Didn't want to come here today... but did... Didn't see it on the front page... but Shula...

[Bronn]

I still feel like Shula makes bad decisions at critical points in the game, and doesn't make good enough adjustments on the fly...

Specifically, the tipped pick play that Cam had...

It's the 4th quarter, at the beginning of a drive. You're in the lead. There's a lot of time left on the clock. You just got 6 yards on a run on first and 10. Your QB is starting to get more and more pressure as the game goes on. 2nd and 4 and you run an 8 yard in route?

Granted, it was a heck of a play by the Denver D. But we put them into position to make that play by not sticking to the run at that point.

I get it, we have All World targets and a QB that is elite. But, it is okay to run the ball in this situation.

Also, NOBODY could get open all game, apparently.

I think we only targeted Ginn and Brown a combined 4-5 pass plays.

We did absolutely nothing different on offense, and actually got worse, after halftime. That is what cost us the game, and Shula is at least partially to blame. IDGAF hate me or whatever, but it is true.

[tiger7_88]

4 minutes ago, Promethean Forerunner said:

Didn't you know? Shula is a genius. He finally learned how to be a competent coach after Alabama, Tampa Bay, 2013-2014 and The Superbowl.

Yep. 

I thought he called an excellent 1st half.

I thought I was watching the Super Bowl again in the 2nd half.  Wade Phillips was probably laughing his ass off on the Denver sideline.

[nctarheel0619]

3 minutes ago, Promethean Forerunner said:

Didn't you know? Shula is a genius. He finally learned how to be a competent coach after Alabama, Tampa Bay, 2013-2014 and The Superbowl.

Yep. 

We finally agree on something, even though you're being completely sarcastic.  

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

my worst nightmare isn't this team being horribly shitty, it's being the andy reid eagles

a team that has good seasons and wins a lot but just has this unbelievable knack for making poor game management decisions at the worst possible times

[Chimera]

I think we lost like 70 yards on the empty backfield sets. Shula just kept calling them.

[London Loves Luke]

You guys need to relax, playing the Broncos at Mile High is one of the 2 hardest gigs in the league and we got to within a FG of winning on the back of our offence. Yes Cam took hits, but the O line was gassed - as you'd expect at that altitude in the first game. 

[teeray]

Shula hate at this point is dumb

[KSpan]

The 3rd and 1 with Fozzy in the backfield - Cam bootlegged and was stopped short - was an absolute head-scratcher. No one in that stadium thought that Fozzy would get the ball in that situation. I think that was the opening drive of the 2nd half too, so that was a killer.

[uncfan888]

1 minute ago, KSpan said:

The 3rd and 1 with Fozzy in the backfield - Cam bootlegged and was stopped short - was an absolute head-scratcher. No one in that stadium thought that Fozzy would get the ball in that situation. I think that was the opening drive of the 2nd half too, so that was a killer.

This right here.  Stewart got us to that third and one and we tried to get cute.  Should have handed the ball back to him.  

Also..  I'm so tired of the Tolbert runs.. 

[usmcpanthers]

These last 2 games of Denver have went just like the Seahawks ones...back when we couldn't beat them

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[KSpan]

4 minutes ago, London Loves Luke said:

OMG, 1 playcall didn't work out?! Did you also see that fullback run through out defence? definitely need to fire McDermott too. 

Where in my post did I say, or even imply, anything knee-jerk? My comment was that it was a bad playcall and/or personnel choice, which it definitely was.

[London Loves Luke]

I'm just pointing out that picking one playcall that didn't work out as a reason for having a go at Shula is as stupid as having a go at Mcdermott for the Broncos TD.

[Craig Pruitt]

7 minutes ago, Promethean Forerunner said:

To be honest, I didn't see any true adjustments other than more protection sent Remmers' way. We still had too many long developing pass plays and lackluster run designs.

This!

I expected to see more running plays, short passes, and screens.  The latter two were basically non existent.  We had a good ypc average with the runs (4.9), but Stewart only had 15 carries. I think Shula should just let Stewart line up in an I Formation and just run the ball instead of calling so many runs from the Shotgun set. We had 32 running plays and Stewart and Newton accounted for 26 of them.  Was Artis Payne hurt or inactive last night? He looked good in the preseason but didn't the entire game.

Would it hurt Shula to put in some 3 step drops and screen passes to neutralize the pass rush?

[EightyNine]

30 minutes ago, Bronn said:

I still feel like Shula makes bad decisions at critical points in the game, and doesn't make good enough adjustments on the fly...

Specifically, the tipped pick play that Cam had...

It's the 4th quarter, at the beginning of a drive. You're in the lead. There's a lot of time left on the clock. You just got 6 yards on a run on first and 10. Your QB is starting to get more and more pressure as the game goes on. 2nd and 4 and you run an 8 yard in route?

Granted, it was a heck of a play by the Denver D. But we put them into position to make that play by not sticking to the run at that point.

I get it, we have All World targets and a QB that is elite. But, it is okay to run the ball in this situation.

Also, NOBODY could get open all game, apparently.

I think we only targeted Ginn and Brown a combined 4-5 pass plays.

We did absolutely nothing different on offense, and actually got worse, after halftime. That is what cost us the game, and Shula is at least partially to blame. IDGAF hate me or whatever, but it is true.

I want to go back and see but my initial look at that tipped ball was that Cam was a little late on the throw and gave the defender time to close in on the receiver.  I could be wrong.