Week 1 postmortem thread.
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a was he lined up against Crossby?
Can''t be true. I was assured by posters here that it was all McDaniels' fault.
4 yards per catch is not explosive, though. It was clear that the Raiders were focused on him when he was in the game. The problem was the inability to take advantage of that fact.
ItsGonnaBeMaye
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Maye was under immediate pressure from the same direction. There was not a play to be made to Williams there.
And yes, it was literally all McDaniels' fault. After Maye torched the Raiders in the 1st half, they adjusted to take away the intermediate passes that worked so well. For some bizarre reason, McDaniels decided to abandon the run and to also prohibit Maye from using his legs to make plays. This is why the offense was ass in the 2nd half.
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captain stone
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I was shocked that Graham had Crosby lined-up against Stumpy so infrequently. I would've had them face-to-face from the opening snap.
captain stone
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Another Bust from Bill And The Collaboration. We were one pick away from Brian Branch...
captain stone
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It's both. Drake Maybe sucks right now; and Skippy is - as some of us feared - trying to fit a round peg into a square hole.
Skippy, to Vrabel after he's called into his office and asked WTF?: "I don't understand, Mike, these plays all worked when Tom ran them..."
The reality of this team is:
This team's RB1 hasn't been playing like an RB1 for at least 2 years
This team's WR1 is coming off of an ACL surgery
This team's OLT/OLG is a pair of rookies
This team's OC is not NFL starter level
So they couldn't run the ball when they tried because the IOL couldn't get any push. And the QB screwed up drive after drive with shitty decision making and bad throws which were not a product of either game plan or round peg/square hole. You can't keep air mailing passes to wide open receivers because of bad mechanic and happy feet, and that is true no matter what offensive system you are running. And you can't deliberately throw balls downfield under pressure when your mechanics suck and you've been air mailing passes to wide open receivers, no matter what offensive system you're running. Drake Maye is a game losing stiff right now, regardless of what system you put him in, and he has been since the moment he was prematurely given the startig job.
And until he stops being a stiff, this team is going to struggle, easy schedule or not. So, I don't mean this literally (though it's close to it), but none of this was McDaniels. And (not to point to you, but only because I'm using your post as the trigger) I'm sick and fucking tired of OCs being blamed for shitty QB and offensive play.
Tom Curran sees it, too, as everyone should (and the part in bold shows that Maye sees at least some of it, himself):
Curran: This Drake Maye quote highlights where young QB needs to improve
Curran: This Drake Maye quote highlights where young QB needs to improve
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