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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 640666" data-attributes="member: 4300">Sometimes the obvious reason is the correct one so I think the reason McCarthy turned over the play calling duties to Clements was so he could be more on top of the D and STs (in addition to the O) during games. And to spend more time in D and STs meetings.As I posted before, I think play calling is an art and some coaches are better at it than others. For example, two players can be identical athletically and mentally but if one has a knack – AKA football instincts – he’ll be consistently better than the other. Same with play calling. Clements is probably very close to McCarthy in evaluating opponent’s defenses and in selecting which alignments and plays are likely to work best against that D. But I think McCarthy has the better in-game feel for play calling. Was that the only reason the offense was better against Dallas? No, I don’t think so but the offense certainly seemed to more in sync than previously. One of the other reasons for success was probably Marinelli’s not using what’s been working against the Packers; press coverage. (It reminded me a little bit of the Texans’ DC sticking to his single high safety scheme against the Packers when the Packers lit ‘em up in Houston in 2012.) It’ll be interesting to see how McCarthy reacts when opponents go back to that.</blockquote>

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