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JWsleep · 08-16-2005, 06:28 PM

Good posts, Kope. I agree.

ABout the 10 points, Beem--and this is a serious problem we had last year as well--our TO ratio is terrible. Last year, we simply KILLED ourselves with TOs--TOs that either took points off the board for us (in our redzone), or TOs that led directly or very quickly to scores by opponents (TOs in their redzone). That happened on Saturday (Ramsey had one; one was late; but the others took points off the board). And we didn't generate any TOs--the only real knock on our D last year: TOs and points scored.

There are some very, very basic stats in the NFL concerning TOs and wins. -4 and you lose 95% of the time or something. The TOs kill our ball control/field posistion game--they just rip the heart out of it. When we fix this, we will begin to win close games. Ramsey needs to be efficient, not turn it over, and hit the long one a few times a game when it's there--he does not need to be Peyton Manning; he needs to be Mark Rypien. I think he can do that, but we'll see--I agree with Kope: 4 games (at least!).

08-16-2005, 06:28 PM	#37
JWsleep Propane and propane accessories Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Houston, TX Age: 56 Posts: 4,719	Re: Putting Things in Perspective Good posts, Kope. I agree. ABout the 10 points, Beem--and this is a serious problem we had last year as well--our TO ratio is terrible. Last year, we simply KILLED ourselves with TOs--TOs that either took points off the board for us (in our redzone), or TOs that led directly or very quickly to scores by opponents (TOs in their redzone). That happened on Saturday (Ramsey had one; one was late; but the others took points off the board). And we didn't generate any TOs--the only real knock on our D last year: TOs and points scored. There are some very, very basic stats in the NFL concerning TOs and wins. -4 and you lose 95% of the time or something. The TOs kill our ball control/field posistion game--they just rip the heart out of it. When we fix this, we will begin to win close games. Ramsey needs to be efficient, not turn it over, and hit the long one a few times a game when it's there--he does not need to be Peyton Manning; he needs to be Mark Rypien. I think he can do that, but we'll see--I agree with Kope: 4 games (at least!). __________________ Hail from Houston!