Receivers

[Schneed10]

The need for speed at receiver isn't so much about taking advantage of the defensive backs, it's really about creating another dimension of the offense to threaten a team's defense with. Mainly, Gibbs wants to keep safeties back to defend the potential double-post patterns, which opens up lanes for his running game.

We had a problem last year because nobody respected our receivers deep speed, and they stacked the line on Portis. If we're going to get 4.5 yards a carry, we need to keep the safeties honest.

[KLHJ2]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

The need for speed at receiver isn't so much about taking advantage of the defensive backs, it's really about creating another dimension of the offense to threaten a team's defense with. Mainly, Gibbs wants to keep safeties back to defend the potential double-post patterns, which opens up lanes for his running game.

We had a problem last year because nobody respected our receivers deep speed, and they stacked the line on Portis. If we're going to get 4.5 yards a carry, we need to keep the safeties honest.

Get out of my mind. I am in 100% agreeance with what you just said. I also noticed that the skins were being blitzed an awfull lot last season. I believe that to aleviate this they need to implement more of the quick slants to accomplish two things. Get rid of the ball quickly with the potential of big yardage after the catch, and force the LB's and safeties to play further off of the ball. This will also help open up the running game.