Al Saunders: was he necessary?

shake 'n' bake!

you think Saunders doesn't like to run?? why do you know the name Priest Holmes? or Larry Johnson? Both Gibbs and Saunders are well regarded coaches precisely because of the run.

Huh? Did I say that? I thought all I said was that we need to run the ball more than 17 times in a game.

Huh? Did I say that? I thought all I said was that we need to run the ball more than 17 times in a game.

sorry then why do you think they weren't running Saunder's playcalls?

Oh, I see - I was a bit obtuse. My point was that the announcers were suggesting that Gibbs was much more involved in the offensive game plan for this week. For my part, I didn't see much motion on offense (compared to the beginning of the week last week), and, generally, it looked like the offense from last year much more so than the one from last week (of course, I had a few more beers last week than this week, so my memory might not be 100% on).

I'm all for the run - I just hope that Gibbs isn't pulling the plug on Saunders just yet, because I think Al has the pieces he needs (QB concerns aside) to have a high-powered offense.

I just don't get why when our offense started to show signs of life at the end of last year...we go and get an OC with a different philosophy to change an already successful team...This organization pisses me off.

On another note, the skins, panthers, and bucks are all 0-2 now...I wonder which one will pull it out. Right now, I'd say we've got the worst odds of doing so.

I won't put direct blame on Saunders shoulders, but at the end of the day something has to get done. After we finished so strong last year our offense has been a disaster so far.

If it's the 700 page playbook then let's trim it down. If it's Brunell then let's get him out of there. I mean what was Todd Collins brought in to do?

Whatever it is we need to get it fixed IMMEDIATELY. Every game is a playoff game from here on out. If we lose next week it's over.

PS - Despite our offensive struggles, our defense is even worse! :madani:

we need to put collins in, campbell is not readt but at least collins knows the offense, he cant do any worse

how soon we foget last year. We went 7 quarters without a touchdown last season. Last night was similar to last year in big d except this time there was no comeback. When saunders first went to kc it took a few games before the offense started to click. We need to give this a chance. 0-2 yes it looks and sounds bad but its not the end of the world. We need to get a win this weekend otherwise it is time for Jason Campbell to see some playing time. Again with no portis and springs what were we actually expecting last night. One more quick thought.....can we see some rock cartwright playing running back?

You All Grilled Me When I Was Calling For Al's Head In Preseason! I Told U So Give The Calling Back To Joe Gibbs!

I think the reason the passing game is stalling has nothing to do with Mark Brunell and everything to do with the offensive line. And nobody on that line has forgotten how to play football. They've had some hiccups with penalties, but by and large the problem is blitz pickups. They don't have the protection schemes down yet. Brunell got chased around in both games and had no time to throw.

Secondly, the offensive line isn't run blocking very well right now either. They need more time to practice these schemes. Opponents are sitting back in Cover 2 because we don't have Portis. But even against the Vikes, Portis only went for 3.9 per carry, hardly scary.

It's all about the line right now. It's the backbone of an offense, and they clearly have work to do in order to learn the protection schemes better and to practice executing their blocking assignments on running plays.

SO... if we didn't bring in Saunders, this would not be an issue. We'd be using the old protection schemes and would probably look a lot better. But bringing in Saunders was a long-term type of move. It might hurt right now, but we'll be better for it in the end. Hopefully we're not 0-5 before we turn it around.