Siouxhawk":7znw87oe said:
As Pete succinctly said: "They don't know what they are talking about."
That "they" applies to many of you because you don't know what you are talking about. Bevell's offense has helped the Hawks win nearly 70 percent of their games over the past 5 seasons and that is astounding.
First and foremost, I have to say, I never played the game, never had the chance but have grown to love it and have been a hawk fan from a young age in the early 80's. That being said, I cannot comment on specific plays but it does seem like our offense doesn't work nearly as well as it should with the talent we have. I just look at it weekly and it seems like so many plays are designed with protection in mind, protection that isn't there 95% of there the time. So why not play to more strengths? Use Graham outside, bring him in on slants or screens where he can use his size to make more plays? Use more quick hit plays and defenses will have to back off thus allowing Wilson more time for longer plays to be run and come to fruition? These when used seem to work, so why keep going away from it? They may not always be big plays but get 5-6 yards each and it adds up?
I just look at offenses that succeed and the use of quick hit plays are a common factor imo, especially against teams that put on a lot of pressure. Our lack of his type of play calling has been a concern for a long time and imo is the reason why our offense really struggles at times, especially with Wilson hobbled like he was. There has been no protection and defending teams know that and take full advantage, just look at the hurries, hits, sacks and loss of yards we have had the last couple years.
Red zone especially I think we should make better use of our TE's, Graham is usually double teamed but maybe design a play to hit Willson with a quick hit play?
I don't know, like I say, I'm no guru but even I can see play design doesn't seem to take into account our strengths and weaknesses and as such hurts the team.
Now, we have been successful to a certain extent but that is more due to scrambling and broken plays rather than proper play calling. It just may be time to bring in someone with fresh eyes, new ideas as it seems Bevell either won't change, adjust or have the balls to tell the HC to allow him to change things up? Someone from this the outside can come in, will have seen the problems and will probably have come in with the leeway to make the changes. When we hear weekly second guessing by the broadcast teams that the play calling and use of talent is suspect, it means it probably is.
Sorry for the rant and I'm not singling you out here, just that I feel it is time for a new direction on offense. We need to have the ball in our hands longer to allow our defense to rest, they play a physical, balls out, style which takes it's toll on them as the game progresses which then allows good offenses to take advantage.