Run the damn football!

Fan4Life · 10-17-2006, 01:32 PM

why not lock this retarded thread matty nothing here that hasnt been discussed

illdefined · 10-17-2006, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Fan4Life

why not lock this retarded thread matty nothing here that hasnt been discussed

Matty started this thread. and it's pretty much on-topic.

SmootSmack · 10-17-2006, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Fan4Life

why not lock this retarded thread matty nothing here that hasnt been discussed

Are you actually comparing this thread to yours?

MTK · 10-17-2006, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Fan4Life

why not lock this retarded thread matty nothing here that hasnt been discussed

what's your problem?

hooskins · 10-17-2006, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Fan4Life

why not lock this retarded thread matty nothing here that hasnt been discussed

This thread was posted yesterday, when there was not a thread of this nature. Now it is huge, and it has mostly been unhighjakced, so why would you lock it?

firstdown · 10-16-2006, 01:01 PM

Not just running the ball but running between the tackles would be nice. We try to run out side and its like every team knows what we are doing so stopping the runs is easier and harder for our line to block.

illdefined · 10-16-2006, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by firstdown

Not just running the ball but running between the tackles would be nice. We try to run out side and its like every team knows what we are doing so stopping the runs is easier and harder for our line to block.

you said it. you know what's worse? when you're obviously throwing alot of screens and making the defense play WIDE....then you go ahead and run WIDE as well! right where YOU put the defense. just brilliant.

Summo · 10-16-2006, 01:32 PM

I agree with you guy's about just running the football. I was at the game yesterday in the upper level and that was the sentiment among all of us as well. We were screaming to stop with the friggin end arounds and just pound it stratight ahead!! It was frustrating to say the least, especially after I drove 6 hours to get there!!

Hog1 · 10-16-2006, 01:03 PM

That's nonsense, since Gibbs return, he has tried to build a team around some core guys, and add, change where necessary to reinforce a specific area of concern. It is hardly the wholesale change picture of the past, as in neon Deon, Bruce Smith, etc. There have been some changes over the past couple of years as you would expect. What successful team does not have some change?

irish · 10-16-2006, 01:10 PM

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That's nonsense, since Gibbs return, he has tried to build a team around some core guys, and add, change where necessary to reinforce a specific area of concern. It is hardly the wholesale change picture of the past, as in neon Deon, Bruce Smith, etc. There have been some changes over the past couple of years as you would expect. What successful team does not have some change?

I'm not talking about changing players. Its changing systems. Even since Gibbs has been here they have changed systems and this is only his 3rd year back.

Hog1 · 10-16-2006, 01:14 PM

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I'm not talking about changing players. Its changing systems. Even since Gibbs has been here they have changed systems and this is only his 3rd year back.

There have been system changes. I'm sure the coaching staff will remain in 2007. That should add stability if that is a problem

skinsfan69 · 10-16-2006, 01:51 PM

This isn't 1983 and we don't have the Hogs!!!!! Let's face it. For the most part the NFL is a passing league and you have to pass the ball and get chunks of yardage to score. Why bring in the 2nd coming of the posse if we are not going to pass the ball?????? Plus you can beat some of the average teams by running it but in order to be a Super Bowl contending team you have to throw the ball. Yesterday Seattle won w/out Alexander on the road by throwing it!

MTK · 10-16-2006, 01:56 PM

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This isn't 1983 and we don't have the Hogs!!!!! Let's face it. For the most part the NFL is a passing league and you have to pass the ball and get chunks of yardage to score. Why bring in the 2nd coming of the posse if we are not going to pass the ball?????? Plus you can beat some of the average teams by running it but in order to be a Super Bowl contending team you have to throw the ball. Yesterday Seattle won w/out Alexander on the road by throwing it!

Tell me who won the Super Bowl last year.

illdefined · 10-16-2006, 02:02 PM

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Tell me who won the Super Bowl last year.

you like ignoring my posts Matty. while i totally agree with you on the direction we should take, do you really think Saunders would stick to one chapter in his playbook? the Gibbs chapter we already had?

MTK · 10-16-2006, 02:08 PM

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you like ignoring my posts Matty. while i totally agree with you on the direction we should take, do you really think Saunders would stick to one chapter in his playbook? the Gibbs chapter we already had?

Ignoring your posts? I guess you're the only one posting on this issue, sorry for skipping over your post, next time I'll read yours and only yours.

To answer your question, YES, if all we do well right now is pages 1-8 of his playbook, then HELL YES junk the rest and get back to basics.

Where is this offense going as it is right now? Nowhere. It's time to realize what this team does best and just do it.

This team is at a crossroads. The road that has brought us to the brink of the season hasn't worked. It's time to re-evaluate and plot a new course. If that means going back to last year's philosophy I'm all for it. Blindly plowing forward as is isn't getting us anywhere.

Gibbs needs to sit down with Saunders and say look, this isn't working. We need to focus on what we do well and scrap this 700-page experiment for now. They can get back to it in the offseason, or pepper some of it in as we go, but for right now we really need a basic approach.

10-17-2006, 01:32 PM	#1
Fan4Life Camp Scrub Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 58 Posts: 67	Re: Run the damn football! why not lock this retarded thread matty nothing here that hasnt been discussed

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firstdown Living Legend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: chesapeake, va Age: 62 Posts: 15,817	Re: Run the damn football! Not just running the ball but running between the tackles would be nice. We try to run out side and its like every team knows what we are doing so stopping the runs is easier and harder for our line to block.

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Summo The Bringer of Digital Bling Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lindenhurst NY Age: 55 Posts: 893	Re: Run the damn football! I agree with you guy's about just running the football. I was at the game yesterday in the upper level and that was the sentiment among all of us as well. We were screaming to stop with the friggin end arounds and just pound it stratight ahead!! It was frustrating to say the least, especially after I drove 6 hours to get there!!

10-16-2006, 01:03 PM	#9
Hog1 Quietly Dominating the East Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Naples, Florida Posts: 10,675	Re: Run the damn football! That's nonsense, since Gibbs return, he has tried to build a team around some core guys, and add, change where necessary to reinforce a specific area of concern. It is hardly the wholesale change picture of the past, as in neon Deon, Bruce Smith, etc. There have been some changes over the past couple of years as you would expect. What successful team does not have some change? __________________ Goodbye Sean..........Vaya Con Dios thankyou Joe....... *“God made certain people to play football. He was one of them.” – Joe Gibbs*

10-16-2006, 01:51 PM	#12
skinsfan69 Living Legend Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 17,584	Re: Run the damn football! This isn't 1983 and we don't have the Hogs!!!!! Let's face it. For the most part the NFL is a passing league and you have to pass the ball and get chunks of yardage to score. Why bring in the 2nd coming of the posse if we are not going to pass the ball?????? Plus you can beat some of the average teams by running it but in order to be a Super Bowl contending team you have to throw the ball. Yesterday Seattle won w/out Alexander on the road by throwing it!

Run the damn football!

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