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Originally Posted by JWsleep
Gibbs doesn't know the value of an o-line? Come on! That is very tough to justify. Is he too fond of MB, is he over the hill in terms of modern offense, is he too conservative, sure we can talk. BUt the man showed ALL YOU NEED to win is an oline. He made Rypien a super-bowl MVP, for crying out loud!
I think JC will help, and I agree that it's not a surpirse that the offense has been inconsistent. It's complex, and the system takes time to become second nature for these guys. WHen it does, this o-line, with these WRs and Portis, should be fine--IF JC ever plays!
And please leave Champ out of this! Portis holds the single season redskin running record--with the so-called lame o-line you just called out. Whatever.
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How many yards per carry? If you run a guy enough times he could eventually get 2000yds if he was capable of holding up. What's more important for an everydown running back, yds. per carry, or total yds? I say no question yds per carry, and if I am right about that then CP was the worst everydown back in the NFL that year, theres no getting around it. Just because Gibbs choose to run him into the ground to legitamize the signing is meaningless as far as I am concerned. And by the way Betts is averging more YDS per carry this year than Portis, and Betts comes in to get the tough yards.
No he didn't make SB MVP out of Rypien, our O-line did, the fact is Rypien wasen't anything to speak of before or after that year, and why? the O-line didn't allow anyone within 7 yards of him all year, we were on pace to set an NFL record for fewest sacks that year before the last game against the eagles. Did Gibbs take advantage of that? Absolutly, but I want to see him do it without a dominate O-line. Some here have been diverting attention from Brunell and have been blaming the O-line, well if that's the case who's responsible for the O-line, and why?