My biggest pet peeve against any OC is when we are 3rd down and 6+ yards, and we throw the ball to someone behind the LoS, or attempt a run between the tackles or a jet-sweep, or we have routes that purposely stop 1-2 yards just inside the 1st down mark.

Last night, Coley did virtually all of these multiple times. 3rd and 11 twice and he orders bubble-screens. 3rd and 14 twice and he’s got 3 of 4 routes not crossing the 14, so Fromm has no choice but to throw to Pickens who’s the ONLY deep guy, but he’s got a DB draped over him both times (both of which should have been called PI’s btw - fkn refs). And on one 3rd and 9 he runs Herrien on a pure inside dive. Not even a draw, just a straight up dive.

I just don’t get it. If you need 9, 11, or 14 yards on 3rd down, you send 4-5 receivers past 9, 11, and 14 yards and hit the open one. Let the RB be the check-down if there’s an all out blitz. We have an OL that averages 329 lbs. Give them a chance to block.

ND got like 5 or 6 shoe-string tackles at or behind the LoS in 1v1 situations on shitty low percentage of success play calls.

Coley never seemed to hit them at their week spots. They were stacking 7-8 in the box and he just ran right at them or ordered plays that generally started behind the LoS in between the hash-marks rather than outside the edges or down field.

It just wasn’t very good. Kirby not going for it on 4th and a half yard was just dumb too.