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Originally Posted by Hog1
Nicely done skinsguy!
For those of you who would like Gibb's to "OPEN" up the O, he has to have the weapons to do so. That will hope fully be accomplished this off season. Check out the 1991 team stats, and you can see the team running wide open! Numerous offensive records went down that year.
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Yep! And if you look at the personnel of the offense that year = Art Monk, Gary Clark, Ricky Sanders! Are you kidding me??? People wonder why doesn't Joe Gibbs open the offense up?? If we had just one more WR such as one of these guys - namely a Gary Clark - then you'll see the offense open up. Gibbs made things work with what he has. So in a way, I guess that Gibbs does tweak his offense according to what style of players he has on the field, but the major philosophy and approach of the offense doesn't change.
Take for instance this year: Gibbs tweaked the offensive running game enough to add in "Denver Style running plays" for Clinton Portis. Although alot of people were saying that Gibbs should have ditched Redskins style of running soley in favor of the Denver style (the counter trey plays being Redskins football) this is not a smart thing to do. You always keep your bread and butter plays in there, but you add on to the game plan. Next, look at Mark Brunell. He still does have an arm, although it isn't a young strong arm like what Mark Rypien had years ago. Therefore, Gibbs calls plays within the ability of what Brunell can do to be successful. If Gibbs called for the majority of his passing plays to be all 40+ plays, he's going to wear Brunell's arm out pretty fast. I realize this is where the argument of Patrick Ramsey comes into play, but this is where I have been preaching that you have to take advantage of ALL the aspects of a quarterback NOT just his arm. Mark Brunell proved himself to be a total quarterback. He's reliable and he's a safe choice. He's obviously not THE best qb in the league - but THE best QB in the league didn't even make it to the championship game this year! (Peyton Manning.) Remember Brad Johnson? Good quarterback but didn't have a strong arm - yet he guided the Bucs to a Super Bowl championship. Having a strong arm does help, but it's not the hands down answer to an offense's question for success.
Next season, I expect that Joe Gibbs will probably see what he can do to give Santana Moss some help. He'll also probably see about getting some depth on our offensive line. I believe those two things are the major concerns for this team - not quarterback. Next season could very well be Brunell's last season - and if it is, we should feel confident that guys like Jason Campbell have had the opportunity to be brought up the way a young QB should be brought up into this league - watching a good well seasoned veteran quarterback run the offense. Believe me, it benefits a young quarterback alot more to see what SHOULD be done on the field, as opposed to watching another qb who, himself, is still trying to develop.
What I am interested in for next season is seeing where ol' Nemo fits into the offensive equation. Gibbs has always loved big strong Riggins sized backs, and Nemo would really help in short yardage situations. I hope they continue to develop this kid.