This, I just don't get...
He was superb with Steichen. Johnson comes in an the playbook is just EXTRA vanilla, to the point that teams no the plays based on formation. They have been getting blitz for the last 4 or 5 weeks with no adjustment. On top of that, Hurts WANTS to throw more in the middle of the field, but the offensive brain trust won't do it
I truly don't think he is to blame for this bullshyt. If Steichen was still here we are not having this discussion and that's a FACT!
i always agreed with most of this, but even with the vanilla playbook and scheme, i've seen tons of times all year where jalen had a wide open man on 3rd and whatever and dude isn't seeing the field or going through his reads at the speed needed in the NFL level, then we punt. Steichen is 10x the playcaller and OC that BJ is, but either way at the end of the day hurts still regressed as a pure quarterback. who knows how we would look into the 2nd year of steichen (who also didnt use motion) when teams have a season worth of tape on us, although i also agree that it wouldn't have been as bad as it looks with BJ.