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flyfischer · 12-04-2005, 03:59 AM

I was watching an old VHS copy of the 88 NFC championship and Superbowl haha. One day I won't have to live in the past! Any way, its funny how similar our offense is to that one. Someone earlier said that they knew what was coming back then, just no one could stop it...I agree, but I think it was all the o line. Our running backs that year were George Rogers, Timmy Smith, and Kelvin Bryant...none of which are hall of famers. They just had a steam roller in front of them, so they could chip off 5 or 6 yards every time. It was the same frustrating offense as now...it just worked! Run, run, pass...run, run, pass...with a few shots downfield every now and then but mostly dink and dunk passes. Madden and Summerall even knew the name to the Skins' running packages-"heavy" if that says how obvious it was. They knew about the counter-tre just like they do now. Great pass blocking too...Williams didn't get sacked too often. I tell you though, even though the offensive line was great...what I wouldn't give to have Dave Butz, Dexter Manly, Monty Coleman, and Charles Mann again!

12-04-2005, 03:59 AM	#29
flyfischer Camp Scrub Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 47	Re: Is it Portis or the Offensive line? I was watching an old VHS copy of the 88 NFC championship and Superbowl haha. One day I won't have to live in the past! Any way, its funny how similar our offense is to that one. Someone earlier said that they knew what was coming back then, just no one could stop it...I agree, but I think it was all the o line. Our running backs that year were George Rogers, Timmy Smith, and Kelvin Bryant...none of which are hall of famers. They just had a steam roller in front of them, so they could chip off 5 or 6 yards every time. It was the same frustrating offense as now...it just worked! Run, run, pass...run, run, pass...with a few shots downfield every now and then but mostly dink and dunk passes. Madden and Summerall even knew the name to the Skins' running packages-"heavy" if that says how obvious it was. They knew about the counter-tre just like they do now. Great pass blocking too...Williams didn't get sacked too often. I tell you though, even though the offensive line was great...what I wouldn't give to have Dave Butz, Dexter Manly, Monty Coleman, and Charles Mann again!