Offensive Philosophy

[Schneed10]

No Daseal you're wrong on that one. The playcalling was weak and conservative FOR A REASON. Our WRs were terrible and couldn't be trusted. Coles showed no ability to burn people deep. It's not like Coles was getting wide open on deep fly-routes and Brunell & Ramsey just weren't throwing it to him. Gibbs didn't trust Coles on a deep route because of his toe problems. And don't even get me started on Gardner. When the going got tough, the last thing Gibbs wanted to do was to throw a key 3rd and 7 pass to that inconsistent dipsh*t. He felt like Gardner & Coles couldn't get it done.

Now I think Coles can be a very good receiver if his toe is healthy. But the bottom line is Gibbs feels like he has gotten some receivers he can trust a bit better and that's why the play calling will open up a bit. Whether you think the WRs are better or worse is irrelevant. The only way Gibbs will actually change his playcalling is if he feels like he can trust the receivers and the rest of the offense to connect on deep passes. Hopefully he feels comfortable with this crop that he just brought in, Patten & Moss. If he doesn't trust them to catch the deep balls, then we can all jump on his case for poor personnel choices. But until then, I'll trust his evaluation of what makes a good WR. Because it sure as hell isn't Rod Gardner. Coles is OK for shorter routes with his bum toe, but he's worthless on long stuff. Good riddance to them, the new crop will allow new dimensions to develop in the offense.