This is the only take that I have and its why I will continue to blame piss poor (1) QB play, (2) lack of situational awareness and (3) incompetent offensive play design. Khaki Cousins deserves every piece of criticism possible on that dumpster juice, awful 2nd to last offensive drive alone. I’m not even gonna mention the fact that the drive lasted all of 27 seconds. Time and time again, the defense has bailed out this putrid offense. At the very least, the offense owed it to the other side of the ball to have some damn pride and go out there and make something happen on the scoreboard.
I would gladly given #4 his due had that drive resulted in a TD or a FG. #4 knows that the defense has been decimated with injuries, so anything less than a TD is an absolute failure and choke job. I don’t care how much he makes, the front office and the coaching staff has shown you time and time again, that they don’t know wtf they are doing with building an offense, catering play calls to your best plays, or assembling depth and competent players within the front 7. At some point it is up to the quarterback, the leader of the team… to say “fukk it, to hell with these weak ass play calls- CeeDee we can do this ourselves and make it happen”
I’m not gonna fault #4 for the game ending pick 6. That’s all on Brown. However, Brown should have never been put in that situation. That play design is for your game breaking, 1st round picked WR that by the way was averaging 18.0 yds per catch, who also by the way is 9th in the league in YAC among WRs. Which again goes back to team building from the front office and play design by the coaching staff. When everyone on the roster is averaging less than 4.0 yds per carry, it’s the responsibility of the offensive coordinator and head coach to put their combined 4 brain cells together scheme ways to move the ball. No bootlegs/ PA roll outs to TE’s…which has worked all season. No screen passes to WRs or RBs. Unfortunately, this team is not ready to make any step or progress past the wild card…even if this is the best opportunity to run the table and make a Super Bowl push. Rant over, see yall boys on Christmas Eve.
