Coaching Failure: Avant was misused

[Mr. Scot]

Jason Avant is a pure possession receiver in the mold of Ricky Proehl.  His best work was done finding soft spots in the zone for short yardage and moving the chains.  He had also been known for having some of the most reliable hands in the league.

 

So with that in mind, why on earth would you send him out on long passes and deep go routes instead of using him in the way he was known to be effective?

 

For his part, Avant didn't look like his usual self when he was getting the ball.  What were arguably some of the best hands in the league started dropping passes.  It seemed as if he wasn't able to catch passes thrown with the kind of velocity Newton generates.  Jerricho Cotchery has had the same issue.

 

But this too could have been adjusted for via coaching. 

 

Although you generally want to discourage 'body catching', it could actually work as an option when recevers are having trouble catching speed balls.  Truthfully, that would probably still be a good idea for Cotchery in the games that remain.

 

No such correction for Avant now. 

 

"No separation" the coaches say.  And what's sad is that after using a possession receiver like a deep threat, they're actually surprised by this.

 

Ugh

[Darth Biscuit]

With Rivera as HC and Shula as OC, this team is offensively inept.  Pretty simple.

[davos]

It's almost as if they didn't know how to use a player correctly.................

[Mr. Scot]

It's almost as if they didn't know how to use a player correctly.................

 

Naaahhh.  Can't be that.

[SOJA]

hey remember all those 3rd and shorts we've had and gone deep

 

hell even the announcers noticed last game 

[cbully]

so we cut Lafell's replacement... I hope Avant talks about Shula... take one for the team and further expose him as a partial issue

[davos]

hey remember all those 3rd and shorts we've had and gone deep

 

hell even the announcers noticed last game 

 

2nd and short---predictable runs

 

3rd and short---"Let's trick e'm, long bomb to the 30 y/o possession receivers!!!!!"

[Anybodyhome]

It's almost as if they didn't know how to use a player correctly.................

 

Say it ain't so!!!!

 

[PandaPancake]

We should get our next coach from a Madden tournament

[rmoneyg35]

With Cotchery, we really don't need Avant.

[cbully]

essentially philly is now an officially wr because tobert is back at rb forcing fozzy to be kr/pr... the bersin st project is over

[Mol3m4n]

hey remember all those 3rd and shorts we've had and gone deep

hell even the announcers noticed last game

And that's Diehl....

[davos]

We should get our next coach from a Madden tournament

 

Or maybe just one's that aren't walking into their 10th interview for the same position they've never been able to get.  

[cbully]

lastly avant was pennies we could have used towards the line or dbs