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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Dickenson has had a bad year as offensive coordinator. The offense has been sloppy since the opening snap of the season. While they moved the ball well they couldn't get into the endzone due so sloppy play. I feel he's been really, really lucky that Arbuckle has some game to him as this offense has had issues all season with ball security and discipline.
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You know what, I agree and disagree with you at the same time.
With the continuous stream of injuries its nearly impossible for a offensive coordinator to develop any kind of rhythm at all. Its also impossibly hard for a QB to develop chemistry. At the same time you have a rookie QB trying to execute a pro game plan, and as much as people will say Arbuckle has had all of that practice time practice time does not equal live fire.
I know that my experience isn't compatible, but I will tell you that it takes nearly a full season under center for a QB to get comfortable in game situations, and you can see that with Arbuckle with his ups and downs.
You have a solid point on ball security and that's football 101. Its time to really crack down on this teams sloppy ball carrying technique and worth their concrete hands at the worst times.
On Rick Campbell's call, I get the second guess, but the bottom line is his defense had done a pretty good job in shutting down the Stamps offense, however it wasn't giving up the safety to get a deeper kick, I'd be tempted to do the same call and trust my special teams and trust my defense. I will also state that punting out of the end zone compared to doing a kick off is a completely different thing, and a bad snap or block or mistake on the punt would have been equally devastating.
At the end of the day, it was a 50/50 call but the special teams coverage boned them.