Who gets the blame for such a terrible game?

[top dawg]

Obviously Jake sucked! The secondary was who we thought they were (actually who we KNEW they were). Trgovac was Trgocrap!

John Fox obviously did not prepare a team that had a bye, and failed to bench Jake when things got out of hand?

Who gets the blame, and what should be done about it?

All the regular excuses and praise for Jake the Fake will sound kind of lame.

Will we ever be able to win with John Fox as the head coach and/or Jake Delhomme under center? Can we ever expect to win without a true shutdown corner, and at least quality players in our defensive backfield?

Come on those who know it all! Give some answers!

[Cyberjag]

Coaching staff gets 90% of the blame for this one.

We abandoned the run too early.

We didn't take advantage of what the defense was giving them. No screens, no slants, no quick draws, and surprisingly little play action. Unless you count a quick fake then a settling in to the pocket for a couple of seconds as play action...

Arizona looked like they knew our routes better than we did.

We stayed in a zone after being burned multiple times by Fitzgerald.

No offensive halftime adjustment.

We really looked like we didn't prepare for them at all, we came across as if this was a regular season game.

Maybe they can blame the QB and sell people on that idea. It's worth a shot, right?

[Snake]

We were out coached. The players had a ? above there helmets all game on both sides of the ball and no one help them out. Really this disaster started in the 2nd half of the season and just erupted in the playoffs.

[rubberpantz]

i just want to see some bdjs try and defend jake. do it. i double dog dare you.

[pauliewalnuts]

who to blame???? whoever decided to play zone the whole first half against Larry Fitz. instead of covering him man or doubling him and whoever decided NOT TO RUN with the best running back in the league!!!

[Badbak]

The only person that you can blame is the one in charge of the team: John Fox!

From Fox, the sh*t runs down hill!

[Blade]

Whoever decided to abandon the run so early in the game.

They should have known by the 2nd or 3rd INT, that the passing game wasn't working for us.

[AKPantherFan]

12-4 baby !

sorry guys but without a defense we were doomed anyways. we didnt even get our 1st 3 and out until the 3rd quarter.

our offense has carried us all season. I blame the coaches and Jake. Jake made some stupid throws.

terrible....

[AKPantherFan]

but --- IN JAKES DEFESE-

the coaches KNOW that Jake is a gunslinger, When the abandoned the run too early Jake tried to carry the team and tried too much....

My question is; "who is going to bitch about Jake ALWAYS going to Smith"?

i WISH HE WOULD HAVE LAST NIGHT

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

Fox, Davidson, and Trgo. Yeah, I'm throwing Jeff in there because....WHO THE fug TRYS TO TURN A RUNNING OFFENSE INTO A PASSING OFFENSE IN THE PLAYOFFS???????

You can blame Fox for that all you want, and I'll second it. But Davidson is the guy who makes those calls at gametime. Why trgo is still making his calls at game time is beyond me.

While we're at it, I'll blame Jake plenty. What was his new year's resolution? Give up passing to people in black jersey's?

And one more: The entire stadium. Your team's down in the first half and all you can do is stand there and wait for em to do something, silent until a miricle happens? No, there's still plenty of time, you scream your head off. Be a twelfth man or don't buy a ticket.

[Peppers90 NC]

I noticed Richard Marshall screwing up quite a few times. On the play #11 ran a crossing route for about 40 something yards early on, Marshall went to the same spot in the flats as Peppers did, which was the opposite direction #11 went. The defense was put in bad situations all night, which eventually wore them down, physically and emotionally. The Cards coaches made our coaches look like JV coaches at a high school. The zones were getting killed, and it was just a bad night. We have a very tough schedule next year, Cowher still taking another year off, so we might could have replacements coming in 2010. I hope not, that means next year would have sucked, but I think the speed and trends of the NFL are ahead of our staff.

[top dawg]

In further defense, Jake isn't billed as a game-changing QB. To place the game on his shoulders is to play Russian Roulette. Last night, the bullet was in the wrong chamber.

To be honest, if I didn't have a game-changing QB, then I wold get another QB who is. Sometimes you need a QB who can overcome a bad day, a lack of motivation, bad coaching, and defensive shortcomings, and come out of an overall sub par performance by the team with a victory.

Jake has never been that guy. Fox (and seemingly J-Rich) has never valued that kind of QB, and that's one of the key reasons as to why we can't get over the hump, notwithstanding a plethora of offensive talent.

[megadeth078]

offensive playcalling...

we ran 15 fuging rushing plays. For some reason, I thought we were a running team.

[grateflday]

Coaching staff gets 90% of the blame for this one.

We abandoned the run too early.

We didn't take advantage of what the defense was giving them. No screens, no slants, no quick draws, and surprisingly little play action. Unless you count a quick fake then a settling in to the pocket for a couple of seconds as play action...

Arizona looked like they knew our routes better than we did.

We stayed in a zone after being burned multiple times by Fitzgerald.

No offensive halftime adjustment.

We really looked like we didn't prepare for them at all, we came across as if this was a regular season game.

Maybe they can blame the QB and sell people on that idea. It's worth a shot, right?

I agree with so much in this post. The part about No screens, no slants, etc. It just like no matter what Fox just sticks to the game plan like a stubborn person determined to either see it work or continue to watch it fail miserably.