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I am so glad that Zorn has tailored the offense to Campbell's talents. I thought that Joe Gibbs made a huge mistake hiring Saunders, because Campbell's talents were best suited to Joe Gibbs vertical style of offense. He is a deep ball passer like Mark Rypien. The west coast offense was never suited to his talents. I think that if they go with this down field vertical passing game there is hope for Campbell staying in Washington and taking us to the promise land. With the emergence of Mitchell, Kelly and Thomas, along with Moss, we should be a big play powerhouse.

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I think Campbell know's the offense better has lots of weapons and wants to be a Redskin.

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I think there's a difference between tailoring his offense and taking more shots downfield. Besides we won't know how much he's done either way until the regular starts. I suspect that Zorn is still married to the WCO. Some new wrinkles maybe, but I think fundamentally we'll see the same offense we saw last year.

That being said, Clinton Portis will continue to be the centerpiece of this offense. If Portis doesn't log somewhere between 1,300 and 1,500 yards this season, I'm not sure how successful Zorn will be or how far the Skins go. Yes, the emergence of Kelly, Thomas, and Mitchell will help, but this is still CP's offense as far as I'm concerned.

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[quote=12thMan;584323]I think there's a difference between tailoring his offense and taking more shots downfield. Besides we won't know how much he's done either way until the regular starts. I suspect that Zorn is still married to the WCO. Some new wrinkles maybe, but I think fundamentally we'll see the same offense we saw last year.

That being said, Clinton Portis will continue to be the centerpiece of this offense. If Portis doesn't log somewhere between 1,300 and 1,500 yards this season, I'm not sure how successful Zorn will be or how far the Skins go. Yes, the emergence of Kelly, Thomas, and Mitchell will help, but this is still CP's offense as far as I'm concerned.[/quote]Every team and every offense needs their RB(s) to run for 1300-1500 yards...

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[url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2009/09/jason_campbell_really_likes_bi.html]D.C. Sports Bog - Jason Campbell Really Likes Big Plays[/url]

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The deep passing game definitely has to be there this year, otherwise we're going to struggle to score again. You've gotta have those explosive plays.

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[quote=diehard;584325]Every team and every offense needs their RB(s) to run for 1300-1500 yards...[/quote]


Not really. Last year you had a total of five running backs go over 1,300 yards. The vast majority didn't even break a 1,000 yards. The two teams that played in the Super Bowl didn't have one guy go over 800 yards.

Obviously the Redskins are put together much differently than those teams I just mentioned, but the point is we lived or died with Portis last year. And while I think we've improved some this time around, I don't see a big departure in the number of carries Portis will get.

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[quote=T.O.Killa;584314] With the emergence of Mitchell, Kelly and Thomas, along with Moss, we should be a big play powerhouse.[/quote]

The missing element to that is time. If Zorn and Campbell and these players are given multiple seasons to play together and get some consistency between player personnel and coaches, then the offense could mature into something special. Hopefully the team will have the patience to stick to a long term plan, but the reality is that the offense needs to make big strides this year or else.

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[quote=12thMan;584332] Obviously the Redskins are put together much differently than those teams I just mentioned, but the point is we lived or died with Portis last year. .[/quote]

I don't know if we lived or died with Portis last year. His rushing yards may have been more of a reflection of the offense's capabilities rather than the backbone upon which is all rested. In other words, we need to be careful between recognizing a correlation and identifying a cause and effect. Arguably, the offense didn't fail in the second half last year because Portis couldn't get going, but rather Portis couldn't get going because the line couldn't protect the passing game and opposing defenses simply stacked the box as a result.

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[quote=Coff;584335]I don't know if we lived or died with Portis last year. His rushing yards may have been more of a reflection of the offense's capabilities rather than the backbone upon which is all rested. In other words, we need to be careful between recognizing a correlation and identifying a cause and effect. Arguably, the offense didn't fail in the second half last year because Portis couldn't get going, but rather Portis couldn't get going because the line couldn't protect the passing game and opposing defenses simply stacked the box as a result.[/quote]

I'll buy that too. The larger point I'm making is if Portis rushes for 800 yards last year, we're not even 8-8.

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[quote=SmootSmack;584327][url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2009/09/jason_campbell_really_likes_bi.html]D.C. Sports Bog - Jason Campbell Really Likes Big Plays[/url][/quote]

Interesting what Vinny had to say about Mason and Alridge. I've been calling for shots down the field since last year. I think we have the time and personell to make something of it now. Being in the second year and getting our basics down helps us to expand the "O". Looking forward to spreading the field this season.

