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Originally Posted by hooskins
I dont know how much JC actually forced it. It seemed to me he just took way too long to make his read and find the open reciever.
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Well, there's no way to be certain about how many deep attempts are too many, its really about how the defense plays you.
I will say this: When Brunell was the QB, we had a lot of success with the short and intermediate games. We didn't throw deep very often, so the times that we did, it was wildly successful.
When Campbell was the QB, its like we threw deep every other play. While some TDs were created by this, it seemed to cost us many drives on the whole through incompletions. This might have been a playcalling flaw, but more likely, Campbell was just being uncharacteristically agressive with the football.
When Campbell did start throwing the short and intermediate routes with consistentcy and accuracy, we started moving the ball much better.
I think the flaw in NFL passing defenses today is covering the backs out of the backfield. The soft 2 that a lot of teams play will be eaten alive by a patient passing attack. This is what we seemed to lose by pulling Brunell.