Krangodnzr
Captain of Team Murray
Do you feel our offense is overly managed? What I mean by that is does Kliff over think things?
Is he a paper coach who's too interested in looking clever with his play design over getting yards and points?
For example, look at the Seahawks and Packers. They aren't running 15 play 90 yard drives. They are playing old fashioned football.
DK, you run to the left hash on the 10 yard line, Russ will put the ball in that area and you adjust to it.
Same with the Packers, they play fairly simple but effective football. Out routes, go routes, TE slants. Nothing remotely as intricate as what Kilff does.
He he stifling Kyler's natural talent into a bunch of 5 yard passes and receiver screens?
I think the overall concepts that Kingsbury runs are pretty solid and they can and are working in the NFL, not just with the Cardinals but with the Chiefs and Ravens as well. Where I have an issue with Kliff is that he sometimes calls weird plays at the wrong time. What I mean by that is a slow developing play that if the defense stops it, the Cardinals get a loss of 5 yards on 2nd and 15. If I'm picking a play, I'm going to usually stick with the conventional wisdom and try to pick up 8 quick yards to make it 3rd and manageable.
This approach has been mostly successful. If Kyler just takes what the defense gives him in this game, the Cardinals win by 14 points and we have none of this handwringing.
I look at Kliff's offense and I really like what it has morphed into. Take the yards the defense is leaving on the field.