Is this a game winning drive??? I can’t be sure because I haven’t seen one in such a long time

People were still complaining about Justin after he went back to back weeks throwing for 4 tds. They’d still complain if we beat the chiefs and he had a bad stat line for sure

It’s even more upsetting because Getsy was able to make a transition last year and embrace Field’s running ability. That also minimized to an extent our subpar o-line. But now it’s like last year didn’t even happen, and we’re back to trying to turn Justin into Peyton Manning.

Conversely, that scheme that Getsy stole from last year (the Ravens) have replaced that system with one that is more pass heavy. And LaMar is playing like an MVP while still embracing his running ability. So it can be done, but it takes innovative and pliable coaching.

1. Have the o-line be more discipline. Over the past couple years, drive have been stopped dead in there tracks by penalties. Guys are false starting or holding and that might wipe out a 3rd and 4 conversion and force us into a 3rd and 14. That is a coaching issue.

2. Come up with a scheme that allows our sub par o-line to pass block. It’s really hard to play QB when your o-line can’t hold their ground. The rookie and tevin both being in the left side will help a lot, but then our right side is gonna be trash.

3. Figure out ways to take shots downfield. Again, if you can’t hold a block and are getting a bunch of penalties it’s hard to throw downfield, but that is Justin’s strength and we need to figure out a way to take advantage of that. Our backup QB can dink and dunk down the field, but that’s not gonna win a lot of games in the long run. We can’t rely on calling 12 screens a game to get us down field. Take the top off the defense and make big plays.

4. Get the ball to our playmakers. They started doing this in that two week stretch when we were force feeding it to Moore and using Kmet when we get close to the end zone. But before that, it’s like we forgot that those guys can actually catch passes. Some of those were misses on Justin’s part, but they needed to keep with it, and when they did, it worked.

5. Run him more. Nuff said.

6. Get creative with the play calling. Use motion to confuse the defense or force them to show their hand. Have a diverse set of plays to call. I’m sure everyone remembers us calling three screens in a row when we were backed up to our own goal line and that caused a pick 6. Well if you call the same call out of the same formation 3 time in a row, the defense will know what’s coming. Use Mooneys speed by putting him in motion before the snap and get him downfield.

Those are just a few reasons that don’t have a whole lot to do with Justin, just coaches not being able to coach proper technique, being unimaginative, or not calling plays to our players strengths.