Could some of the Skins woes be due to an "easy" off-season?

[Hijinx]

You know what occurred to me as I watched this debacle? I don't know what our Offense is supposed to be.

If we are supposed to have a WCO, then why do we use a zone blocking scheme? You are not going to create passing lanes like that for the quick passes of the WCO. If it is a WCO why do the Skins have 178 attempted passes vs 147 rushes. Shouldn't a WCO be much more pass heavy? If it is a WCO why don't we have possession WRs, instead of undersized fast guys? Why don't our RBs block better. And QB has to be told to let loose the ball faster (yes i know the OLINE sucks), you don't get to check down to the 3rd WR in a WCO. We don't have the players for what the coach wants to do and the coach wasn't smart or inventive enough to come up with something that works for these players.



I really think that the situation has come from the coaching carousel, that our front office has fostered. The Skins have a top 10 maybe top 5 Defense, but the Offense is a mess.

[sportscurmudgeon]

If you talk to a few of the guys who cover the NFL as a whole and not just a single team, they will tell you that the Redskins have a reputation around the league as a "country club team".

Since I am not there 24 hours a day to see what goes on during the off season with players and trainers and the like, I can't tell you with certainty that the reputation is accurate.

On the other hand, where there is smoke - - there is sometimes actually a real fire too...

[redsk1]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

If you talk to a few of the guys who cover the NFL as a whole and not just a single team, they will tell you that the Redskins have a reputation around the league as a "country club team".

Since I am not there 24 hours a day to see what goes on during the off season with players and trainers and the like, I can't tell you with certainty that the reputation is accurate.

On the other hand, where there is smoke - - there is sometimes actually a real fire too...

It was Jaws who said that the practice he attended last week was less than intense. You know if he said it on air he thought it was important enough.

That falls on the coach and the GM. That's embarrassing.

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by redsk1

It was Jaws who said that the practice he attended last week was less than intense. You know if he said it on air he thought it was important enough.

That falls on the coach and the GM. That's embarrassing.

There you go. That's enough said on this subject.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by redsk1

It was Jaws who said that the practice he attended last week was less than intense. You know if he said it on air he thought it was important enough.

That falls on the coach and the GM. That's embarrassing.

When I went to bed last night I was wondering about how our practices are...

hearing that, I'm not surprised. Zorn doesn't have the grit to shake our team into shape and overpaid athletes will take it easy if given the chance.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Hijinx

You know what occurred to me as I watched this debacle? I don't know what our Offense is supposed to be.

If we are supposed to have a WCO, then why do we use a zone blocking scheme? You are not going to create passing lanes like that for the quick passes of the WCO. If it is a WCO why do the Skins have 178 attempted passes vs 147 rushes. Shouldn't a WCO be much more pass heavy? If it is a WCO why don't we have possession WRs, instead of undersized fast guys? Why don't our RBs block better. And QB has to be told to let loose the ball faster (yes i know the OLINE sucks), you don't get to check down to the 3rd WR in a WCO. We don't have the players for what the coach wants to do and the coach wasn't smart or inventive enough to come up with something that works for these players.



I really think that the situation has come from the coaching carousel, that our front office has fostered. The Skins have a top 10 maybe top 5 Defense, but the Offense is a mess.

I think you have some things messed up here. We do run plenty of zone blocking, but zone blocking is a run scheme, not a pass scheme.

The whole reason we drafted guys like Thomas, Kelly, Davis, was to have bigger WRs.

The offense might be more pass heavy with a better OL. Tough to pass more when your QB is getting killed.