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00:00How strong a hold does Alex Van Pelt have
00:03on play-calling responsibilities?
00:05I think it's a hammer lock.
00:08I don't still know where you would go
00:11unless you go to Ben McAdoo and hand them to him.
00:15But then you're losing, you're, you know,
00:18basically emasculating the architect of your offense
00:21who's installing everything and saying,
00:23yeah, he's not good at that.
00:25So I would think that it's, again,
00:27judging by Mayo's tone in saying
00:31there's no conversation about that,
00:34that Van Pelt will continue to be the guy.
00:37We talked about gathering data,
00:41and we had to gather data on Brissett and where he was.
00:44He's now plateaued or declining.
00:48And there's fewer times he could excuse
00:50what's going on in the field
00:52because of a lack of protection.
00:53Same thing with Van Pelt.
00:55You know, the people who panned him when he was hired,
00:58I was reluctant to do that
00:59because I think it's incumbent upon us
01:03to let it play out a little bit if we're covering the team.
01:05Fans can do what they want.
01:06You guys can do what you want.
01:08I think if I'm supposed to give a reasoned opinion,
01:10I got to watch a few games.
01:12And I think now, as I wrote in my column,
01:15you have a guy who's got his hands at 10 and 2
01:18driving through a rock slide
01:19going 30 miles an hour in the left lane.
01:21You got to hit the gas, buddy.
01:23Disaster is coming at you.
01:26Hurry up.
01:27Well, and that's my point on Van Pelt.
01:29He might very well be the play caller all season long
01:32because there's not a lot of great alternatives.
01:34But we all sort of give him the excuse
01:38that the talent isn't great.
01:40Like, nobody's looking at it and being like,
01:41oh, you should be the greatest show on turf.
01:43But at the same time,
01:44shouldn't it be more than 12 points per game?
01:46Shouldn't there be fewer three and outs?
01:49Like, I think even with this talent,
01:51you got to find a way to get more out of it.
01:53That doesn't seem unfair.
01:54No, it doesn't seem unfair.
01:57But I do think you do have to give it time to see,
01:59okay, he's trying this.
02:00It's not working.
02:01And that's why the notion of,
02:03look, we shouldn't be the ones coming up with the idea
02:06that can you work in a wide receiver screen?
02:09Can you use the perimeter a little bit?
02:10Why do you have to get three games in of nitwits like us
02:14saying, would it be a good idea
02:16to get the ball to DeMario Douglas
02:18before it goes to DeMario Douglas?
02:20So, he needs to be more, I believe,
02:25in my lay person's opinion,
02:29quick to react and less reactive to what's going on.
02:35Okay, well, still not working.
02:37I know, we all know it's not working.
02:39Do something else.