Run the damn football!

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

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.

yeah i mean, that's everyone thought when Al Saunders was brought here. why fix whats not broken? old argument. while i wish Gibbs would take back the reigns, he brought Saunders for all this crap, and i have a sinking feeling he may keep trying it.

[gibbs4life]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Why did Portis only have 14 carries yesterday?

Why did Betts only have 2 carries?

We have a 254 pound hammer on the bench in Duckett... where is he??

This article by Thomas Boswell sums things up perfectly on offense. We need to say the hell with these cutesy reverses and end arounds, and get back to playing smashmouth football. This is what this offense is built for and it plays right to our strength. I think Gibbs needs to tell Saunders to put together a back to basics game plan from here on out and let's scrap the majority of his infamous 700 page playbook.

If we want to win folks, we have to run. It's very simple. Control the clock, dominate the opponent, and keep our seriously hurting 'D' off the field as much as possible.

Let's get back to Redskins football!

amen my brother this is what i want to see,redskins football ..
and i don,t care much for this dink and dunk crap either.....
and being up 14-3 then losing 25.22 needless to say the ship sunk before it set sail..or better yet they never gave it a chance...stick with what works and what we had last year down the stretch worked and all it needed was a little adjustment and not an overhaul.....

just a bit fustrating to say the least...cause we know smashmouth football and great defense wins in this league and thus far i haven,t seen either thus far.i,m still waiting..

[Daseal]

125 yards on 26 carries. Rushing could have been a bit worse. I agree we should have pounded it a lot more towards the end, but they were definitely keyed to the run. We tried to hit them when they pulled into the box, but failed.

[JGisLordOfTheRings]

I think that going for the jugular at the end with almost a minute left was a little nuts....we had a little time to run the "dink and dunk" game to the sidelines to preserve time and march up the field to either FG or Td and end it but instead, Brunell pretty much sealed his OWN fate in the fans' eyes

[MTK]

We don't even need to get this cute with running Sellers, we have a 1500 yard RB in Portis, one of the best backs in the game, USE HIM. Give him 20-25 carries per game, Betts another 10 carries or so, and let's finally get Duckett involved in some short yardage situations. We had that formula working beautifully against Jacksonville (minus Duckett) , but somehow we took that gameplan and shoved it under the couch or something. Dust that baby off and let's get back to work!

[JGisLordOfTheRings]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

We don't even need to get this cute with running Sellers, we have a 1500 yard RB in Portis, one of the best backs in the game, USE HIM. Give him 20-25 carries per game, Betts another 10 carries or so, and let's finally get Duckett involved in some short yardage situations. We had that formula working beautifully against Jacksonville (minus Duckett) , but somehow we took that gameplan and shoved it under the couch or something. Dust that baby off and let's get back to work!

BRAVO BRAVO!

'if it aint'a broka dont'a fix it, ah?'

[hooskins]

See the "its not al's fault, so stfu" thread. Can't blame him too much from getting away from the run, it falls on the execution of the plays.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by hooskins

See the "its not al's fault, so stfu" thread. Can't blame him too much from getting away from the run, it falls on the execution of the plays.

I do blame him for getting away from the run. I also blame the players for the (lack of) execution. There's enough blame for everyone to take bite.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

I do blame him for getting away from the run. I also blame the players for the (lack of) execution. There's enough blame for everyone to take bite.

I agree. There's no way we should have gotten away from the run. Running the ball is all about attitude and having the mindset that even if the other team stops you 9 times out of 10, you're not going to give up and that 1 play could bust the game open.

In a close game against an 0-5 team, there was no reason to bail on the running game and give Portis just 14 carries.

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by hooskins

See the "its not al's fault, so stfu" thread. Can't blame him too much from getting away from the run, it falls on the execution of the plays.

executing is much harder to do when the defense knows exactly what to expect. all they were doing (all any team needs to do really) is a wide zone or close up underneath man with the safeties shading the sidelines. even so, Clinton was getting 4.some YPC despite that fact, i'd call that a fair amount of execution..

[hooskins]

If this was all Al's doing, then why didn't Gibbs step in any point during game, and said "Hey Al, let's call more runs." He apparently didn't, so I would rest some of the blame on him, because isn't he suppose to oversee the entire game, and make sure things are running "well"????

[illdefined]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

We don't even need to get this cute with running Sellers, we have a 1500 yard RB in Portis, one of the best backs in the game, USE HIM. Give him 20-25 carries per game, Betts another 10 carries or so, and let's finally get Duckett involved in some short yardage situations. We had that formula working beautifully against Jacksonville (minus Duckett) , but somehow we took that gameplan and shoved it under the couch or something. Dust that baby off and let's get back to work!

replace Betts with Duckett and Duckett with Sellers in the above and we got the winning formula. keeping Cooley as the 2nd FB.

[hail_2_da_skins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

We don't even need to get this cute with running Sellers, we have a 1500 yard RB in Portis, one of the best backs in the game, USE HIM. Give him 20-25 carries per game, Betts another 10 carries or so, and let's finally get Duckett involved in some short yardage situations. We had that formula working beautifully against Jacksonville (minus Duckett) , but somehow we took that gameplan and shoved it under the couch or something. Dust that baby off and let's get back to work!

I like your thinking Matty. The Skins need to establish their identity and slam the ball down their opponents throats. I propose that Portis gets the majority of the runs, at least 20 touches per game. I would increase T. J. Duckett's role and reduce Bett's role. T. J. Duckett should be featured as a change of pace to Portis. His power running style is a perfect complement to Portis breakaway ability. Ducket should also be used in short yardage situations. Betts would be the third down back. Betts is a better receiver out of the backfield and the Skins should take advantage of that. Rock is doing a great job on special teams. No change there.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Throw in Rock...the non-fumbling version.......to the list of good RBs we've got in our stable.

[JGisLordOfTheRings]

Rock is great...i wonder if he ever did get that fumbilitis under control.....