Another poor play calling game by Gibbs

[SkinsLove24/7]

Yea Saunders is calling the plays. That is the usual job of the offensive coordinator. I think the only questionable play call was the slant to Cooley on 3rd and 9 that got picked off. It was a bad play for that situation. The playcalling was good and particularly balanced which is Saunders theme. 205 passing and 210 rushing is solid. The simple reson for the loss is 2 INT's that resulted in 14 points.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SkinsLove24/7

Yea Saunders is calling the plays. That is the usual job of the offensive coordinator. I think the only questionable play call was the slant to Cooley on 3rd and 9 that got picked off. It was a bad play for that situation. The playcalling was good and particularly balanced which is Saunders theme. 205 passing and 210 rushing is solid. The simple reson for the loss is 2 INT's that resulted in 14 points.

JC shouldn't have forced that throw, but that's life with an inexperienced QB.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

JC shouldn't have forced that throw, but that's life with an inexperienced QB.

I thought that was a bad call. It was 3-9. Why call a 5 yard slant to a TE who was not going to get the first down even if he caught it? Should have called a 5 step drop.

[dgack]

Thing is, I think these kind of games are exactly what JC and the team need. I'd rather them get it out of their system, improve, and learn those lessons that only come in moments of struggle and loss THIS season than next season when the slate is wiped clean.

Learning how to bounce back from a bad showing and come back the next quarter or week is a key trait of a great QB. Look at what happens to guys who win all throughout college and then come into the NFL and choke, it's like they never regain their footing, they're just reeling because they have all this pressure to not screw up.

I got stuck watching the Ravens game so I only caught the "high"lights, but that pickle that popped off Cooley's pads seemed fluky and it sounded like the ball bounced Philly's way a couple of times. We ran all over them, didn't get killed by Westy, and JC learned a bunch (without getting seriously hurt). What else can you really ask for at this point?

[724Skinsfan]

Are there still members of this board that still haven't realized that Saunders calls the plays? It's been 14 weeks and 13 games and yet we still endure "Gibbs play-calling sucks" threads.

Going for the FG was a decent move after the fact we didn't try to punch it up the gut with Duckett/Sellers. Kicking the FG and then relying on our D to give us another chance made sense to me given the fact that the Eagles had, what, 54 yards offense in the second half. JC moved the ball very well, especially in the second half. Hindsight makes it look like a bad decision. To me, though the bad decision started and ended with not running it straight forward on 1st/2nd/3rd and goal.

[mike340]

I agree entirely with the quoted post. (I think that the 3 runs strategy would have been the Gibbs call.)

I am sure that Saunders calls all the offensive plays, but something caught my eye.
We had the offense on the field, and there was a shot of Gibbs indicating that he wanted to see Saunders, and Saunders went to Gibbs as though he was shot out of a cannon. Did anyone else notice that? Is it possible that Gibbs is now telling Saunders the types of plays he wants to see for certain situations in a game?

Originally Posted by 724Skinsfan

... To me, though the bad decision started and ended with not running it straight forward on 1st/2nd/3rd and goal.

[Giantone]

If you guys don't want Gibbs.......... I do !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rajmahal33]

Originally Posted by SkinsLove24/7

Yea Saunders is calling the plays. That is the usual job of the offensive coordinator. I think the only questionable play call was the slant to Cooley on 3rd and 9 that got picked off. It was a bad play for that situation. The playcalling was good and particularly balanced which is Saunders theme. 205 passing and 210 rushing is solid. The simple reson for the loss is 2 INT's that resulted in 14 points.

I agree on all counts, what's the point in blaming Gibbs, who isnt calling the plays, when u have an inexperienced QB managing an offense that had lost their starting center and had already had poorly timed exchanges earlier in the game on a 4th and goal from the 4 with plenty of time on the clock. Yes, u are down by 5 but ultimately ur defense has shut them down in the second half and momentum is in ur favor. There is no reason to believe that u can't get a stop with 2 timeouts and a 2 minute warning. Why jeopardize that by possibly failing to convert on the goal line and ending the game right there? Its really easy to monday morning QB the game but the game was what is was and there is no reason to point fingers now. Campbell is gonna have to go thru his growing pains in these next couple of games so that he can lead this team next year that should be our main concern.