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[quote=12thMan;584337]I'll buy that too. The larger point I'm making is if Portis rushes for 800 yards last year, we're not even 8-8.[/quote]

Agree 100%. What i like the most is teams know we are trying the long ball so they will have to defend against it and as long as we pick the right time to throw it life will be good.

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[quote=Mattyk72;584331]The deep passing game definitely has to be there this year, otherwise we're going to struggle to score again. You've gotta have those explosive plays.[/quote]

To this day, I still wonder what would have happened if wide-open rapper/model/wide receiver (yes, wide receiver comes last, and thats not a testement to his rapping or modeling abilities), Brandon Lloyd had caught that long bomb that Campbell threw right into his hands to open the 2007 season... it could have sparked this team to go on to great things. Instead, the ball went right through his hands and it seemed like Gibbs gave up on deep plays for the rest of the season. Gibbs might still be here; Campbell would be entering his 3rd year in the same offensive system; hell ST might not have even died. Yes, in case your wondering, I do blame Brandon Lloyd for all that is wrong in the world.

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[quote=BigHairedAristocrat;584352]To this day, I still wonder what would have happened if wide-open rapper/model/wide receiver (yes, wide receiver comes last, and thats not a testement to his rapping or modeling abilities), Brandon Lloyd had caught that long bomb that Campbell threw right into his hands to open the 2007 season... it could have sparked this team to go on to great things. Instead, the ball went right through his hands and it seemed like Gibbs gave up on deep plays for the rest of the season. Gibbs might still be here; Campbell would be entering his 3rd year in the same offensive system; hell ST might not have even died. Yes, in case your wondering, I do blame Brandon Lloyd for all that is wrong in the world.[/quote]It may not be proper attribution, but Brandon Lloyd certainly deserves it.

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[quote=diehard;584325]Every team and every offense needs their RB(s) to run for 1300-1500 yards...[/quote]

except for Arizona last year

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[quote=Jay Schroeder;584361]except for Arizona last year[/quote]


.....and Pittsburgh and about 20 something other teams.

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I think he meant the whole team overall when he went rb(s)

Arizona had less than that as a team

Steelers had like 1700 rushing yards as a team

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and I only said Zona cause they went to the dance with less than that

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[quote=Mattyk72;584331]The deep passing game definitely has to be there this year, otherwise we're going to struggle to score again. You've gotta have those explosive plays.[/quote]

We need to get that play action going...

to get off topic remember that MNF game when Brunell hooked up with Moss to win it?

I need to get a copy of that game on dvd or something....thats my favorite Skins memory sans the Super Bowl years

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[quote=T.O.Killa;584314]I am so glad that Zorn has tailored the offense to Campbell's talents. I thought that Joe Gibbs made a huge mistake hiring Saunders, because Campbell's talents were best suited to Joe Gibbs vertical style of offense. He is a deep ball passer like Mark Rypien. The west coast offense was never suited to his talents. I think that if they go with this down field vertical passing game there is hope for Campbell staying in Washington and taking us to the promise land. With the emergence of Mitchell, Kelly and Thomas, along with Moss, we should be a big play powerhouse.[/quote]


I know Zorn let JC take some shots down the field more this preseason, but I am not sure you can call it a new offense. Sorry dude, but in all the games I followed(every one, but the Ravens debacle) I just see much of a difference. That being said JC has some new tools(targets) to use and to hit with his passes. That in itself will lead to an improved passing attack. JC has come along also, but I just haven't seen too many big passes being completed to call this a new offensive scheme. Now if JC threw more long ones and completed more to say Kelly and Thomas then I could concur, but most of the passes thrown by any SKins QB this preseason were 10 yards or less.

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Well when Zorn came here we had no passing game. Moss was our only bonified WR and ARE was dropping balls. The O-line was not blocking well and JC was getting sacked. Can't have a passing game w/o a decent O-line blocking. Can't have a passing game w/o decent WR's catching or atleast more then 1 threat on the field. All they had to do was double team Moss and stack up in the box. Things have changed. Either the O-line has better players (which I thought we kept the same people for the most part) or you change your blocking scheme, which I wonder if Zorn had Bugel do. Then we picked up more WR's.

As the experts have pointed out. JC has shown flashes of being able to get rid of the ball quickly but it's ony flashes. Give him time to throw like the O-line has and he can pick them apart.

