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Originally Posted by WMH
What system surprises anyone anymore? I've heard that alot lately, especially since things aren't going as planned, but I'm not sure I'm buying it. Play selection issues, absolutely, but system issues?
The zone read option was the thing last year. How's Kapernick and Wilson doing with that this year? Thier rushing yards are attributed to scrambles, as we saw first hand, and they were damaging.
NFL coaches are smart enough, and spend enough time on it to catch up with everything eventually.
At the end of the day, it comes down to execution, regardless of system. IMO, with the Texans that starts in the trenches, and this is by far our worst Oline play we have seen in the Kubiak era.
Not saying you're wrong, but I just have a hard time throwing my hands up and saying its a system thing, when on just about every goof we have can be lead to poor execution of the play.
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You answered your own question. You acknowledged that the zone read was a surprise used with success last year. The fact that it isn't successful until the end of time doesn't mean that those teams didn't greatly benefit from it last season.
And I don't generally re-watch the games but it seems like teams are having their backside DEs stay home and play the boot and we don't have an answer for that. So, what was one of our most successful plays and one of the staples of our offense is now rarely called and when it is, it's a disaster (see Seattle). That's a huge system issue when one of the things you predicate your offense around disappears and there's nothing to take its place.
10-15-2013, 11:49 AM
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