A gimpy Brees at that.
Yes this is essentially the problem and the only thing for debate is are the coaches prohibiting the long balls or is it that Weedin isn't capable? Personally I think the coaching staff has arbitrarily put a bridle on Weedin because they are being too cautious.
I'm not latching on to it, just don't know why people feel the need to manipulate his numbers to make him sound worse then he is. I hope the rest of our offense gets on track soon though because that's the real problem. The blocking and our passing game are the real problems. RB is way down the list on what I'm worried about right now.
People said the same thing about Barry Sanders for years. That he losses yards on most carries and then breaks the long run. He is the definition of a home run threat.
Agree again. There is no fear from an opponent that the Dallas offense is going to challenge them with a long ball so they load up and snuff the run.
You have a point, but there have been several plays where Weeden doesn't see a clear throw downfield and checks down.
Even with Murray we ran best out of 3 WR sets. I see basically no reason to use a FB in our offense. The guy sucks and is in the way most of the time he is on the field. Our offensive line is great at pulling and trapping but teams are getting way too much penetration right now for that to work. To me the easiest solution to our problems is to spread teams out. Make it simple. If they single cover guys like Beasley then throw Beasley the ball. He is too quick for anyone to handle. Once you do that you'll see the running lanes start to open up because we aren't trying to block 8 or 9 guys bunched up near the line of scrimmage. When you run the 3 TE bull shit all you do is bring extra defenders up near the box to stop the run.
That we ran best out of the 3 WR formation last year? I remember an article that broke down our productivity running the ball by formation. I'm not sure I'd be able to find it again as it was from last year.
Wasn't that way last year with a functioning OL and a constant threat of the passing game.
I think it points to how good Callahan was too.
Nobody is manipulating numbers. It's the reality. Hell, he's averaging 3.9 yards per carry, I could just leave it at that and that alone is an indicator. But I don't think it's enough to really get to the core truth of his performance. I would guess most running backs don't have 2 yards or less for as large a majority of their runs as Randle does. That's a problem.
I think the attitude of this line has changed, maybe it's Callahan's absence or maybe not, but I think this finesse approach has eroded the sense of identity we had last year.
We don't have a functioning offensive linethis year ?
Wow.
Sorry. I meant to quote where you said I'm suggesting Randle has more home runs than most other running backs. It's the opposite actually. I'm saying he has more below par runs than most other starting caliber running backs.
Washington's ability to run the ball shows his value as well. I don't care that they overdrafted a shitty OT and made him a OG, they had no real improvements to their line and now they look like we did last year at times.
Not like last year. The penalties are up and run blocking is not as good.We don't have a functioning offensive linethis year ?
You want to know the difference? We had Murray.
Everyone knows I was and am a Murray guy but I seem to recall a great deal of the folks on the board were of the impression that the OL was his claim to fame and made him what he was.We don't have a functioning offensive linethis year ?
You want to know the difference? We had Murray.
There's a very big difference between that and not functioning.