Its not to say the rest of the team cant be held accountable but his play calling not only has been absolutely predictable, but also he hasnt been calling his plays up to our players strengths.
Culpepper is the kind of QB that if you are leading 7-0 he will turn that into a 21-0 in just 2 series, but if you are behind 7-0, you will find yourself 0-21 in just 2 series...
He is the kind of QB that you have let loose, if you keep him on a leash when you are ahead or tied or just down by a field goal, or force him to make things happen when way behind, he will look very average. And so far thats all we have asked him to do, manage the game, dink and dunk. My god he has never been known to be good at that, NEVER.
He is a big play waiting to happen, we saw flashes of that on the Steelers game, he was our only offensive production all game long, we saw that on the Bills game in the Chambers TD. If we wanted a short game QB, a game manager we should of gone with Brees, neither one is all that much better than the other, they are different. Tommie Harris is one of the better DTs in the game but if you ask him top play a 2 gap scheme he will suck!!!! Its the same with QBs, if you ask Brees to go 50 yds downfield 10 times a game he will not do well, and if you ask Pep to dink dunk he wont do well either...
Average I say, cause he isnt half as bad as everyone makes him out to be, he has thrown for over 500 yds in two games, he is in pace for a 3,600 yds season, thats not bad at all, he has a 60% comp pct. that isnt bad at all, he has 3 picks against 1 TD, big deal...!!! at least he is in fact cutting them down, from 2, on the Steelers game to one on the Bills game, he threw his TD on the Bills game, despite the loss he had a 91.9 QB rating!!!! While sucking up 7 sacks!!!!!! Man if we havent done any worse its BECAUSE OF HIM!!!!
The Oline...well its really bad, but we arent playing to its strengths either, this Line is even better than what Linehan had to work with, but Linehan had some smart play calling, How often did we go from the shotgun last year? And what about this? we have called 3 shotgun plays this year, last year we would call 10 a game...
On the O line subject, what benefit you get from having an average 330 pounds per line man if you dont run the ball? Also do you think that a defense that has continously have to fight those hogs on the trenches and LBs that consistently have to tackle a 220-240 pound RBs rush the passer with the same intensity?
Ronnie, what benefit you get from spending a second overall on a RB if you dont run the ball? If you play a Cover 2 Defense built to play the pass, such as the Bills and your RB is averaging 4.7 yds a carry, why do you abandon the run? 15 freaking attempts all game long... thats a shame...
The difference between Mularkey and Linehan is that Linehan will take what the defense gives him, while Mularkey will stick to his moronic gameplan whatever happens, thats why Linehan is running the ball at St Louis, he has Bulger, Holt Bruce, and a rather unproven back on Steven Jackson, most the Ds will play them off, so he runs with the Safetys playing 20 yds from the LOS, so far Jackson averages 112 yds a game and 5.1 a carry, and its not that he is all that great or that their O line is all that powerfull, its just that teams play the pass against them.
Teams used to put 8 on the box against us in 2005, Chambers and Frerrotte didnt scare anyone, and BAM they produced now Chambers is a household name, and we brought Pepper and we are known as an air it out team, so the Bills and Steelers played the pass more often than not...
Also with Mularkey, we throw a lot but only short and mid range, that isnt usefull to keep the Safeties off, going deep is, with Linehan we went deep wether we would complete it or not just cause that would keep defenses honest, right now that dink and dunk isnt accomplishing anything...
So overall I think that we would be much better of if we ran the ball, cause teams like the Bills are playing the pass, and the ocassional deep throw just to keep defenses guessing and try and hit jackpot...
Bagget surely understands this and is a Saban old timer from Mich State and also knows Linehans offense at perfection, IMO we wont fire Mularkey just so he wont give our playbook up and at season end he will be shown the door and Bagget and Garrett will fight OC spot.
Culpepper is the kind of QB that if you are leading 7-0 he will turn that into a 21-0 in just 2 series, but if you are behind 7-0, you will find yourself 0-21 in just 2 series...
He is the kind of QB that you have let loose, if you keep him on a leash when you are ahead or tied or just down by a field goal, or force him to make things happen when way behind, he will look very average. And so far thats all we have asked him to do, manage the game, dink and dunk. My god he has never been known to be good at that, NEVER.
He is a big play waiting to happen, we saw flashes of that on the Steelers game, he was our only offensive production all game long, we saw that on the Bills game in the Chambers TD. If we wanted a short game QB, a game manager we should of gone with Brees, neither one is all that much better than the other, they are different. Tommie Harris is one of the better DTs in the game but if you ask him top play a 2 gap scheme he will suck!!!! Its the same with QBs, if you ask Brees to go 50 yds downfield 10 times a game he will not do well, and if you ask Pep to dink dunk he wont do well either...
Average I say, cause he isnt half as bad as everyone makes him out to be, he has thrown for over 500 yds in two games, he is in pace for a 3,600 yds season, thats not bad at all, he has a 60% comp pct. that isnt bad at all, he has 3 picks against 1 TD, big deal...!!! at least he is in fact cutting them down, from 2, on the Steelers game to one on the Bills game, he threw his TD on the Bills game, despite the loss he had a 91.9 QB rating!!!! While sucking up 7 sacks!!!!!! Man if we havent done any worse its BECAUSE OF HIM!!!!
The Oline...well its really bad, but we arent playing to its strengths either, this Line is even better than what Linehan had to work with, but Linehan had some smart play calling, How often did we go from the shotgun last year? And what about this? we have called 3 shotgun plays this year, last year we would call 10 a game...
On the O line subject, what benefit you get from having an average 330 pounds per line man if you dont run the ball? Also do you think that a defense that has continously have to fight those hogs on the trenches and LBs that consistently have to tackle a 220-240 pound RBs rush the passer with the same intensity?
Ronnie, what benefit you get from spending a second overall on a RB if you dont run the ball? If you play a Cover 2 Defense built to play the pass, such as the Bills and your RB is averaging 4.7 yds a carry, why do you abandon the run? 15 freaking attempts all game long... thats a shame...
The difference between Mularkey and Linehan is that Linehan will take what the defense gives him, while Mularkey will stick to his moronic gameplan whatever happens, thats why Linehan is running the ball at St Louis, he has Bulger, Holt Bruce, and a rather unproven back on Steven Jackson, most the Ds will play them off, so he runs with the Safetys playing 20 yds from the LOS, so far Jackson averages 112 yds a game and 5.1 a carry, and its not that he is all that great or that their O line is all that powerfull, its just that teams play the pass against them.
Teams used to put 8 on the box against us in 2005, Chambers and Frerrotte didnt scare anyone, and BAM they produced now Chambers is a household name, and we brought Pepper and we are known as an air it out team, so the Bills and Steelers played the pass more often than not...
Also with Mularkey, we throw a lot but only short and mid range, that isnt usefull to keep the Safeties off, going deep is, with Linehan we went deep wether we would complete it or not just cause that would keep defenses honest, right now that dink and dunk isnt accomplishing anything...
So overall I think that we would be much better of if we ran the ball, cause teams like the Bills are playing the pass, and the ocassional deep throw just to keep defenses guessing and try and hit jackpot...
Bagget surely understands this and is a Saban old timer from Mich State and also knows Linehans offense at perfection, IMO we wont fire Mularkey just so he wont give our playbook up and at season end he will be shown the door and Bagget and Garrett will fight OC spot.
