How Will Campbell Be Handled?

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Originally Posted by Huddle

Your post is a good example of how selected stats can be used to support any position.

You neglected to mention that the total yardage figures show a sharp drop after the SF game when compared to those prior.

You switched to using the 4 TDs, rather than completion and yardage against Dallas while failing to mention that those TDs were chip shots with the defense and special teams providing short fields.

We lost the San diego game despite picking Brees three times...mostly because the offense was three and out all day.

The dazzling performance stats against the Raiders were omitted.

Against the Rams and Cards, the decision was made to rely heavily on the run because the passing game sucked. Yet, your statistics are offered as a fine performance.

112 yards against the Giants in three quarters...is that good? I guess compared to the first Giants game it was outstanding.

We can debate stats and what they mean all day, bottom line is the passing game did not tank after the SF game, but I guess it depends on what your meaning of tanking is.

Plus let's take into consideration during the first 6 games of the year the offense was undeniably more centered around the passing game, and there were a few games like against Denver, KC and Dallas where we were trailing and were forced to throw more.

Later in the year when the focus of the offense switched to a ground oriented attack, the passing numbers dropped accordingly as the rushing numbers went way up.

We can also debate all day why the change in offensive philosophy was made.

Was it simply because the passing game was faltering?

We should also consider why the passing game was faltering.

Patten was out by that point and we had no viable #2 or #3 WR to speak of. We also had no real commitment to the running game at that time. Those are a couple of factors that likely were contributing to the passing game breaking down.

But I guess the easy way out is to just heap all the blame on Brunell.