When McSorley didn't run out of the RPO, the offense struggled. Clifford needed to do that today because it was there. Can't imagine being told not to. Against Buffalo, he ran it several times when he should have given it to the back. I wonder if that is why he didn't run today. It is so important to the effectiveness of this offense.
The coaching staff does read the articles online after games and takes to pulse of the media and fans. Franklin as admitted that. I've noticed they swing the pendulum wildly back and forth each week. Last year Rahne was criticized for running on 3 consecutive downs to run out the clock, I forget the opponent, maybe indiana, but it almost cost us as we had to punt and got totally stuffed when we needed a first down. The following week, he threw all three downs to run out the clock and after 3 incompletions, he burned no time. Its as though they got it in cliffords head he was to give that read to the RB all game. Or at least, highly encouraged. He is an immature QB, just because he is young, as someone stated, we have immature coaches and they are going to make cliffords head spin. Give him his keys to read and allow him to dictate a bit.