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[quote=GusFrerotte;584385]I know Zorn let JC take some shots down the field more this preseason, but I am not sure you can call it a new offense. Sorry dude, but in all the games I followed(every one, but the Ravens debacle) I just see much of a difference. That being said JC has some new tools(targets) to use and to hit with his passes. That in itself will lead to an improved passing attack. JC has come along also, but I just haven't seen too many big passes being completed to call this a new offensive scheme. Now if JC threw more long ones and completed more to say Kelly and Thomas then I could concur, but most of the passes thrown by any SKins QB this preseason were 10 yards or less.[/quote]

Somewhat agree. I also think Zorn does not want to give the Giants anything to work with for the first game so he has let JC take a shot here and there or maybe purposefully has him missing to make other teams think our timing is off then come day 1 slam the Giants. ...LOL. Conspirathy theory. LOL. I also think he was trying to either get JC to use all his receivers or look at all the WR's he had on the roster. I get the feeling Zorn is going to suprise people this yr with the down the field passing game he was talking about last yr.

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[quote=T.O.Killa;584314]I am so glad that Zorn has tailored the offense to Campbell's talents. I thought that Joe Gibbs made a huge mistake hiring Saunders, because Campbell's talents were best suited to Joe Gibbs vertical style of offense. He is a deep ball passer like Mark Rypien. The west coast offense was never suited to his talents. I think that if they go with this down field vertical passing game there is hope for Campbell staying in Washington and taking us to the promise land. With the emergence of Mitchell, Kelly and Thomas, along with Moss, we should be a big play powerhouse.[/quote]


You think maybe that's something Gibbs and Zorn talked about when they were discussing Campbell during the off season?

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[quote=Longtimefan;584419]You think maybe that's something Gibbs and Zorn talked about when they were discussing Campbell during the off season?[/quote]
Maybe it just me fantasizing, but those were my thoughts exactly.

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At its core our offense will still be a WCO, I think. But it never hurts to go deep every now and then to keep the defense honest.

It will be interesting to see, in year two of Zorn, if he starts to adjust his philosophy more to his players. I look at Bill Walsh and Joe Gibbs (even Brian Billick) as classic examples of premiere head coaches who did that. And succeeded.

I don't care if we run the Run and Shoot, I just want us to get in the endzone

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[quote=Jay Schroeder;584377]We need to get that play action going...

to get off topic remember that MNF game when Brunell hooked up with Moss to win it?

I need to get a copy of that game on dvd or something....thats my favorite Skins memory sans the Super Bowl years[/quote]

Completely agree. If Portis and Betts combine for 1500 to 2000 yards it will open up the play action and screen possibilities in a big way. With success running, the opposing corners will have to go one on one and I'll take Santana or even M. Kelly in a one on one [B]deep[/B] matchup any day. Even if you miss a couple of the deep ones, it will at least make the defense think about it and then the underneath stuff opens up for Cooley and hopefully Fred Davis and maybe even Alridge out of the backfield if he makes the team, I hope.

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[quote=SmootSmack;584424]At its core our offense will still be a WCO, I think. But it never hurts to go deep every now and then to keep the defense honest.

It will be interesting to see, in year two of Zorn, if he starts to adjust his philosophy more to his players. I look at Bill Walsh and Joe Gibbs (even Brian Billick) as classic examples of premiere head coaches who did that. And succeeded.

I don't care if we run the Run and Shoot, I just want us to get in the endzone[/quote]

Exactly. Gibbs went 8-8 his first yr although on the positive side of 8-8. He turned his losing season around to finish and looked good. His next yr the team got better. Zorn went 8-8 on the negative side of 8-8. but Zorn only had 50 plays to work with. Now he has like 130 plus plays to work with and seems to have adjusted to his talent. If the team does well (which I hope) then we will have a great HC in the making and I can see nothing but SB's in our future.

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[quote=T.O.Killa;584314]I am so glad that Zorn has tailored the offense to Campbell's talents. I thought that Joe Gibbs made a huge mistake hiring Saunders, because Campbell's talents were best suited to Joe Gibbs vertical style of offense. He is a deep ball passer like Mark Rypien.[/quote]

I'm glad too, especially the I-Form and Singleback play-action passing game.
(BTW-Saunders and Gibbs stem from the same Coryell family)


[quote]The west coast offense was never suited to his talents. I think that if they go with this down field vertical passing game there is hope for Campbell staying in Washington and taking us to the promise land. With the emergence of Mitchell, Kelly and Thomas, along with Moss, we should be a big play powerhouse.[/quote]

I think the WCO suits JC just fine, but what we saw last year and especially in the second half of the season was only a portion of the WCO.
The WCO has 3,5 and 7 step drop passing as well as play-action passing.
But, the pass-pro really couldn't hold up and limited us to the occasional 5 step but mostly 3 step drop passing game.
I think Zorn began realizing last season that JC big arm can help gain chunks of yardage from I-Form playaction:

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[COLOR="DarkRed"][B]They have to compliment each other in my opinion. if Portis doesn't excel, then the offense wont. Although, if Cambell can't throw against 3-4 man coverages then the running game is snuffed.

