This weekend, Minnesota and Philadelphia are 2/5 at home, but both Offensive Coordinators have been making mistakes that they have been getting away with. Case Keenum has been a veritable goldmine for us (2015 in Seattle @5/2, 2016 in LA vs Seattle @ 5/2, 2017 vs Green Bay and Tampa Bay), but Shurmur has gotten way too predictable. If you watch the tipped-ball interception Green Bay made closely:
You will notice that Packer MLB Martinez pays zero attention to McKinnon and Rudolph. Keenum is looking right at McKinnon, but Martinez is creeping back to jump the slant that he knows is coming. Keenum should have gone to Rudolph.
In Philadelphia, Frank Reich is taking way too many chances with Wentz. He has only had Blount, who is an outstanding blocker, on the field 31% of the time. Blount should be out there at least twice as frequently, which would ensure an 8-man box at least, and prevent the opposition from doubling more than one Wide Receiver. Wentz is still too excitable and has too many balls sailing high.
As it stands, Philadelphia is the most complete team in the NFC, and with the injury to Rodgers, Minnesota should be number two but they don’t have a Running Back the caliber of Blount. You can tell by the way that they refused to get Adrian Peterson back in the fold that they do not have the correct mindset for big-time success. Instead of rallying behind the adequate Keenum, who was wonderful in tandem with Todd Gurley in 2015, and getting the right Running Back, they keep trying to force Bradford in the lineup. Now, Teddy Bridgewater is returning to practice. The Vikings are 4-2 and just caught the break of a lifetime with Rodgers going down for the season. McCarthy is nowhere near a good enough Head Coach to do what Belichick and McDaniels did with Garoppolo.
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