Why Doesn't "Gibbs' Football" Work for the Redskins?

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Originally Posted by jsarno

While I see someone agreed with you...I respectfully disagree with you.
#1- Cooley is TE, and a TE by definition lines up to block first, be a weapon downfield 2nd.
#2- with all our injuries, someone needs to step up.
#3- Sellers isn't always on the field. When he is in passing situations, he's picking up the oncoming rush while Portis goes out to the flat. You can't expect him to pick up someone like Strahan after Strahan already had 5 yards to get his speed up. You need someone up on the line to block and Sellers doesn't do that.

There is no easy answer for the fact that our line is beat up...we need help from everywhere.

By the way, what was the final word on how long Thomas and Jansen will be out?? Anyone get a final answer?

A couple of things here-
Gibbs brought in Saunders to implement a system. He wouldn't have done that if he was satisfied his old school style would hold up nowadays. The TE is a huge part of a Saunders offense. And Cooley has been phenomenal. Just as Gonzalez was phenomenal when Saunders was in KC. I agree that Gibbs likes the TE to be a blocker, but Don Warren and Clint Didier caught their share of passes too. Cooley is a mismatch weapon on offense, and should be used as such. Gibbs drafted him to be his signature "h-back," and he's worked out as far as production is concerned, even though the h-back isn't around now. Now that the line is dinged we may need to use more two TE sets, with Cooley as a passing option and Yoder staying in to help block.

I disagree that Sellers can't block Strahan types. At 285lbs he is as big or bigger than most DE's in the league.

And despite the two injuries on the O-line, we are pretty healthy. We need to come out and pound this Lions squad.