Only rushing 4 in the 1st half is why we lost this game

[Joe W. Namath]

Saleh was banking that his front 4 would be able to get to Darnold.  It didnt happen.  Quinnen williams was completely non existant.

Now the good news is Saleh was able to see his plan wasnt working and adjusted in the 2nd half.  Once we starting blitzing Darnold, he did not do much for the rest of the game.

I know the oline sucked etc, but I believe the reason we lost is because we gave Sam too much time in the 1st half.  And alot of that falls on Quinnen Williams.

[joewilly12]

Little no adjustments were made and we couldn't stop 1 man CMC. 

[munchmemory]

O line today gave our RBs no shot. 

[Joe W. Namath]

Just now, munchmemory said:

O line today gave our RBs no shot. 

Yes.  Id like to see them give ty johnson 75% of the snaps and Michael Carter 25%.  Running tevin coleman is useless.

[choon328]

7 minutes ago, Joe W. Namath said:

Saleh was banking that his front 4 would be able to get to Darnold.  It didnt happen.  Quinnen williams was completely non existant.

Now the good news is Saleh was able to see his plan wasnt working and adjusted in the 2nd half.  Once we starting blitzing Darnold, he did not do much for the rest of the game.

I know the oline sucked etc, but I believe the reason we lost is because we gave Sam too much time in the 1st half.  And alot of that falls on Quinnen Williams.

When your defense holds a team to 19 points you should win the game every time. 

Rushing 4 wasn'tthe issue. It had everything to do with letting CMC be Darnolds security blanket the first half.  When they adjusted at halftime and took CMC away Darnold struggled like we thought he would.  

[choon328]

7 minutes ago, joewilly12 said:

Little no adjustments were made and we couldn't stop 1 man CMC. 

They stopped him in the 2nd half bc of adjustments.

They protected Wilson better in the 2nd half bc they started using TE's to help the tackles. 

Both huge adjustments that helped the team almost come back. But other then that there were no adjustments. 

[Hael]

QW was like that last year as well.  He had a number of rather bad early games before he turned it on and had a couple monster games.

[BroadwayJoe12]

Personally, I thought it was our inability to score points.

[FidelioJet]

More than anything else, our WR's inability to catch the ball is why we lost this game.

[FidelioJet]

12 minutes ago, Joe W. Namath said:

Saleh was banking that his front 4 would be able to get to Darnold.  It didnt happen.  Quinnen williams was completely non existant.

Now the good news is Saleh was able to see his plan wasnt working and adjusted in the 2nd half.  Once we starting blitzing Darnold, he did not do much for the rest of the game.

I know the oline sucked etc, but I believe the reason we lost is because we gave Sam too much time in the 1st half.  And alot of that falls on Quinnen Williams.

The defense had NOTHING to do with why we lost this game.

[Jetsfan80]

The entire defensive philosophy relies on the front 4 getting pressure.  Period.  We just don't have the horses to do it with consistency with no Lawson.

But having said that, JFM made some really nice plays today and the push in the middle looked good at times, so perhaps we can figure something out.  The D wasn't nearly as bad as many here expected it would be today. 

Point being, however, don't expect us to suddenly start sending a bunch of extra blitzers regardless of whether we're getting much pressure from the front 4.  This is a Cover-3 scheme.  It doesn't work like that.  We're gonna live and die by sending 4 and dropping 7 back a lot of the time. 

Next draft we'll likely use our first or 2nd pick on an EDGE guy, we'll get Lawson back, and things will be a lot more fun on the defensive side of the ball.

[Grandy]

Our offense is focused around establishing itself through the run, but obviously it doesn't look like we can do that. 

We played so much better once adjusted towards the pass. I hope we build on that instead of try the good ol ground and pound against the pats until we're losing by three scores. Trying to run is always useful, but if it's not working then STOP before it's too late.

[Beerfish]

Early play calling was gase like suck.  We ran on 1st down so often it seemed.

[CanadienJetsFan]

We need more rushing yards,

we need sacks…did we even get one today?

[Augustiniak]

2 minutes ago, Grandy said:

Our offense is focused around establishing itself through the run, but obviously it doesn't look like we can do that. 

We played so much better once adjusted towards the pass. I hope we build on that instead of try the good ol ground and pound against the pats until we're losing by three scores. Trying to run is always useful, but if it's not working then STOP before it's too late.

This.  The entire offensive game plan in the first half was flawed.  Carolina made sure to send enough guys to stop the run and generate pressure and this blew up the offense.  No running lanes and no time for wilson to set.  Once they changed things up in the 2nd half it looked a lot better.  It was nice to see the adjustments for a change, but this does run contrary to what they want to do philosophically.  Wilson throws so well on the run i think they need to have him rolling out a fair amount to help out the line and give guys like mims and moore time to get downfield.  That will also help open up the run.  

[More Cowbell]

17 minutes ago, Joe W. Namath said:

Saleh was banking that his front 4 would be able to get to Darnold.  It didnt happen.  Quinnen williams was completely non existant.

