Excellent interview on 'Aquavision'. Select the latest Interview at the top. Enjoy! Dan Henning Interview
nice piece, but i still don't understand why, after not being able to catch or get open all day, he decides to throw to WRs several times in a row from the 3 instead of handing off to one of our top-tier RBs.
Well, the Phins brass has gone over and over this... Each down, Penne had run/pass options. The Jets were lined up in goaline defense, crowding the LOS to stop the run. We had man coverage on the outside. Penne opted to the pass... which was what the defense gave him, and I think, was the correct call. We just didn't execute. Honestly, if we HAD run the ball, and got stopped... which was what the Jets front 7 was doing to us practically the whole game... then, everyone complaining about throwing the ball that close would be complaining about how ineffective we were running the ball earlier in the game, and why we were so stupid and 'predictable' to try and punch it in from the 4. IMHO, we called the right plays. Our WRs just didn't execute. If Wilford would have been active, I think this game would have had a much more favorable outcome for us. Maybe not. Who knows until the guy actually plays? However, our active WRs played very poorly. I think that's why we lost.
i understand general logic with playcalling. that doesn't change the fact that the Jets DBs are some of the best in the game (we knew this), and our WRs could not get open or catch all game (we also knew this). Our RBs were not running up huge #'s, but they were averaging like 3 ypc and had some great plays previously (even on that drive). i think the #'s ended so low b/c we abandoned the run so early. I STILL think if we had always planned on going for it on 4th in that situation, trying to punch it in would have been a safer bet. i agree with you on if wilford was in there. but he wasn't. so you run the ball. BUT this is OT a little. sorry, still venting on the poor decision IMO from last week.
That was great. Old style football coach. cant get better than that. Interesting stuff. Man they are really high on Jake Long huh? Interesting to note that they liked both Ryan and Henne but the decision was made that Jake Long was going to be the number one pick. (Pats self on back for saying Ryan was a Parcells type of QB) I like what he said about running and passing when you have to. It only matters how you run at the beginning of the game and at the end of the game when you're ahead and trying to run out the clock and it only matters how you pass at the beginning of the game and at the end if you're behind. Good stuff
It's not the right call if you have short WRs who couldn't catch all day and two all pro running backs! Put a FB in there and mow them freaking down. That's like putting in a lefty to pitch against a lefty just because they're both lefties!
The biggest mistake was using motion to an empty backfield. That immediately tells the defense that we're not going to be running it. I can't believe that we did that so many times.
It also lets Chad know what kind of "D" they are in.So before he gets the ball he knows who should be open. It's a give and take......
We can have motion with the TE going into a H-Back position to let us know what the D is going to do. No need to motion into an empty backfield when you're that close. At least keep the LBs honest and make them stay in their gap assignments and not dropping into short zone.
we're supposed to be a power running team (all preseason we made moves pointing to this) with one of the best backs in football. Stacking the box shouldnt stop us. If we had Chambers still, or even Wilford in there. Fine. We threw it to who????? Are any of our WRs taller than 6'? Hagan that's it?
"the box" gets stacked all the time. you telling me this team has never run it in for a TD from inside the 5? we used to do it all the time. granted, sometimes it took a couple of tries but we've done it countless times. yeah i know its easy to second-guess playcalling after a loss, but i'm still sore about that specific instance. that series is what bothers me the most about that game.... well, that and that bullcrap hail mary pass for a TD.
