Playing scared

[NAS]

Canales + Bryce 

Playing scared conservative football when your defense has not been able to stop their rookie QB is just pathetic. I knew these two can’t play with any expectations 

[Gladniator1]

The coach is who calls the plays. Don't blame Bryce.

[mav1234]

Just now, Gladniator1 said:

The coach is who calls the plays. Don't blame Bryce.

Bryce can't execute, so...

Canales deserves quite a bit of the blame, but when your QB is so physically limiting that he can't frequently throw 20 yards down the middle of the field, or pick up a yard on the ground, you're in trouble.

His best players are when he rolls out and plays break down, but that's very hard to make work.

[BIGH2001]

That’s 8 quarters of making the saints look like the Drew Brees/Mark Ingram/Michael Thomas Saints and Canales is still going run run pass punt. Then he chooses to be aggressive at the wrong time like the 4th and 1 in field goal range. 

[Achilles]

The problem isn’t being scared I don’t think.  The problem was lack of discipline and intensity which led to poor execution. 

The real difference in this game were the 3 personal foul penalties against the Panthers. Icky, D Brown, and Latham lost their focus and didn’t execute an understanding of situational football. You can’t lay a hit on a QB who has given himself up. Shough was excellent at baiting our defenders into making those mistakes.

Much the opposite of playing scared, this indicates an over aggressiveness.