Jerome Ford was wide open and the ball hit off of a defenders helmet. That's not a play call issue.
I like you as a poster but you sometimes look at things too absolute. It’s not about the play not scheming guys open, it’s about having the guys to execute the play in that situation and understanding the trends of that player in similar situations.
Let me explain.
49ers game. Right before the half. You’ve weather an early storm and the team is back in the game. You get the ball back on your side of the field. You try to score points before the half. The one thing you can’t do is turnover the ball and lose momentum. Not to mention the field is wet. PJ takes a hit and looks to fumble luckily the refs rule his arm was going forward. In that play. PJ taking a sack isn’t the worst thing. Instead he tries to pitch the ball and it’s an intentional grounding. Disaster avoided but only by literal inche due to a bad situational decision by PJ.
49ers game: Down 1 well within fieldgoal range. 3rd down and you put the ball in Walker’s hands. In this situation, the one thing you can’t do is turn the ball over. Walker is told not to throw the ball. Walker rolls out and has a few yards of he runs. Instead he throws the ball in the end zone where he’s lucky it doesn’t get picked off. Another bad situational decision by PJ.
Indianapolis game. Driving and in the red zone to get the win. PJ roles out gets pressured. Holds on to the ball and tries to throw while getting hit. He fumbles and Indianapolis recovers. Bad situational decision by PJ. Luckily a flag bails him out.
Today in the first half. You are getting back into the game. In the red zone on 3rd down. PJ feels pressure and throws off base. He over throw a Njoku and is picked. Again bad situational football decision when taking the sack keeps you in field goal range for your automatic kicker.
There’s many other smaller situation bad decisions I could point to but the point I’m making is that more times than not, in high leverage situations, not only does PJ not make the correct decision, he makes the disastrous decision. So why would you trust him in another high leverage situation when he’s not been good on those in just about every instance. We are a missed field goal and some questionable penalties away from having lost 4 in a row by trusting PJ in high leverage situations.
After the Indianapolis and 49er games why would you trust him to make the right decision when you don’t have to?
That’s my issue with Stefanski. We’ve seen a trend where he makes the absolute worst decision at crucial times. Why trust him?