play calling???

[franklinhimself]

When we beat Minnesota in 2007 as part of our 4-win stretch to make the playoffs Gibbs pounded the rock to wear out the Williams' Wall, and by late 3rd quarter we were running through them.
I didn't like the majority of Jim Zorn's play calling, but that pound the rock philosophy has worked before. I like Zorn's balanced approach,- at least we're not AZ who only ran the ball 34% last year. Sometimes Zorn is too balanced though, and so damn predictable.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by franklinhimself

When we beat Minnesota in 2007 as part of our 4-win stretch to make the playoffs Gibbs pounded the rock to wear out the Williams' Wall, and by late 3rd quarter we were running through them.
I didn't like the majority of Jim Zorn's play calling, but that pound the rock philosophy has worked before. I like Zorn's balanced approach,- at least we're not AZ who only ran the ball 34% last year. Sometimes Zorn is too balanced though, and so damn predictable.

Bad example. They went to the SB last year by running the ball 34% of the time, I would be fine with that.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by franklinhimself

When we beat Minnesota in 2007 as part of our 4-win stretch to make the playoffs Gibbs pounded the rock to wear out the Williams' Wall, and by late 3rd quarter we were running through them.
I didn't like the majority of Jim Zorn's play calling, but that pound the rock philosophy has worked before. I like Zorn's balanced approach,- at least we're not AZ who only ran the ball 34% last year. Sometimes Zorn is too balanced though, and so damn predictable.

We also raced out to a 25-0 nothing lead in that game by thowing 3 touchdown passes in the first half.

The "pounding the rock" philosophy worked when we had John Riggins, but those days are long gone. We don't have a running back remotely close to his style, and we certainly don't have the same type of offensive line. Most people don't know this, but after Riggins left, Gibbs and the Redskins had become a passing team, and, in fact Gibbs as an offensive coordinator for San Diego under Don Coryell was as wide open and wild as an offense has ever been. It was only after Gibbs came here that he recognized his personnel wasn't suited for that type of scheme and adapted to the players he had.

Zorn needs to do the same thing, because clearly this offense has no idea what it's supposed to be.