There's alot of negative energy in here surrounding the playoffs well....

[redsk1]

Everyone has said this but here goes...

What makes anyone think we can actually win the rest of our games? I'm all for optimism but we're not exactly a good team. We need about 2 years of draft picks in 1 year and we're missing a couple of picks for 2008. I'm alllllmost to the point semi-blowing this thing up and "rebuilding." Even though we never built anything. I love our team and we have really good guys, but i can't take the "Gibbs" football anymore. I'll watch every single play and root for the skins no matter what but i don't know what direction this franchise is going in.

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by redsk1

Everyone has said this but here goes...

What makes anyone think we can actually win the rest of our games? I'm all for optimism but we're not exactly a good team. We need about 2 years of draft picks in 1 year and we're missing a couple of picks for 2008. I'm alllllmost to the point semi-blowing this thing up and "rebuilding." Even though we never built anything. I love our team and we have really good guys, but i can't take the "Gibbs" football anymore. I'll watch every single play and root for the skins no matter what but i don't know what direction this franchise is going in.

My only dash of optimisim is that w/the exception of last year, Gibbs teams always play well in December. Even in 04, we finished 3-2.

[SmootSmack]

We should have run a reverse like the Saints did. That worked out great for them.

But seriously, I think a running call was probably the right call. But as I said earlier I would have run a draw out of the shotgun or maybe a short screen pass (essentially a running play)

What I still don't get is why no one ever seems to believe Al Saunders calls the plays on offense when they don't work.

[memphisskin]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

We should have run a reverse like the Saints did. That worked out great for them.

But seriously, I think a running call was probably the right call. But as I said earlier I would have run a draw out of the shotgun or maybe a short screen pass (essentially a running play)

What I still don't get is why no one ever seems to believe Al Saunders calls the plays on offense when they don't work.

The book says to run the ball, drain the timeouts and play defense. They did that and came up on the short end again.

I would have liked to see them throw a safe pass, "running out the clock" doesn't have to be taken literally. We were 5-6, once we got them to use their time outs I would have loved to see them take a chance to win the game, one more first down = game over.

I find myself absolving Saunders when the offense bogs down, but only because I find it hard to believe that we're paying $2 mil a season for the offense that I see on Sundays. Accountability is sorely lacking, we need a jerk up in the front office, someone unafraid to ask the tough questions, like "Is this person earning their money?"