Portis and Cooley Calling Out an Offensive Teammate?

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by wilsowilso

Hey GTripp can you tell us what you saw from Kelly? I'm still confused why they didn't look for him very much? Was it simply because the middle of the field options were working so well?

Best as I can tell, Kelly was just not a huge part of the gameplan.

He played more than Thomas, but he was not in on the scoring drive at the end of the 4th quarter, and the halftime adjustment Zorn made basically put the passing game between the numbers. Consider that most of our offensive plays came after half, and well, that's the reason.

Kelly ran a LOT of drag routes in this game, got open once, and made a nice third down catch.

Hopefully, he'll be a bigger part of the gameplan next week.

[wilsowilso]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Kelly ran a LOT of drag routes in this game, got open once, and made a nice third down catch.

Hopefully, he'll be a bigger part of the gameplan next week.

This is what I don't get? Why are we running Kelly towards the center of the field in the first place in a game unfolding like this? Randel El and Cooley were doing great in the middle.

Kelly is perfectly suited for the eight yard hook. Throw him a comeback. He showed that skillset in the preseason. Spread the field wide.
The safety coverage was obviously shifted towards Moss so there is a clear stress point to exploit intermediate wide patterns for the #2 WR yet we didn't try it one time.

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by wilsowilso

This is what I don't get? Why are we running Kelly towards the center of the field in the first place in a game unfolding like this? Randel El and Cooley were doing great in the middle.

Kelly is perfectly suited for the eight yard hook. Throw him a comeback. He showed that skillset in the preseason. Spread the field wide.
The safety coverage was obviously shifted towards Moss so there is a clear stress point to exploit intermediate wide patterns for the #2 WR yet we didn't try it one time.

Plus why didn't the team set up and use quick slant routes for Moss. It's just another way to get him the ball and a few yrds.

My other issue the team should have been coaching up someone to fill Moss's shoes if needed. Whether it's injury or he's being taken out of the game by double teams. Had Kelly or Mitchell been coached up in Moss's routes and put the bigger more solid physical WR might have helped against the double teams.