Some day after positivity

[Cajunsmike]

It wasn’t thrown away. It may have looked like that at the stadium. But Williams quit on the route, never looked for the pass and it would’ve been complete had he turned to look. Hell he didn’t even know it was thrown until the DB caught it.

I did not have a good look but was told Broussard did not run a good route on pick right before half. Interceptions are often not solely the responsibility of just the QB. It is a team game.

[CajunFun]

Two things needed to improve:
1. Securing the football (fumbles, dropped punts)
2. Play calling (still running Napiers, run up the middle (repeat) play.

Defense was solid but gassed after having to go out there after turnovers back to back to back.

I'm always hesitant to criticize the play calling. I have a background in game theory, and I am aware that a) you play moneyball (i.e., what do the stats recommend) and b) football is a weird game in that each play is not independent of the last plays. What you call now, allows you to set up a play for the next down, or further down.

For instance, you may run up the middle, or pass short, or throw long, fairly sure that you probably won't get much. But because the other team sees that play, they have to commit players to that possibility, which frees up other parts of the field. It really is an elaborate game of 'chicken' crossed with Texas hold'em.

Having said that, one of our past OC's once showed some of us how he picked plays. He used a grid, and picked the next play based on what he had picked in the last few plays, trying to move methodically around general categories.

I watched with horror. Give me any computer programmer and we could predict, with great certainly, what he was going to call every second or third play.

I hope we're smarter than that now.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Are you suggesting we rely on AI algorithms?

[IberiaCajun]

A quick survey of the first four games. We have 26 plays over 20 yards. That’s 6.5 plays per game.

Good news.
Now, can you flip it. How many play’s have we allowed over20 yards?

[CajunVic]

Good news.
Now, can you flip it. How many play’s have we allowed over20 yards?

. . . that would be negativity . . . and should be posted in a different thread . . .