Is anyone trying to coach anymore?
It’s a valid question after an absolute stinker of a playoff cycle—and one I can’t seriously answer. When I look at the 10 games that got us here (minus Packers-Cowboys), I see the creative teams advancing and the boring teams wondering what the hell just happened.
Championship weekend was that helplessness in a nutshell. I could see Kyle Shanahan targeting LaDarius Gunter and Joe Thomas from the Bleacher Report office; Dom Capers couldn’t see it from the coaches' box? And Pittsburgh, oh Pittsburgh. Tom Brady might be the most accurate passer of all time, but let’s roll out the most predictable zone coverages and let receivers run right through them.