I disagree. I think there's enough information on the team to be able to disseminate where where different problems are, but it's not as easy to say one way or the other (definitively) if Schottenheimer is a liability. Not that I'm an expert or anything, but I tend to watch games over and over and over and I can see execution breakdowns that make a play fail. I can also see when pass plays would have ultimately been successful if the protection held up or if the receiver didn't foul up in some way. That's not to say that I think B Schott is a flawless innovator, but I can say that there has been significant improvement over what the previous few coordinators brought to the table.
I think Schotty came into the season with the wrong idea of how to handle the offensive personnel, so we got off to a slow start. However, I've been impressed with how he's adjusted since then and I think he's probably getting the most he can out of the talent he's got. That's not to say that all of our players are living up to their potential, but I think Schotty has been putting them in the best position to succeed more often than not, it's just the execution could use some work. That's a heck of a lot more than I can say for Shurmur or Mickey D, who had absolutely no idea how to handle the offense, and especially McDaniels who refused to adjust his schemes no matter what.
Yeah, we're pretty close to being eye-to-eye on this. My only (slight) difference being, I think Schotty came into the season with a specific idea of how to handle the offensive personnel, but it didn't materialize because of mistakes and execution problems. It started off exactly how I think he wanted it to go in week 1 against Arizona, but even that started with a drop from Cook on a gimme long TD. Then, for whatever reason, the wheels fell off for a couple of games when the protection really broke down. You're right that he's more pragmatic than the other guys though. I anticipate another good plan against the Titans, and I hope Clemens is up to the task.
Ok, I'm a little late getting in here. Davis was cut after pre-season for whatever reason, but he did out play Clemens and the stats show it. Neither player got a chance with the 1st team so it's hard to tell what they were capable of. I feel like when they decided to keep only 2 QBs that they felt that Clemens experience with Schotty was the deciding factor. (And they hoped they wouldn't be put in this situation) When Davis was asked to go work out for the Dolphins with 2 other QBs, it was because Pat Devlin's ankle injury was thought to be worse than it was. Dolphins didn't keep another QB because Devlin's injury wasn't. Davis was then brought in for a workout for the Panthers and then the Texans before coming back here.
Agreed, but he did a nice job of keeping them off the field and driving the offense with timely throws behind a good run game. Not a great game by any stretch, but he didn't lose it either.
