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Originally Posted by joecrisp
Gibbs has stressed to Brunell the importance of protecting the football, so much so that Brunell has followed that directive to a fault.
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I definitely agree with this point. Watching some of the replays on Monday Night Countdown last night you could see Brunell looking, looking and looking for a WR, almost as if he's looking for that perfect opening. He's not willing to force anything at all, then once the pocket starts to collapse only then he forces a throw and it was usually off the mark.
Perhaps a change in the system is what's needed. We all know Gibbs loves max protection, but when you're only sending out two WR's on routes it's pretty easy to defend.
I'm really surprised we haven't seen more 3 WR sets and specifically more 3 WR bunch sets that Gibbs used to run regularly.
In Gibbs first season back in '81 he came in with a more wide open offense and quickly realized he needed to scale things down and go with a power running game as the focal point the offense. Seems like right now he needs to go in the opposite direction and open things up more. He doesn't need to completely get away from running the ball, but the passing game is so stale it's not even funny.