Will Gibbs Open Up the Offense Now?

[Theismann's Good Leg]

After witnessing the playmaking abilities (and flat out speed) of Santana Moss, will Joe Gibbs open up the offensive playbook a little more? I always thought that the more important controversy than "Ramsey v. Brunell" was "Conservative Offense v. Taking some shots downfield." Neither quarterback was going to look good throwing 3 yard passes.

I just hope that after seeing what th team is capable of, Joe Gibbs will start to trust his offensive players a little more. A few big passing plays will open up the run and put points on the board. Our D will keep us in games. The big plays will win them.

What do you think? Will the last few minutes of this game change the coach's perspective?

[illdefined]

you know what, frankly i can't tell if its Gibb's (Jack Burns) playcalling or Brunell's absolute fear of throwing downfield unless there 20ft of separation or its late in the 4th quarter. i refuse to believe that Portis and the short routes are the first reads in the plays given to him.

[Theismann's Good Leg]

Originally Posted by illdefined

you know what, frankly i can't tell if its Gibb's (Jack Burns) playcalling or Brunell's absolute fear of throwing downfield unless there 20ft of separation or its late in the 4th quarter. i refuse to believe that Portis and the short routes are the first reads in the plays given to him.

Obviously I don't think that the first read is always a dump off to Portis or anything, but I have seen too many 2 yard hitches. I agree with the fact that with our D we don't need to run the no-huddle shotgun or anything, but we need to take our shots downfield just to keep the defenses honest and to actually put up some points.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

I certainly understand why Gibbs wants to grind out games. We have an excellent defense and, at least in theory, we should have a good running game. But, I pray that Gibbs will open up the offense and go downfield before the end of the fourth quarter

[SUNRA]

The last few minutes has instinctly replaced the fear of self-doubt among the players and coaching staff. The confidence in what they can accomplish starts with wins like last night. To see Parcells call the flee flicker against a man who made the flee flicker famous was embarassing at the least. I did think there would be more opportunities down field but there simply wasn't enough time for Brunell. When there was, he made the right decision. Not only will there be more playcalling involving Moss but Thrash will definitely be apart of that scheme. Cooley and Royal will continue to make big third down plays when the running game is stagnant. Brunell has certainly won the confidence of Gibbs after this win, and I'm sure that will play a major role in the deep pass.

[4mrusmc]

We have to put more pressure on the opposing qb. What is up with our pass rush? Also our O-line needs to pass block much better. If Brunell doesn't get better protection, it will be in wild card Ramsey's hands.

[SUNRA]

Originally Posted by 4mrusmc

We have to put more pressure on the opposing qb. What is up with our pass rush? Also our O-line needs to pass block much better. If Brunell doesn't get better with their protection, it will be in wild card Ramsey's hands.

I'll tell you what's wrong with it. Lavar Arrington missing is action. He's just not moving with the aggression and strength he used to possess. I don't think he has healed completely and as become a little disenchanted with his lack of play in Williams' defensive packages. Well, if he doesn't become an effective pass rusher, he can hang it up as far as being a pivtol part of this defense.

[ChounsMan]

Originally Posted by 4mrusmc

We have to put more pressure on the opposing qb. What is up with our pass rush? Also our O-line needs to pass block much better. If Brunell doesn't get better protection, it will be in wild card Ramsey's hands.

We do need to put more pressure, but Parcells was smart to line up 3 & 4 wideouts when he felt the blitz could be on. That was enough for the D to audible out of blitz & play cover 2 or zone cover 2.

The only pressure he let us have was up the middle & Parcells knew Adams & Allen where tough enough to handle the pressure & they did.

So that only left us with an outside blitz & using 3 wideouts & 1 TE or dbl Te with 2 wideouts made blitzing really tricky.

Thank god for Sean Taylor & his ability to HIT..!!! One great thing about Sean is he can hit hard.

Crayton caught what would have been a 1st down & Taylor rocked him with a hit that sent the ball back to the line of scrimmage. :smashfrea

[jermus22]

I think something a lot of fans forget is that Gibbs once had offenses known for the ability to make big plays (and comebacks). I do agree that the current offense has been way too conservative, but I think Gibbs will look at the game tapes and make the necessary changes so we can score more than 20 points a game consistently. I also think our chances against Seattle are good. Didn't the Seahawks struggle last year against big plays (look how they played the Rams in three games). And they aren't always good at handling the run.

[4mrusmc]

I agree Sunra, but Lavar was barely playing last night. He will use this bye week to heal and get stronger and hopefully play with mad aggression from here on-out.

[Gmanc711]

I just want to see Portis used better. I really thought our first few drives of the game, Portis was grinding it out, doing a good job. Then we just started sending up him the middle, and I thought he started to struggle. Then the team started to struggle and we went to the pass.

[Joe Knows...]

Originally Posted by Theismann's Good Leg

After witnessing the playmaking abilities (and flat out speed) of Santana Moss, will Joe Gibbs open up the offensive playbook a little more? I always thought that the more important controversy than "Ramsey v. Brunell" was "Conservative Offense v. Taking some shots downfield." Neither quarterback was going to look good throwing 3 yard passes.

You hit the nail on the head. Every one wants to argue about the wich QB is worse, but the fact of the matter is that it's not the QBs that look bad. It's because they never take any good shots down field. And when you never stretch the field, it allows the defense to keep every thing right in front of them and even stack the line of scrimmage. Wich means no running game, and more pressure on the QB.

I hope this would convince Coach to open it up, and I believe it will. I think this WILL launch us into the regular season, and our team will perform much better because now they are united and gained a lot of confidence with that miricle win.

Brunell's mobility is also also a added bonus.

I would also like to see them get another Wide Reciever and use some spread formations so Clinton can have more instant lanes to run. If they pass in a spread formation, that will back DBs off, and it will spread the defense out. And when the run out of that formation, Clinton will be able to use his best attributes to our advantage, wich is his speed, shiftiness, and vision. He's not a grinder, he's a speedster. You can't use that amazing speed grinding between the tackles.

The offense definately needs to be opened up more.

[Skinfomaniac]

You hit the nail as well!!! if they utilize the passing game it will give way to the running game as well and not be so predictable giving Portis more of a chance to run the ball more efficently and work in the play action pass as well!!!!
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[STPainmaker]

The Cowboys were blitzing like mad, and were aggressive getting into the backfield all game. I think we never used that against them with quick screens like the Patriots do so well. I think Gibbs hopefully will take this week and really reexamine the offense, and spread the field more taking risks.


The other thing is how many times are the Cowboys going to score on us with these shitty trick plays.

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by STPainmaker

The Cowboys were blitzing like mad, and were aggressive getting into the backfield all game. I think we never used that against them with quick screens like the Patriots do so well. I think Gibbs hopefully will take this week and really reexamine the offense, and spread the field more taking risks.

ugh no more WR screens, please.