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This confusion and mishandling of situations that now come back to bite McVay in the ass had its early roots dating back to 2018. More recently, McVay's mishandling of the Jackson fiasco had its roots dating back to March when McVay got ahold of Jackson and promised he would be a primary receiver and one of, if not THE only deep threat for an offense that could be explosive. The convos between the two were made public.
Somewhere in the interim, Jackson got forgotten. The concept of McVay forgetting he has a deep threat in Jackson when Stafford could get Jackson the ball deep when that is what Jackson was promised by McVay is difficult to believe. IDK, maybe McVay's approach soured when Jackson was hotdogging it on that deep ball early in the season and almost got tackled before he scored. That didn't appear to be the case especially in light of McVay was the first to race down the field and congratulate Jackson.
How could a HC forget that he has a deep threat and fail to live-up to his promise and then not rectifying it simply by just playing the guy more? Maybe there was something else afoot that I am not privy to but it begs one to wonder about a coach who is so accomplished yet he can just-out-of-the-blue do stupid shit like this. Did Jackson see the handwriting on the wall and force the issue? IDK. But what is known is that the JAckson demands were not going to be accommodated by McVay and the divorce occurred. AND, this isn't the first incident like this, as we are all aware.
But now, we desperately could have used a deep threat tonight if McVay was going to favor the pass. Tennessee was shutting everything down short and that is what we were executing at the time BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE A DEEP THREAT. So this whole fiasco with Jackson was exacerbated by offensive ill-preparation during the week and all of it had contributing factors rooted in a HC who didn't get his team prepared for a tough opponent. McVay failed to implement a weapon he did have into an offense he promised he would insert and play often and then got engulfed in the happenings of a big signing that was making his team look undefeatable.
And of course, McVay's rigidity in play-calling is now legendary. He called short outs left and right nearly the entire game when they just were not working and yet he continued to call them. He doesn't recognize patterns during the game and if he does, he ignores them. Does this guy have help on the sidelines during the game or during the week in the game plan formation? If he doesn't, he should.
Today's football teams are just too complex and with the wrong guy it can lead to burn-out. Just ask Dick Vermeil. McVay needs assistance. But a testament to the guy's resilience is he has been the most poached HC in the league and yet he is able to redefine the team to be a winner the next season.
I think he needs some help during the week and he needs to broaden his offensive horizons and learn the Jumbo offense because DC's throughout the league continue to learn how to effectively defend his offense. McVay cannot remain static because like tonight, the results on the field will be predictable and very ugly.
Somewhere in the interim, Jackson got forgotten. The concept of McVay forgetting he has a deep threat in Jackson when Stafford could get Jackson the ball deep when that is what Jackson was promised by McVay is difficult to believe. IDK, maybe McVay's approach soured when Jackson was hotdogging it on that deep ball early in the season and almost got tackled before he scored. That didn't appear to be the case especially in light of McVay was the first to race down the field and congratulate Jackson.
How could a HC forget that he has a deep threat and fail to live-up to his promise and then not rectifying it simply by just playing the guy more? Maybe there was something else afoot that I am not privy to but it begs one to wonder about a coach who is so accomplished yet he can just-out-of-the-blue do stupid shit like this. Did Jackson see the handwriting on the wall and force the issue? IDK. But what is known is that the JAckson demands were not going to be accommodated by McVay and the divorce occurred. AND, this isn't the first incident like this, as we are all aware.
But now, we desperately could have used a deep threat tonight if McVay was going to favor the pass. Tennessee was shutting everything down short and that is what we were executing at the time BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE A DEEP THREAT. So this whole fiasco with Jackson was exacerbated by offensive ill-preparation during the week and all of it had contributing factors rooted in a HC who didn't get his team prepared for a tough opponent. McVay failed to implement a weapon he did have into an offense he promised he would insert and play often and then got engulfed in the happenings of a big signing that was making his team look undefeatable.
And of course, McVay's rigidity in play-calling is now legendary. He called short outs left and right nearly the entire game when they just were not working and yet he continued to call them. He doesn't recognize patterns during the game and if he does, he ignores them. Does this guy have help on the sidelines during the game or during the week in the game plan formation? If he doesn't, he should.
Today's football teams are just too complex and with the wrong guy it can lead to burn-out. Just ask Dick Vermeil. McVay needs assistance. But a testament to the guy's resilience is he has been the most poached HC in the league and yet he is able to redefine the team to be a winner the next season.
I think he needs some help during the week and he needs to broaden his offensive horizons and learn the Jumbo offense because DC's throughout the league continue to learn how to effectively defend his offense. McVay cannot remain static because like tonight, the results on the field will be predictable and very ugly.
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