Now the good news is Saleh was able to see his plan wasnt working and adjusted in the 2nd half.  Once we starting blitzing Darnold, he did not do much for the rest of the game.

I know the oline sucked etc, but I believe the reason we lost is because we gave Sam too much time in the 1st half.  And alot of that falls on Quinnen Williams.

Oh please. This was a team suck effort on both O and D. 

[freestater]

I read the thread title and thought we we're talking about the running game. It seemed like we only rushed for 4 yards.

[Prodigal Syndicate]

We lost this game because we have one of the worst rosters in the league.

[More Cowbell]

7 minutes ago, Augustiniak said:

This.  The entire offensive game plan in the first half was flawed.  Carolina made sure to send enough guys to stop the run and generate pressure and this blew up the offense.  No running lanes and no time for wilson to set.  Once they changed things up in the 2nd half it looked a lot better.  It was nice to see the adjustments for a change, but this does run contrary to what they want to do philosophically.  Wilson throws so well on the run i think they need to have him rolling out a fair amount to help out the line and give guys like mims and moore time to get downfield.  That will also help open up the run.  

The problem with the run is our RB's aren't  very good. We have a bunch of third down backs. The fact that we got virtually  no run blocking  from the OL also didn't  help.

[Origen]

10 minutes ago, CanadienJetsFan said:

We need more rushing yards,

we need sacks…did we even get one today?

JFM had a great one, but none of the interior guys did anything other than dance with his blocker.  Our Oline just watched as Panthers did stunts right past them while our Dline had no moves at all.  Very disappointing.

[jetsons]

26 minutes ago, Joe W. Namath said:

Saleh was banking that his front 4 would be able to get to Darnold.  It didnt happen.  Quinnen williams was completely non existant.

Now the good news is Saleh was able to see his plan wasnt working and adjusted in the 2nd half.  Once we starting blitzing Darnold, he did not do much for the rest of the game.

I know the oline sucked etc, but I believe the reason we lost is because we gave Sam too much time in the 1st half.  And alot of that falls on Quinnen Williams.

The defensive front 4 in general was non existent for 4 quarters... The "supposed" strength of the team was obsolete today... They as a group should take this Very Personally... Saleh's "D" "unleashes" the front 4, they really have Zero responsibilities, just get off the ball & attack... each front 4 player this off season stated how this defense was so conducive to their style of play & they as a group laid an egg. 

[Jetsfan80]

16 minutes ago, Beerfish said:

Early play calling was gase like suck.  We ran on 1st down so often it seemed.

This team is going to be fairly run-heavy because of the success of the system.  Give it time as the OL figures things out in this scheme.  The run game will become Wilson's best friend.  

[joewilly12]

34 minutes ago, choon328 said:

They stopped him in the 2nd half bc of adjustments.

They protected Wilson better in the 2nd half bc they started using TE's to help the tackles. 

Both huge adjustments that helped the team almost come back. But other then that there were no adjustments. 

I was referring to the first half of football. 

[Guilhermezmc]

He's used to have Nick Bosa, Deforest Buckner, Dee Ford.

Its a whole new game only rushing Quinnen Williams

[FidelioJet]

We lost the game because our WR's can't catch!  Get Cole and Crowder back and it's a different game.

And yes, the OL sucking too.

[Beerfish]

35 minutes ago, Jetsfan80 said:

This team is going to be fairly run-heavy because of the success of the system.  Give it time as the OL figures things out in this scheme.  The run game will become Wilson's best friend.  

I have no problem with a run heavy scheme, i do have a problem of running on 1st down all the time and then being 3rd and long.  Throw some safe short passes instead of a run on 1st down, make the other team loosen up a bit.

[Mark78]

53 minutes ago, CanadienJetsFan said:

We need more rushing yards,

we need sacks…did we even get one today?

1

[southparkcpa]

1 hour ago, Hael said:

QW was like that last year as well.  He had a number of rather bad early games before he turned it on and had a couple monster games.

All the way to 2 and 14.      

[southparkcpa]

50 minutes ago, Prodigal Syndicate said:

We lost this game because we have had some of the worst GMs pro sports for almost 15 years and now in the league.

Fixed.  You can’t suck this long without worthless drafting.  

[Jetsfan80]

7 minutes ago, Beerfish said:

I have no problem with a run heavy scheme, i do have a problem of running on 1st down all the time and then being 3rd and long.  Throw some safe short passes instead of a run on 1st down, make the other team loosen up a bit.

Fair enough.  I got excited on the very first play when we pitched it left, into the supposed strength of the line.  But when it only gained 1 yard I knew right away it would be tough sledding today.  

[FTL Jet Fan]

I definitely didn’t think Wilson would get hit that much, that should be the first thing to be addressed. Can’t repeat same mistakes every time we get a new QB. I know it’s the first game and  you can only judge up to what you see, and I saw a rookie QB on the ground way too much.