Screw Single Coverage, I'm Going to Scramble Myself into a Sack!

equation alters to four receivers. The higher math we’ve all been looking forward to.
Although, Matt good-quip, weak-arm, Hasselbeck will still be conducting the orchestra.

Norv Turner buried his team and killed this drive with a poorly executed, poorly conceived reverse. Curry split an Antonio Gates-Randy McMichael double team attempt and closed on Naanee and forced him backwards. Clemons stayed at home and corralled Naanee and the two split the tackle.

If I was going to get after Hasselbeck, I’d get after him for the first play. Williams totally has Jammer beat to the inside, and Matt throws the ball high and behind him. If he throws it earlier (which still beats the rush) and leads Williams it’s a touchdown. Fouts agrees and says so in the broadcast. Matt needs to make that throw, with or without the rush. His throwing motion on this play is weird, he throws off his back foot and it’s all arm.

The pass to Carlson is lousy as well, high into the middle of the field, ripe for being picked off. Again, rush or not that throw can’t be high and Carlson was open. Lousy throw.

As for the last play, I just don’t see how Branch can be considered open. He’s running down the far sideline on the long side of the field, he’s blanketted the whole play, and there’s a safety back on that side as well. The safety is covering a deep zone on that side, so it’s not really single coverage. The safety takes a step towards one of the short receivers right at the end of the play, but is still in position if Matt were to throw long to Branch (and Matt is scrambling at this point anyway). The CB is physically between Matt and Branch, I’m not even sure Matt can see Deion. Even if he’s got John Elway’s arm, I don’t think he can hit Branch.

Butler and Tate ran crossing patterns that meet in the middle of the field, 8 yards short of the first down marker! It’s 3rd and 10, why even have patterns there? They are easily covered by 2 of the 3 linebackers and the only way they’d ever get open is if they ran all the way to the sidelines, which would take way too long and still be 8 yards short of the line to gain. I hate this, when you’ve got WRs running 2 yard patterns on 3rd and 10. Why? Try to make the first down!

Fouts commented that nobody was open as well. It was just a crappy play. There were 3 defensive backs standing around with nothing to do. We had 2 WRs running to the same part of the field that was easily 8 yards short of the yard marker on 3rd down. No way Matt is running anywhere on this play, all 3 linebackers are still within 3 yards of the LOS and DL are all around him. It’s certainly a stupid looking end to the play when Matt runs into Carlson, but if I’m Pete I tell Bates to yank that page out of the playbook and throw it away.

There’s alot of ways you can look at it, but our offence needs work. The line is doing much better that it has in a couple seasons. But they still need time to get everyone on the same page. From time to time the play calling has been questionable as well. And as for Matt. I love the guy, but he has been a liability. He has never had great arm strength, and now he looks timid and unsure out there. He isn’t making all the reads and stepping into his throws consistantly like he used to. Let’s stop sugar coating it and call this season what it is. It’s a rebuilding year. We are kidding our selves if we think we are a contender right now, so we need to be building and looking to next year or even the year after, and as much as it hurts to say, our future is not Matt. Much like when He first came and had groing pains it’s time to see if Charlie can be our next franchise quarterback. He will have his ups and downs, but he has the arm strength and athletic ability to be a good QB, now he needs a chance and the experience.