I'm looking forward to seeing what Cambell shows up in September. Preseason game 1/2 Cambell, or preseason game 3/4 Cambell.[/B][/COLOR]

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[quote=12thMan;584332]Not really. Last year you had a total of five running backs go over 1,300 yards. The vast majority didn't even break a 1,000 yards. The two teams that played in the Super Bowl didn't have one guy go over 800 yards.

Obviously the Redskins are put together much differently than those teams I just mentioned, but the point is we lived or died with Portis last year. And while I think we've improved some this time around, I don't see a big departure in the number of carries Portis will get.[/quote]

Goes to show the formula for winning a Super Bowl doesn't include having a great feature back, especially one who's the higest paid player on Offense. The Steelers were getting 100 yard games from their 3rd stringer last year, Melwelde Moore. And look at who the Pats had in their backfield when they won their Super Bowls. I think the Skins would be more successful if Portis got less yards, assuming they had 1 or 2 other RBs contributing.

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[quote=44Deezel;584641]Goes to show the formula for winning a Super Bowl doesn't include having a great feature back, especially one who's the higest paid player on Offense. The Steelers were getting 100 yard games from their 3rd stringer last year, Melwelde Moore. And look at who the Pats had in their backfield when they won their Super Bowls. I think the Skins would be more successful if Portis got less yards, assuming they had 1 or 2 other RBs contributing.[/quote]

Exactly. You bring up a good point. That's why I said we lived or died with Portis last year. Not just because of his own production, but because the workload wasn't distributed amongst the other running backs.

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We went to CP last yr because we had no other weapons they double teamed Moss & Cooley last yr the rookies didn't and some couldn't step up. This year as long as we get some participation we should be good and i think we will. HTTR.

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I'm still waiting to see this deep ball that JC is supposed to be so good at throwing. He's been 1/4 in the preseason, and he was routinely missing receivers all of last year and the year before.

I'm glad that Zorn will open things up more for JC, but I'll be happier to see JC not over or under throwing wide-open receivers.

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[quote=12thMan;584661]Exactly. You bring up a good point. That's why I said we lived or died with Portis last year. Not just because of his own production, but because the workload wasn't distributed amongst the other running backs.[/quote]

I agree i've said this before we have a bunch of RB's on the bench that aren't challengeing CP there PRO bench warmers keep Aldridge and Mason cut Rock.

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Don't forget the (huge) improvements we are likely to see simply because Zorn is returning as the head coach. The Skins' 2nd-half (semi-) collapse last season was partially due to frustration with the new head coach. Remember how many shots we saw of Portis jawing on the sidelines with Zorn? Portis was obviously (and usually rightfully) frustrated. Neither the players or the coach had been through an entire season yet, didn't know how to deal with each other, and I bet many of the players longed for the Gibbs days.

I am a Florida grad and I saw the same phenomenon with Urban Meyer during his first season in 2005. A few players left the team prior to the season, and a few more quit playing hard part-way through the season. The result was a pedestrian 9-3 record (and a bowl loss to a pitiful Michigan team).

2006 rolled around and players realized there was no going back to the old days of the "player's coach" (Ron Zook). The Gators buckled down, focused, and learned to work together and communicate (players and coaching staff). The Gators had lost a heartbreaking game in '05 to LSU that had Urban Meyer in tears in the post game as he realized his spread system was not suited to Chris Leak, a phenomenal pocket passer. 2006 saw an offense more tailored to Leak's style. Yes, Tim Tebow began to see playing time, but review the season and you will see that it was Leak's season. The result? 13-1. National Champions.

Look at the Giants. Look at the Eagles. Look at the Cowboys. Do any of these teams honestly frighten you? Look at our roster: who we have returning and who we've acquired. We no longer have a rookie coach. I will be surprised if we don't win the division outright. Shocked, even. I don't care about winning the NFC, I don't care about the Super Bowl. It's a lot of luck at that point. But if we don't win the East, I will be surprised.

