Trends that I saw over this game and season in no order:
1) Dropped passes by TEs and WRs, I don't recall another year where the drops just killed so many drives and limited us to attempt FGs
2) TEs that played were below average this year and hurt the Offense (big time); plus no TE recruits in the pipeline
3) Reliance on 6 year Lineman (#70 Ulizio just didn't work out); should have been replaced by Kradel in mid-season
4) Lack of effort by entire team in last 2 games - Offense played terrible last week and D played bad in 3rd and 4th qtrs against an average BC Offense (I believe that's concerning)
5) Shockey calling fair catches after catching the ball on 5 yard line. No chance of running it back, is that a strategy to get ball at 25 with no confidence of making it to the 25. To me that's like putting up a white flag when you field ball outside of goal line
6) Bonehead stubborn head coaching decisions all year that cost us a few games
7) Stupid penalties that killed drives (example Aaron Mathews tonight lackadaisical at goal line), no discipline, a very telling sign that the coach lost the team. Should have been a decrease in penalties as season progressed, I saw no improvement.
8) Lack of points scored in the second half of games, no improvement in this department
9) Lack of using Shockey as an explosive receiver only since the UNC game
10) Kenny Pickett repeatedly checking down and throwing to RB instead of finding an open receiver downfield, and the inability to throw the long ball consistently. The conservative offense just killed us.
What I am saying is that that you have a Head Coach who gets paid $3.3 Million and we achieve mediocrity at 7-5 because of the above items I pointed out. Do I have answers for the problems of all year, no, but I think PN should provide the fans and season ticket holders some answers instead of his normal BS.
1) Dropped passes by TEs and WRs, I don't recall another year where the drops just killed so many drives and limited us to attempt FGs
2) TEs that played were below average this year and hurt the Offense (big time); plus no TE recruits in the pipeline
3) Reliance on 6 year Lineman (#70 Ulizio just didn't work out); should have been replaced by Kradel in mid-season
4) Lack of effort by entire team in last 2 games - Offense played terrible last week and D played bad in 3rd and 4th qtrs against an average BC Offense (I believe that's concerning)
5) Shockey calling fair catches after catching the ball on 5 yard line. No chance of running it back, is that a strategy to get ball at 25 with no confidence of making it to the 25. To me that's like putting up a white flag when you field ball outside of goal line
6) Bonehead stubborn head coaching decisions all year that cost us a few games
7) Stupid penalties that killed drives (example Aaron Mathews tonight lackadaisical at goal line), no discipline, a very telling sign that the coach lost the team. Should have been a decrease in penalties as season progressed, I saw no improvement.
8) Lack of points scored in the second half of games, no improvement in this department
9) Lack of using Shockey as an explosive receiver only since the UNC game
10) Kenny Pickett repeatedly checking down and throwing to RB instead of finding an open receiver downfield, and the inability to throw the long ball consistently. The conservative offense just killed us.
What I am saying is that that you have a Head Coach who gets paid $3.3 Million and we achieve mediocrity at 7-5 because of the above items I pointed out. Do I have answers for the problems of all year, no, but I think PN should provide the fans and season ticket holders some answers instead of his normal BS.
