Sports Junkies talking about a Campbell rumor

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Originally Posted by That Guy

the playcalling gets more 3-0s = defense is on the field longer GTripp, that's what parcells was saying. because of the playcalling the defense isn't put in great position and gets more time on the field.

when you've got a bad defense, you should ball control to keep them on the sidelines. how many games has portis run 14 times total? that's the point, but whenever it's brought up you seem to gloss over that.


as far as campbell, the "not enough experience to go out and get experience" excuse is just wearing thin. i doubt we'll go 8-1 or even 7-2 over the rest of the schedule, in which case seeing what he can do and letting him learn NOW would be a good idea.

Believe it or not the offense is converting 39.6% of 3rd downs, which puts them squarely in the middle of the pack at #14. Not stellar, but not as bad as a lot of people are saying.

The defense, on the other hand, ranks about #26 in 3rd down stops, or obviously towards the bottom of the pack.

In other words, as bad as we think the offense is on 3rd downs, we're perfectly average as far as the rest of the league is concerned. Our offense isn't putting the defense on the field after 3rd down any more or less than most. However, the defense is worst than most in stopping on 3rd down.

I'm totally with you on Portis not getting enough carries. This entire offensive scheme is very suspect in my opinion.