re: Is it Pete's playcalling, or players not knowing the offense?

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If it's just the playcalling, call different plays.

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Play calling is an art. You have to have a feel for the game flow and what the defense is trying to do that day vs what they try to do on a week to week basis. Combine that with some deception and slight of hand. You get the defense looking one way while you run a play the other way.

If peak Sean Payton/Drew Brees was Rembrandt, Pete Carmichael is your kindergartener bringing home their school "art".

You can't just become a good play caller, it takes talent that Pete just doesn't have.

As far as the assignment thing? Who knows. What I do know is that the players on this offense are turning on each other and the coaching staff. You can have the best army in the world but they won't fight very effectively if they don't have faith in their leadership.