The Official "Lets Open Up The Offense Jim Zorn" Thread

[JoeRedskin]

We are still in the first half of the season. IMO, teams are still shaking themselves out and seeing who is for real and who are pretenders. At this point, the good teams are winning anyway they can and, in doing so, learning how to win in a variety of ways.

Right now, just win. Win by one point, win by 30, it doesn't matter. At the end of the season, THAT's when the offense needs to be running on all cylinders. Although clearly he would like to pass more, Zorn is being smart. He is letting the team win any way it can. In return, the players are doing enough to win, taking responsibilty for winning, and building the team up so that it can win in any number of ways - by running the ball (Cleveland), by passing the ball (New Orleans), come from behind (New Orleans, Philadelphia), holding onto a lead (Arizona), in a close one (Cleveland), away (Dallas, Philly), home (New Orleans, Cleveland), with the offense aggresively running out the clock (the "Victory Formation"), with the Defense protecting a lead (Dallas, Cleveland).

December, not now, boys and girls, is when the team needs to win convincingly over teams like Detroit and Cleveland. December is when divisions are won and lost & playoff momentum is gained.

Just ask the Giants.