Playcalling Yesterday

[Summo]

My interpretation of the game plan was that he was calling all pass plays early to loosen up the defense. The Bengals knew they were weak against the run and they also knew that we couldn't pass worth the heck, so Joe figured that they would stack the line of scrimmage and leave the receivers in single coverage. Brunell couldn’t make the reads fast enough let alone make any good throws and we fell behind so quickly that we had no choice but to abandon the run.

With Ramsey in there you can see the passing game is going to get a lot better. Ramsey has good footwork and stands very tall in the pocket and delivers rockets when he has the time to plant his feet and throw. With Brunell you can see that he is so unsure of himself and is afraid of making a mistake that he is quick to leave the pocket and try to buy extra time. But because he is up there in years he no longer has the ability to do that forcing him to throw off his back foot resulting in high throws with little velocity on them. I agree that against the Eagles they need to run it more and keep McNabb and Owens off the field. I still believe in Gibbs and I know he will turn this thing around, maybe not this season but real soon.