Hawks were worst at both tossing and defending screens

[Donn Beach]

Hadn't seen this, that's pretty impressive. How can they be that bad?

https://www.fieldgulls.com/2022/12/30/2 ... -analytics

[douche]

All I have to say is, 'Wow'.

And I hope that changes.

[Donn Beach]

Yeah, I found the link in a story about lockett saying they want to get better at it

“I think we were last in the screen game,” Lockett said. “If we can be able to get that down to at least 20, it does wonders. The biggest thing is for us just knowing how to be able to be better at it. How to know how to catch it, how to be able to get upfield, trusting that the line is going to be there. Everybody being able to do their part. If we can get better at that, then it makes the offensive game better, it makes the run game better, the explosive game better, the short game better.

“But if we don’t have the screen game, then we’ve kind of become limited.”

https://www.fieldgulls.com/2023/6/23/23 ... me-screens

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Clearly the whole concept of the screen pass is something foreign to the entire coaching staff.

[D-train]

Hadn't seen this, that's pretty impressive. How can they be that bad?

https://www.fieldgulls.com/2022/12/30/2 ... -analytics

You would think since they had a first hand view every Sunday of teams being wildly successful with screens they would just copy them but I guess they can't play against their own terrible D. lol

[Sibelius Hindemith]

This is the first new thread here in almost a week. Meanwhile, the Off Topic, Memes & Entertainment forum is averaging three new threads per day for the past few weeks.

[Captain 97]

Your linebackers are the ones who fill the run gaps and also pick up screens. Our linebackers sucked last year period! Hopefully Bobby and Bush will fix that this season.

[D-train]

Your linebackers are the ones who fill the run gaps and also pick up screens. Our linebackers sucked last year period! Hopefully Bobby and Bush will fix that this season.

Bobby and Bush. Would have been a great episode title for Brady Bunch when Bobby realized that step Sisters are ON limits. lol

[Donn Beach]

Doubt it came down to a couple of players. Screens are run basically to take advantage of an overly aggressive defense. Football really is about about that coordination between players. A successful screen has to be up there with the most complicated wouldn't it?

[SeattleAddict]

hard for the defense to practice defending it if the offense is incapable of running a proper screen.

I think having a RB that can actually catch a pass will make a difference, as will having an extra year's experience from the O-Line, but for the love of God, I just hope they take that freaking bubble screen out of the playbook.