Gibbs needs help

[wolfeskins]

Originally Posted by Hog1

Nicely done skinsguy!
For those of you who would like Gibb's to "OPEN" up the O, he has to have the weapons to do so. That will hope fully be accomplished this off season. Check out the 1991 team stats, and you can see the team running wide open! Numerous offensive records went down that year.

did you guys read my entire post or just my first two sentences where i suggested gibbs could possibly "open up" the offense a bit more ? because i went on to say that gibbs could'nt "open it up" so much do to the fact that moss, cooley and portis are the only true threats on offense. i agree 100% with you guys about the skins needing another wr and gibbs running a ball control offense. everyone knows gibbs wants a ball control offense , i'm fine with that. what i'm suggesting when i use the term "open up" the offense is gibbs taking a few more shots down the field (even if they are incomplete) the pass can open up the run just as well as the run opening up the pass. i would also like to see gibbs use the middle of the field with some of his pass plays (i could prolly count on one hand the number of passes completed in the middle). the last way i think he could "open" things up is by using the rb screen with portis (did they run that play at all this year with portis ?) i think portis would do very well with it.

other folks on this site may use the term "open up" differently then i do. i do not want the skins to become a "pass first" offense, i would just like to see a little bit more of the things i suggested obove.

believe me when i say "i love joe gibbs as our coach" he made some "minor" adjustments from last season to this season (shotgun, some runblocking changes, different formations,etc...) i'm just suggesting a few more "minor" changes.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by wolfeskins

did you guys read my entire post or just my first two sentences where i suggested gibbs could possibly "open up" the offense a bit more ? because i went on to say that gibbs could'nt "open it up" so much do to the fact that moss, cooley and portis are the only true threats on offense. i agree 100% with you guys about the skins needing another wr and gibbs running a ball control offense. everyone knows gibbs wants a ball control offense , i'm fine with that. what i'm suggesting when i use the term "open up" the offense is gibbs taking a few more shots down the field (even if they are incomplete) the pass can open up the run just as well as the run opening up the pass. i would also like to see gibbs use the middle of the field with some of his pass plays (i could prolly count on one hand the number of passes completed in the middle). the last way i think he could "open" things up is by using the rb screen with portis (did they run that play at all this year with portis ?) i think portis would do very well with it.

other folks on this site may use the term "open up" differently then i do. i do not want the skins to become a "pass first" offense, i would just like to see a little bit more of the things i suggested obove.

believe me when i say "i love joe gibbs as our coach" he made some "minor" adjustments from last season to this season (shotgun, some runblocking changes, different formations,etc...) i'm just suggesting a few more "minor" changes.

I understand what you're saying and yeah, I believe most of us feel when people talk in terms of opening an offense up, that is meant by throwing more and throwing passes that are 25+ yards on a regular basis. That is at least how I understand it. I believe it comes back to having the right combination of personnel to take more shots downfield. I'm not one to believe that throwing it downfield just to be throwing it is a smart move. I believe you take that shot if you believe the receiver is in good position to catch it. Certainly if we had the posse still playing, any QB would be willing to take more shots, because they were great receivers who were deep threats. Right now, only Moss has been our deep threat and defenses knew that. If we get another deep threat receiver to compliment Moss next year, you'd see the offense opened up a bit more, but of course, it still goes back to the running game to be effective in order to do so.