Clinton Portis 50/50 for the Dallas game, injury updates

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Originally Posted by GMScud

No doubt. I don't know about 70% of the time, but I agree that more shotgun and creative playcalling will be necessary. I think we should hit Rock on some nice screen passes, get Cooley more involved, and spread it around. I say we take a deep shot or two to Devin Thomas as well. He may not know the playbook perfectly, but a go route ain't that hard. He'll definitely see single coverage.

There is no doubt in my mind that Jason can pick apart the Dallas secondary. I hope we give him the chance. If we try to lean on Alexander like we do with Portis, we'll almost definintely lose. But I think Zorn is too smart to do that.

IMO this will be our most unique offensive game of the season (as compared to our frist 9 games anyway).

The one thing that disappointed me about the Pittsburgh game was how Zorn and Sherman Lewis gameplanned for the Steeler pass rush. Dallas has some quick D-linemen too, (though nothing compared to Pittsburgh), so I'll be curious to see how they've gone back to the drawing board.

As an example, Troy Polamalu was rocketing to the line whenever Portis carried the ball on a stretch running play. I remember hearing a few years ago how offensive coordinators said the same thing about Sean Taylor, that he was susceptible to the running back option pass because of his ferocity to stop the run. So if I thought of it, you know someone on the coaching staff did. But they never tried it.

If there's a criticism I have so far of Zorn as a playcaller, it's that when the fecal matter starts hitting the rotary device, he doesn't seem to have in-game answers. Maybe that's something that will adjust as he grows into the job. When things are going smoothly, he's fine and we saw that at Dallas and Philly -- he knows how to keep things on a roll.

It seems like all the pieces are there for a dominating passing attack if they would just try it. Hell, even during Gibbs's first stint, he was known to go bombs away when he had to. I want to see that from Zorn the offensive mastermind too.