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After week 2, two ugly losses, offense looking awful, there was a fair amount of disgust with Schottenheimer and his handling of the offense.
What do people think of Schottenheimer's play calling body of work at this point? And his handling of Russell Wilson and the seeming higher level of authority that Russell has this year?
What I saw that I liked today is that Schotty and the O coaches identify matchups that develop during the game, based on guys getting injured, and less-capable backups coming in. Several of the 'Hawks big plays came against a rookie backup DB that replaced an injured guy. And, they made it look natural within the context of the offense, without twisting or perverting the offense.
Also, today, with Carolina stuffing/limiting our running game, Schotty adjusted to go to the passing game more, without totally abandoning the run game.
I'm seeing much better situational awareness from the offensive braintrust overall than what we saw in the Bevell/Cable years. The OFFENSE won this game today. The defense made just enough plays, one more play than the Panthers, to allow the offense to pull out the win.
Also today, we picked up short yardage 1st downs with runs a couple times. Our improved O-Line sure helps. And I'd credit Schottenheimer for getting in good personnel packages, e.g., Fant playing TE, that make "predictable" plays more successful.
I'll say he could stand to improve on third-and-long, but only because it feels like our D gives up more 3rd-and-long conversions than our O picks up, and it feels like we "concede" on too many 3rd and longs. (Double-edged sword, maybe being more aggressive results in more turnovers)
What are people seeing from Schotty in the play-calling and adjustments that they like?
Where are there blind spots or predictability issues where Schotty & Co. could stand to improve?
What do people think of Schottenheimer's play calling body of work at this point? And his handling of Russell Wilson and the seeming higher level of authority that Russell has this year?
What I saw that I liked today is that Schotty and the O coaches identify matchups that develop during the game, based on guys getting injured, and less-capable backups coming in. Several of the 'Hawks big plays came against a rookie backup DB that replaced an injured guy. And, they made it look natural within the context of the offense, without twisting or perverting the offense.
Also, today, with Carolina stuffing/limiting our running game, Schotty adjusted to go to the passing game more, without totally abandoning the run game.
I'm seeing much better situational awareness from the offensive braintrust overall than what we saw in the Bevell/Cable years. The OFFENSE won this game today. The defense made just enough plays, one more play than the Panthers, to allow the offense to pull out the win.
Also today, we picked up short yardage 1st downs with runs a couple times. Our improved O-Line sure helps. And I'd credit Schottenheimer for getting in good personnel packages, e.g., Fant playing TE, that make "predictable" plays more successful.
I'll say he could stand to improve on third-and-long, but only because it feels like our D gives up more 3rd-and-long conversions than our O picks up, and it feels like we "concede" on too many 3rd and longs. (Double-edged sword, maybe being more aggressive results in more turnovers)
What are people seeing from Schotty in the play-calling and adjustments that they like?
Where are there blind spots or predictability issues where Schotty & Co. could stand to improve?