People seem to be sleeping on Mike Kafka as a candidate

[PanthersGTI]

4 hours ago, Ricky Spanish said:

Welp, let's also be real here, He's Payton friggin Manning. There's no OC in the world that was going to tell him what "adjustments" needed to be made because he already knew it. 

I honestly can't believe that there aren't coaches out there who look at the data of what is and isn't working so far, and start calling more plays that attack the middle of the field/get the ball out quicker due to an injury on the line/running the ball more, whatever it may be based on the current situation of the game. 

You may have 60 plays available for the game, but if all the outside run plays aren't working, you should have the wherewithal to not continuously spam those outside runs the rest of the game and "adjust" what you may call in similar situations in the second half. 

I'm not talking complete gameplan changes on the fly, I'm talking identifying what is and isn't working for the week's gameplan, and ignoring the plays that aren't working the rest of the game. 

 

I think the idea is that all the data is coming during the game anyways. While the defense is on the field they get to go over what is or isn't working. I think the difference maybe that some OC can actively adjust between series and some probably need the break at halftime to readjust the calls they want. So no one comes into the locker room at halftime and starts talking about it with the QB, the changes are made through playcalls. If that makes sense. 

[Ricky Spanish]

26 minutes ago, PanthersGTI said:

I think the idea is that all the data is coming during the game anyways. While the defense is on the field they get to go over what is or isn't working. I think the difference maybe that some OC can actively adjust between series and some probably need the break at halftime to readjust the calls they want. So no one comes into the locker room at halftime and starts talking about it with the QB, the changes are made through playcalls. If that makes sense. 

That's how I look at it too. The coaches make those changes, but they aren't drawing up plays on the fly. They're the ones making the adjustments behind the scenes if you will, and then the players get told to execute the plays relayed to them, which would be different choices from the already established pool of 60 or so plays that week. 

So if say, your backup CBs were getting beat over the top by mike evans with no safety help, a good coach might look at that and say "Hmm, might want to keep a safety over on Evans' side of the field in case they go deep to him again."

Just as a totally random example.