Canales Did Not Call a Terrible Game

[Aussie Tank]

On 11/10/2025 at 7:16 AM, LinvilleGorge said:

It's impossible to judge a coach or an overall offense while this anchor of a QB is tied around their throat.

You can judge him on the pretty ordinary O he ran with a stacked Bucs compared to the 2 OCs that have come after him 

[electro's horse]

Mr Scot mentioned this in another thread, and I'm paraphrasing, but Canales went into this game and tried to run a smash mouth power running game with a bunch of backup, agile interior linemen or linemen that were injured. Like everyone on the oline has an elbow injury right now. 

It was really basic. Like going to chatgpt and typing in "power running blocking scheme win" and just installing whatever it shat out. And when the saints just did run blitz from the start he had no backup plan at all. They tried to throw a bit more in the 2nd half to start but New Orleans was just sending it up the A gap which has always made Bryce panic. I actually think this would have been a better game for Chuba but that's neither here nor there. 

Canales just looks overmatched at times and I just can't stand that we're talking about giving this guy another season. 

[LinvilleGorge]

20 minutes ago, Aussie Tank said:

You can judge him on the pretty ordinary O he ran with a stacked Bucs compared to the 2 OCs that have come after him 

Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm not necessarily defending Canales here. I didn't want him hired but at the same time I also realized that our wish list of candidates probably started where everyone else's ended and we'd be shopping off that same list again if we fired Canales and went coach shooting this coming off-season.

I honestly think Baker's resurgence in Tampa after he bombed here got him hired and now Baker is even better without him.

[TheSpecialJuan]

On 11/9/2025 at 1:14 PM, Johnstonny said:

His play calling and game planning is hampered due to bryces restrictions...which are many.

Greg Cosell said something similar on the Ross Tucker podcast on Thursday 

[SCO96]

1 hour ago, electro's horse said:

Mr Scot mentioned this in another thread, and I'm paraphrasing, but Canales went into this game and tried to run a smash mouth power running game with a bunch of backup, agile interior linemen or linemen that were injured. Like everyone on the oline has an elbow injury right now. 

It was really basic. Like going to chatgpt and typing in "power running blocking scheme win" and just installing whatever it shat out. And when the saints just did run blitz from the start he had no backup plan at all. They tried to throw a bit more in the 2nd half to start but New Orleans was just sending it up the A gap which has always made Bryce panic. I actually think this would have been a better game for Chuba but that's neither here nor there. 

Canales just looks overmatched at times and I just can't stand that we're talking about giving this guy another season. 

Canales is overmatched...in every game...because he has  the least talented starting QB in the NFC and possibly the entire game.

Some of you are saying that Dave could have called a better game, but I just don't what you guys expect him to do with Bryce at QB.

Is he going to have Bryce attack the 2nd and 3rd levels of the defense with his powerful throwing arm and pinpoint accuracy?

He could have maybe tried to work more play action passes into the game, but that's only effective when the run game is clicking...and it was not CLICKING yesterday.

Maybe you could try running a no huddle to keep the defense on its heels and try to get Young into some type of rhythm.

Screens can be an effective means to slow down an aggressive pash rush, but the team only gave up 2 sacks yesterday. I didn't see the Saints do anything so unique in their pass rush that a competent QB couldn't have handled yesterday.

There's only so much you can do when your QB cannot consistently make throws to all areas of the field beyond 10 yards.  

Edited November 10, 2025 by SCO96

[Johnstonny]

1 hour ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Greg Cosell said something similar on the Ross Tucker podcast on Thursday 

We watched every sunday for almost 3 years...not really an epiphany....

[strato]

9 minutes ago, Johnstonny said:

We watched every sunday for almost 3 years...not really an epiphany....

It is heretical language to some.  We casual types can say it, we are just dumb. When Cosell says it they probably go looking for their pacifiers and blankies. 

1 hour ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Greg Cosell said something similar on the Ross Tucker podcast on Thursday 

Second consecutive week he dished that out.  I wonder what it will be on the review this week.  

[TD alt]

I don't give a flying fug what anyone thinks, Dave hasn't demonstrated that he can adapt to a situation on the fly. He tries to have the same gameplan every week. Now I'm giving him grace due to a highly ineffective QB, but it's not like he's demonstrated that he's Kyle Shanahan or Ben Johnson.