Will Gibbs Open Up the Offense Now?

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Originally Posted by Luxorreb

Gibbs used to take alot of flack for his playcalling in the 80's. One of our favorite Redskins Art Monk used to catch alot of 2-3 yd passes. While keeping the game conservative we'd bust one long to Virgil Seay, Gary Clark or Alvin Garrett. I think you'll see some magic in the weeks to come from Gibbs' offense. The dump offs to Thrash, Cooley and Royal are the game winners. Short yardage time consuming passes along with the run. We older folk all know the old school ball control style. It works. Look at people around the league counting on their defense again these days instead of trying to score 100 pts. Check the Colts last game... Gibbs is back and so is the MAGIC!

Part of the magic was that Gibbs would sucker-punch defenses with the deep pass, after drawing them in with the run and short pass, but he did that throughout the game-- not just in the final 4 minutes. The problem is, Brunell is still trying to find the timing with the receivers on the short-to-intermediate routes, and up until the last 4 minutes of the Monday night game, he was uninclined to throw deep unless the receiver was wide-open. Once Brunell and the receivers get in-sync on the short and medium routes, things will begin to open up, as they'll be able to sustain more drives and establish the conditions required to set-up a successful deep passing game.