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[quote=Zorn on the 4th of July;584726]Don't forget the (huge) improvements we are likely to see simply because Zorn is returning as the head coach. The Skins' 2nd-half (semi-) collapse last season was partially due to frustration with the new head coach. Remember how many shots we saw of Portis jawing on the sidelines with Zorn? Portis was obviously (and usually rightfully) frustrated. Neither the players or the coach had been through an entire season yet, didn't know how to deal with each other, and I bet many of the players longed for the Gibbs days.

I am a Florida grad and I saw the same phenomenon with Urban Meyer during his first season in 2005. A few players left the team prior to the season, and a few more quit playing hard part-way through the season. The result was a pedestrian 9-3 record (and a bowl loss to a pitiful Michigan team).

2006 rolled around and players realized there was no going back to the old days of the "player's coach" (Ron Zook). The Gators buckled down, focused, and learned to work together and communicate (players and coaching staff). The Gators had lost a heartbreaking game in '05 to LSU that had Urban Meyer in tears in the post game as he realized his spread system was not suited to Chris Leak, a phenomenal pocket passer. 2006 saw an offense more tailored to Leak's style. Yes, Tim Tebow began to see playing time, but review the season and you will see that it was Leak's season. The result? 13-1. National Champions.

Look at the Giants. Look at the Eagles. Look at the Cowboys. Do any of these teams honestly frighten you? Look at our roster: who we have returning and who we've acquired. We no longer have a rookie coach. I will be surprised if we don't win the division outright. Shocked, even. I don't care about winning the NFC, I don't care about the Super Bowl. It's a lot of luck at that point. But if we don't win the East, I will be surprised.[/quote]

I do care about the Super Bowl, but I like your style brother!

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[quote=Zorn on the 4th of July;584726]Don't forget the (huge) improvements we are likely to see simply because Zorn is returning as the head coach. The Skins' 2nd-half (semi-) collapse last season was partially due to frustration with the new head coach. Remember how many shots we saw of Portis jawing on the sidelines with Zorn? Portis was obviously (and usually rightfully) frustrated. Neither the players or the coach had been through an entire season yet, didn't know how to deal with each other, and I bet many of the players longed for the Gibbs days.

I am a Florida grad and I saw the same phenomenon with Urban Meyer during his first season in 2005. A few players left the team prior to the season, and a few more quit playing hard part-way through the season. The result was a pedestrian 9-3 record (and a bowl loss to a pitiful Michigan team).

2006 rolled around and players realized there was no going back to the old days of the "player's coach" (Ron Zook). The Gators buckled down, focused, and learned to work together and communicate (players and coaching staff). The Gators had lost a heartbreaking game in '05 to LSU that had Urban Meyer in tears in the post game as he realized his spread system was not suited to Chris Leak, a phenomenal pocket passer. 2006 saw an offense more tailored to Leak's style. Yes, Tim Tebow began to see playing time, but review the season and you will see that it was Leak's season. The result? 13-1. National Champions.

Look at the Giants. Look at the Eagles. Look at the Cowboys. Do any of these teams honestly frighten you? Look at our roster: who we have returning and who we've acquired. We no longer have a rookie coach. I will be surprised if we don't win the division outright. Shocked, even. I don't care about winning the NFC, I don't care about the Super Bowl. It's a lot of luck at that point. But if we don't win the East, I will be surprised.[/quote]


Very nice read but the SB is important but i to would be very suprised if we didn't win the division. HTTR.

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[quote=30gut;584501]I think Zorn began realizing last season that JC big arm can help gain chunks of yardage from I-Form playaction:[/quote]

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[quote=SBXVII;584406]Somewhat agree. I also think Zorn does not want to give the Giants anything to work with for the first game so he has let JC take a shot here and there or maybe purposefully has him missing to make other teams think our timing is off then come day 1 slam the Giants. ...LOL. Conspirathy theory. LOL. I also think he was trying to either get JC to use all his receivers or look at all the WR's he had on the roster. [B]I get the feeling Zorn is going to suprise people this yr with the down the field passing game he was talking about last yr.[/B][/quote]

I def agree w/ this. Bet by week 3 or 4 the talking heads will be commenting about how we have a whole new offense after years of the doldrums. I'm getting excited cuz I really think the offense could be a wonderful surprise if the damn oline holds up.

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[quote=12thMan;584661]Exactly. You bring up a good point. That's why I said we lived or died with Portis last year. Not just because of his own production, but because the workload wasn't distributed amongst the other running backs.[/quote]

Good Point! Betts is a good back up and he should get alot more carries this year. Portis won't get so banged up that way and we can have him healthy for our playoff push this year.