The Official "Lets Open Up The Offense Jim Zorn" Thread

They just need to take a few more downfield shots, especially between the 40s. The short stuff makes less sense if teams are stacked up against the run. Surely their are plays there to be had that we aren't exploiting.

I sure hope at some point Zorn decides to open it up. Whilst, running on 3rd and 3 isn't a terrible decision, you want to have Portis back there when you do, not Rock.

Also I'm not very fond on doing it more than once or twice a game. Anything further than 3rd and 3 you need to be throwing, not running a draw play.

JC tweaked his groin yesterday and I think Zorn just wanted to protect him the rest of the way. And with Brown's D that was awful against the run why not just pound them all day long?

Excellent point. I think the injury to Campbell, the success of the running game and the poor field position dictated more runs than passes. Right now the offense is very low risk relative to turnovers. If they open up the offense, the risk of turnovers will be higher. The team is having good success with the current approach. Why change? I'm not saying that I don't want them to take shots down the field, I just like the cautious approach, picking their shots downfield.

To be a superbowl contendor the skins need to improve in two areas. Passing offense and defensive sacks. Our defense currently only has 9 sacks. The Steelers already have 25+. We get these two areas improved and we'll be in the mix.

if it aint broke don't fix it. If portis continues to be the best RB in the league why not control the clock and pound the ball. That way we can keep other teams from seeing all we have to offer and save it for when it really matters....

We are still in the first half of the season. IMO, teams are still shaking themselves out and seeing who is for real and who are pretenders. At this point, the good teams are winning anyway they can and, in doing so, learning how to win in a variety of ways.

Right now, just win. Win by one point, win by 30, it doesn't matter. At the end of the season, THAT's when the offense needs to be running on all cylinders. Although clearly he would like to pass more, Zorn is being smart. He is letting the team win any way it can. In return, the players are doing enough to win, taking responsibilty for winning, and building the team up so that it can win in any number of ways - by running the ball (Cleveland), by passing the ball (New Orleans), come from behind (New Orleans, Philadelphia), holding onto a lead (Arizona), in a close one (Cleveland), away (Dallas, Philly), home (New Orleans, Cleveland), with the offense aggresively running out the clock (the "Victory Formation"), with the Defense protecting a lead (Dallas, Cleveland).

December, not now, boys and girls, is when the team needs to win convincingly over teams like Detroit and Cleveland. December is when divisions are won and lost & playoff momentum is gained.

Just ask the Giants.

Excellent point Joe Redskin.

December, not now, boys and girls, is when the team needs to win convincingly over teams like Detroit and Cleveland. December is when divisions are won and lost & playoff momentum is gained.

Just ask the Giants.

It doesn't hurt that by early October all of our division road games had been played and we walked away with a 2-1 record.

For me, it's not opening the offense up more.

For me, it's stalling just outside of the red zone. It seems we can gash teams from our one yard line all the way up to around the other team's thirty-five yard line. It seems once we're IN the red zone, we do OK.

It's just getting there that's bothering me.

Whether it's a dropped ball or just a bad play, we always seem to stall about ten yards too far for Suisham to make an easy kick or for us to score a TD. If anything I have to say about the playcalling, we could have had at least two TDs late in the game off of playaction. EVERY BROWN was playing the run and yes it was working, but just ONE deep ball would have put the nail in the coffin.

I say don't show too much offense untill it is necessary like against Dallas, Pittsburgh, and the G-Men later on in the season