blocking back on on the last play before the pass to Moss?

Paralis · Post by **Paralis** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:13 pm

SCSkinsFan wrote:Any run that involved straight ahead blocking would have been a better call, than a stretch run play that gives their D Line and LB's a chance to read and react.

That actually pretty much was straight ahead blocking. Heyer got blocked straight back.

It'll be talked about after the game. I'm curious to know where that was supposed to go. But it looked like Heyer getting destroyed pushed that outside rather than the playcall (nobody was pulling, from what I saw).

SCSkinsFan · Post by **SCSkinsFan** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:13 pm

Now Batiste is back in at LT. What's going on with the rotation?

dlc · Post by **dlc** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:13 pm

SCSkinsFan wrote:Okay, so who just noticed that Yoder was in at blocking back on on the last play before the pass to Moss?

That's because Sellers screwed up. What's the point of a lead blocker if he doesn't even hit anyone, esp. at the 1 yd line?

SCSkinsFan · Post by **SCSkinsFan** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:14 pm

A DT11 sighting!

brad7686 · Post by **brad7686** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:14 pm

this is the way the offense needs to operate. They can't block for 2 seconds so run quick plays.

Paralis · Post by **Paralis** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:16 pm

dlc wrote:That's because Sellers screwed up. What's the point of a lead blocker if he doesn't even hit anyone, esp. at the 1 yd line?

Also, FWIW, Yoder's hands-down a better blocker than Davis. So I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of him today to let Cool

ey catch some balls.

SCSkinsFan · Post by **SCSkinsFan** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:17 pm

We have just entered our area of concern, the Red Kryptonite Zone. They got in out quick with a TD the first time. Let's do it again. Go Skins!

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:18 pm

You may be right Paralis... but the bottom line here is, no one has confidence in Zorn's playcalling. If he were respected as a play caller, the comment would have been "well... he must have seen something to make that call" instead of "Why did he call that?"

SCSkinsFan · Post by **SCSkinsFan** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:19 pm

Paralis wrote:
SCSkinsFan wrote:Any run that involved straight ahead blocking would have been a better call, than a stretch run play that gives their D Line and LB's a chance to read and react.

That actually pretty much was straight ahead blocking. Heyer got blocked straight back.

It'll be talked about after the game. I'm curious to know where that was supposed to go. But it looked like Heyer getting destroyed pushed that outside rather than the playcall (nobody was pulling, from what I saw).

The safety run was anything but a straight ahead run. Lousy blocking yes!

SCSkinsFan · Post by **SCSkinsFan** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:20 pm

A better throw there JC was in order.
Drop it in his hands.