Way to go Whiz

[richpjr]

We don't have the cap space to trade for anyone, do we? Thought I heard we had less than $2 million left, some of which will be needed for injury replacement players.

[TTK]

We don't have the cap space to trade for anyone, do we? Thought I heard we had less than $2 million left, some of which will be needed for injury replacement players.

Don't know how accurate this is but according to Spotrac, you're right:

http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cap/

[Rambler]

Anyone else think that Rivers or others are trying to get Gates the TD record, at the expense of varied playcalling in the red zone? Gordon has been a beast, and we call no running plays, don't even line up with a running back on some downs down there, to give the defense any concern about having to stop the run? I know Gates has been a great player for us in the past, but I'd hope we're calling (or audibling to) the playcall most likely to succeed against the defense.

[KNSD]

How does Rivers go blameless when he's given so much power at calling offensive plays?

[6025]

How does Rivers go blameless when he's given so much power at calling offensive plays?

Legitimate question. I pose that he may be the one calling a majority of these plays.

[Maverick]

Legitimate question. I pose that he may be the one calling a majority of these plays.

I obviously can't speak for the rest of the plays, but the SDUT quoted Rivers as saying he did NOT audible out of any of the 4 straight passing plays that were called at the goal line in the 4Q.

[vinabolt]

It depends. Is the play took a long time to came in? Is there communication problems? Whiz (and Norv) has history of thinking a long time to decide on a play. If the QB don't have enough time to think about should we change the play, what play to change to, communication etc. He'll just trusting the coach than risking the delay of game.

Bottom line is, if the play calls suck, people will point fingers to whoever calling the plays: the play caller, and rightfully so. It's as simple as that.

Whiz's #1 job is to call plays. Rivers' #1 job is to passes the ball.

Saying that doesn't mean that Rivers doesn't need to improve on audibling.

How does Rivers go blameless when he's given so much power at calling offensive plays?

[Boltjolt]

Rivers said he didn't audible out of any runs plays at the GL so Whiz called pass plays. They never seem to have time since the plays come in so late. He barely had time to set pass protections that don't seem to matter with our OL.

[vinabolt]

If this is true then it's even more ridiculous blaming Rivers for Whiz's responsibility.

Rivers said be didn't audible out of any runs plays at the GL so Whiz called pass plays. They never seem to have time since the plays come in so late. He barely had time to set pass protections that don't seem to matter with our OL.

[6025]

If this is true then it's even more ridiculous blaming Rivers for Whiz's responsibility.

It's a fair question to ask, it's not ridiculous. It might explain why we see the Spanos draw play all the time (though it has been cut out as of late - can we credit Whiz/McCoy for that if we want to bash them for everything else?)

[Heatmiser]

And if Gordon had fumbled or been thrown for a loss or stuffed you guys would criticize McCoy and Wisenhunt for being too conservative. They put the ball in the hands of their best player with the game on the line. I got no problem with that.

tG

[Heatmiser]

Rivers said he didn't audible out of any runs plays at the GL so Whiz called pass plays. They never seem to have time since the plays come in so late. He barely had time to set pass protections that don't seem to matter with our OL.

Tough to audible a lot with that crowd noise.