I hope Putulo is watching this 49ers game

[Eagle60]

Are any of you guys watching this? The blocking schemes are really different and they are really using Kittle to open up a lot of holes.

[andrewaters]

The 49ers do a good job keeping the DL guessing where the block is coming from. That slows the rush down.

[NoDakIggle]

Can’t change entire offense during season but they ran a few things in Sunday. Playing under center, play action, using Fred and Latu more for jumbo packages, etc. I hope they continue to throw in same stuff this week to keep giants off guard. Then use bye week to look at second half of season.

[taz]

So is that Patullo or Stoutland or execution? I mean Stoutland is suppose to be the whisperer of o lines? Right now this o line is playing middle of the road at best. That also limits the play calling ability. I know its fashionable to blame Patullo for everything and I am no means saying Patullo is great. But he isn't Brian Johnson. We do see wrinkles at times that say he can draw up some things. I really believe our offensive issues are much more execution than play calling Not saying the play calling couldn't be better but they can't run no matter what they try. Why? Missed blocks, holding calls, there are times that Barkley misses a cut back or hole. They just are not executing.

I think the narrative on Patullo is just getting out of hand. I mean a huge deal was made of the bomb to Smith saying Smith called it. No he came back and told the coaches what he is seeing out there and he wanted them to throw it. For those who have played, a good coaching staff asks that all the time. If he came back and told the coaches that and they didn't call it, yeah blast away. The fact is a good coaching staff listens and they did. TD Eagles.

There biggest issue on both sides of the ball right now is execution. How many busted coverages are we going to have (unfortunately most of it has been on Mukuba), how many missed blocks, how many penalties. This team is 5th in the league in penalty yards. They need to clean it all up.

[Eaglebreath]

So is that Patullo or Stoutland or execution? I mean Stoutland is suppose to be the whisperer of o lines? Right now this o line is playing middle of the road at best. That also limits the play calling ability. I know its fashionable to blame Patullo for everything and I am no means saying Patullo is great. But he isn't Brian Johnson. We do see wrinkles at times that say he can draw up some things. I really believe our offensive issues are much more execution than play calling Not saying the play calling couldn't be better but they can't run no matter what they try. Why? Missed blocks, holding calls, there are times that Barkley misses a cut back or hole. They just are not executing.

I think the narrative on Patullo is just getting out of hand. I mean a huge deal was made of the bomb to Smith saying Smith called it. No he came back and told the coaches what he is seeing out there and he wanted them to throw it. For those who have played, a good coaching staff asks that all the time. If he came back and told the coaches that and they didn't call it, yeah blast away. The fact is a good coaching staff listens and they did. TD Eagles.

There biggest issue on both sides of the ball right now is execution. How many busted coverages are we going to have (unfortunately most of it has been on Mukuba), how many missed blocks, how many penalties. This team is 5th in the league in penalty yards. They need to clean it all up.

I tend to agree. It's a situation where a handful of issues are compounding one another. The O-line, playcalling, penalties, Hurts, all of it. I feel encouraged though, because they finally had a game where they played well as a unit. They still have things to clean up for sure, and the execution needs to be better. But, they needed to get the ball downfield. They needed to throw the ball over the top of the defensive schemes they've been seeing. Hurts needed to have a good game. So, I view this as a major step forward against a very good defensive unit.

As far as the defense is concerned, I think there needs to be some patience. Mukuba is a rookie. I think he's going to get better with experience. I think using Campbell as a rush end isn't ideal, but it gets Dean on the field, and is better than the alternative right now.

And, they need to get and stay healthy. They've had quite a few injuries to deal with to some key players along the way. We'll have to see on Jurgens' MRI.

[Eagle60]

LOL about Smith. Any receiver five years old or above will tell you that he's open. I say it's 90-95% execution and you can't execute with some of the people that we are putting out there. The offense needs to get healthy and if we are lucky enough to win on Sunday we will be in good shape after the bye week.

[NoDakIggle]

I agree execution is an issue. Hell when we are putting Toth there along with dinged up Dickerson and Jurgens you know things are bad. Add in that Mailata and Steen are playing okay but not special. But I have to say I have seen cutups of Eagle formations that tend to show run/pass. Now maybe that has been the case for years and every team tips their hand but I don’t think so. If you run the same thing every time Latu comes in or Johnson comes in you’re going to get stuffed. When Hurts is under center one time in the game you can’t run okay action.
Im not calling for Patullo’s head but the birds offense (under Sirianni) has been limited. I like what they did Sunday and hope they continue with changing things up.