[Daseal]

Someone earlier posted that the NFL is about running and stopping the run and it hasn't changed in twenty years. That statement couldn't be much farther from the truth. As Pat Kirwan spent about 30 minutes talking about on NFL radio the other day, the league has turned into a pass first league. The rules are slanted towards the passing game. PI may be the best way to move the ball in football, illegal contact is a nice chunk of yards. etc.

For instance, lets look at the top 5 teams in the league in passing offense: Lions, Bengals, Patriots, Colts, Cowboys. These teams have a combined record of: 12-3 this far into the season. That's a pretty accurate example that being able to pass the ball, and doing it often is very important in this league. The tide is changing, the NFL wants it to be a passing lane, it's exciting and grabs the casual fans attention.

Now, I'm not saying ignore our running backs like the Eagles. We can use the passing game to work in the running game. Allow the explosiveness of our backs in both the passing game, and against 7 man fronts instead of the usual 8 they're seeing.

Right now, we're #21 in NFL scoring at 17.7 PPG. Considering the Cowboys and Patriots are at 38.7 and 38 respectively. I mean, Houston at spot #12 is a full TD PER GAME ahead of us. That's pretty bad, in my opinion.

No one can nor wants to take what Gibbs did in the past away from him. Much of what we see today came from Gibbs, who learned a lot what he learned from Air Coyell (Im sure I butchered the spelling, don't yell!) at SD state. However, that doesn't mean he's guaranteed success at this point.

As Ive said multiple times before. I hate leading at the half. Someone posted an article saying when leading at the half, we're 12-11 or something very similar. That is PATHETIC. We probably have a better chance to win the game coming from behind.

This isn't me just blaming Gibbs, they seem to try to keep it a secret from us as far as who has control of the offense and who does what. I don't care who's responsible for this, but my gut says Gibbs. Saunders has been scoring points and been nothing but aggressive for Vermeil in KC. Maybe his offense isn't completely in, but I doubt he still wouldn't be extremely aggressive with his play calling.

When it comes down to it, we need more consistent play from the players. I don't buy that whole "execute" bullshit. If you go by that type of mentality, you can call any play in the world as long as you "execute" the play will be successful. It comes down to more than that, there are defenses that counter it, and if the defense executes, does that mean to offense isn't? Or maybe the defense was just in the right position because of coaching. Yes, with Moss and Cooley dropping balls, that's execution. A whole play not working is play calling and coaching.

We need to score points. We've seen this A LOT since Gibbs came back. We get ahead, and we try to run the clock out at the half. Keep going for blood. I don't care if the other team gets a little sad because they were blown out. We need to finish teams, and finish them hard. If Gibbs doesn't make the playoffs this year, he has 1 playoff appearance in 4 years. That is what it is, pathetic. We have a huge payroll and tons of talent on both sides of the ball.

You are what your record says you are. Simple as that. If Gibbs doesn't get us into the playoffs, he'll be out of D.C. and history won't look back on his 2nd stint favorably. People are so blinded by what he did in the past that they can't possibly think that hes not getting the job done.