Love Mike Martz passing schemes and aggressiveness, but hate his stubborness and lack of patience with the run. He doesn't allow the quarterback to call audibles and he doesn't ever want to compromise and take what the defense gives him.
Ever. That reason was what mainly costed the team the Redskins game. The Skins took away intermediate and deep routes throughout the game. Martz would not adjust to this game plan by Washington and run the ball and/or use a short passing game. As a result, the offense sputtered with three-and-outs throughout and given up many coverage sacks, meanwhile the defense had eventually gotten tired. The Skins began to pull away late in the 3rd quarter and the rest is history.
The abundance of motioning and shifting in plays had become too complex and had players often running the wrong routes. Look no further than what happened in a critical moment late in the 4th quarter during the Giants game. The Lions had a good counter for a blitz ran by the Giants. Roy Williams was supposed to run a go route, but suddenly turned toward the middle of the field after beating the cornerback and ran the skinny post instead. Jon Kitna immediately airs it out anticipating go route all the way. The ball sails inches away from Roy on his left and drops on the ground. Potential game-winning touchdown pass failed. Calvin Johnson also had issues picking up everything, so Martz had Shaun McDonald on the field a lot more instead of allowing CJ to develop his game with experience on the field.
Like Psyblast had mentioned, other coaches and the offensive line really disliked Martz and his ways as the season went on. Word has it that the team's animosity toward Martz had reached its peak during the Arizona game when the team ran a record low for rushing yardage.
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Roy Williams' latest comments on Martz speaks volumes on this issue.
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