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Redzone Offense

scane said:
Pace on offense in the 4th Quarter too. I don’t know if you want to blame Gattis, Mario, or both, but there is no sane reason to run down the play clock trailing late.
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It was bizarre, the whole O seemed to be sleep walking.

If I didn't know any better I'd think Mario was just trying to keep the game close.
 
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Redzone was not good obviously.
Didn't throw into endzone once. You have to find a way to challenge the endzone....you are not going to throw it short and think someone is going to break loose and score. That was not going to happen inside the 20. You had to throw into the endzone and give yourself a more realistic chance to score.
 
P-Tizzle said:
How is Mallory a stud TE? He isn’t Bowers or Kuithe. He’s an average TE who can’t block, makes bad penalties. He’s not a stud.
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Please. No one but Bowers is Bowers.

We all know Mallory can’t block but he was a real receiving threat in this game. He even came back out there and caught more passes after he probably shouldn’t have (concussion?).
 
IndayArtHauz said:
It was bizarre, the whole O seemed to be sleep walking.

If I didn't know any better I'd think Mario was just trying to keep the game close.
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For me, this is one of the more alarming takeaways from tonight.

Perhaps that’s not actually the case, but man, an awful lot of his decisions seem to point that way. If it’s NOT the case, then he was simply ultra conservative, maybe to an absurd extent. Neither is exactly the mindset you hope to see from the head man, regardless of the circumstance.
 
IndayArtHauz said:
It was bizarre, the whole O seemed to be sleep walking.

If I didn't know any better I'd think Mario was just trying to keep the game close.
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My theory is that this team is mentally weaker than most of us think. Had we not put up some points - in Mario’s view - and kept things close, they could’ve mailed it in. Seems like the plan was to keep us in it and hope that we’d be able to generate some chunk plays. Had we recovered that A&M fumble, it could’ve played out that way.
 
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FL Cane said:
My theory is that this team is mentally weaker than most of us think. Had we not put up some points - in Mario’s view - and kept things close, they could’ve mailed it in. Seems like the plan was to keep us in it and hope that we’d be able to generate some chunk plays. Had we recovered that A&M fumble, it could’ve played out that way.
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Sure, but if you think that you’re team is already beaten. The same team was down 17-3 and marched right down the field the next drive.
 
IndayArtHauz said:
Sure, but if you think that you’re team is already beaten. The same team was down 17-3 and marched right down the field the next drive.
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id rather get blown out trying to win than doing what we did in those spots. there isnt a huge diff between 17-9 and 17-6. once ATM scored that second TD, I said the game was over. we weren't going to score on them. we didnt.
 
hoops156 said:
not going for it on fourth and goal down 17-6 was absolutely that. it was a weak call by a stafff that preaches toughness.
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I was less annoyed about that and more annoyed but the lack of aggressive play calling on the first three downs.

Down 11 we needed a FG plus a TD (and 2 pt) but seemed like they had decided on the FG as soon as they got down there. Really puzzling.

Didn’t watch the post game presser but anyone know if he was even asked about red zone play calling? Not that we would get anything ground breaking in the response.
 
UM really was in the zone at least 5 times and only came away with 9 points. A&M was in the redzone 3 times, 2 with short field and scored and one drive that ended in a field goal. That’s a game we should have won. It literally doesn’t make sense unless u repeatedly shoot yourself in the foot 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️. Elite teams score touchdowns 4/5 times.
 
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