A thorough ASS WOOPING!!

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

What do you think changed in the play calling today??

Just curious.

For instance...4th and 2, and we pass.

Or how about our first drive in the second half...8 passing attempts, 4 rushes...a TD (pass to Cooley).

After a fumble by the Lions, the Skins pass to Sellers for a TD, then goes for two and passes.

Just to name a few.

We got away from conservative play calling and used the pass to set up the run...something I've been preaching for a while...and not only did we win, we killed them.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by jsarno

For instance...4th and 2, and we pass.

Or how about our first drive in the second half...8 passing attempts, 4 rushes...a TD (pass to Cooley).

After a fumble by the Lions, the Skins pass to Sellers for a TD, then goes for two and passes.

Just to name a few.

We got away from conservative play calling and used the pass to set up the run...something I've been preaching for a while...and not only did we win, we killed them.

Funny, we still had more rushes than passes today (35-29), and gained a nearly identical amount of first downs by rushing (11) and passing (12).

I honestly didn't see a radically different game plan out there, just much better execution especially by Campbell who was very sharp.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Funny, we still had more rushes than passes today (35-29), and gained a nearly identical amount of first downs by rushing (11) and passing (12).

I honestly didn't see a radically different game plan out there, just much better execution especially by Campbell who was very sharp.

You're gonna see what you want to see...I put it all in front of you in two different threads. While the first half of the Giants game had a similar plan, the 2nd half was amazingly different...and I'll say it again...no one complained about the play calls in the first half of that game, it was the second half. If you really can't see the difference between the 2nd half vs the Lions and the 2nd half vs the Giants, I can't help you. It's GLARINGLY obvious.

[rypper11]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Funny, we still had more rushes than passes today (35-29), and gained a nearly identical amount of first downs by rushing (11) and passing (12).

I honestly didn't see a radically different game plan out there, just much better execution especially by Campbell who was very sharp.

I completely agree with you. Gameplan has been similar all year. Extremely stiff D is the difference between wins this year. Take away the Giants 2nd half and this is a top 3 D.
Look at the past three years. More rushes = win.
I think going on 4th down is evidence that Gibbs has confidence in the D to shut down anyone and wants to prolong every drive as long as possible.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by jsarno

For instance...4th and 2, and we pass.

Or how about our first drive in the second half...8 passing attempts, 4 rushes...a TD (pass to Cooley).

After a fumble by the Lions, the Skins pass to Sellers for a TD, then goes for two and passes.

Just to name a few.

We got away from conservative play calling and used the pass to set up the run...something I've been preaching for a while...and not only did we win, we killed them.

Did you mean first drive of the second quarter?

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by jsarno

We got away from conservative play calling and used the pass to set up the run...something I've been preaching for a while...and not only did we win, we killed them.

No, we had a QB hit 70% of his passes.

The Lions used the pass to set up the run. Our D played back and dared them to run.

On D - how many guys did Detroit have on the line? I honestly don't know. Also, it seemed to me that many of our big plays came off play action. Even if the run got stuffed a few times, we kept at it and played off of it.

I wouldnt say the play calling was more aggressive than it has been it the past. I would agree that both the passing and running game showed some more diversity. Seemed like more intermediate routes were run and, of course, the direct snaps. Watch for that in the future with the playaction pass to JC. (Ohhh here's one - direct snap to portis, who hands it ARE on a reverse who throws it to JC who was split out wide).

Seriously, the play calling was simply not that much different than last week. On offense our QB played his best game ever, our defense played lights out ALL GAME- If we were able to make those statements about the Giants game, we would be 4-0.

Seriously, has anyone broken down how Detroit's D was playing us? I didn't hear the commentators say anything about it during the game. I am supposing they played some version of the Cover 2. Did they have 7 or 8 in the box?

Also what % of our offensive plays had 3 or WR's? Just curious.

If it turns out that the majority of our snaps were from the spread offense or their D was playing us pass first - THEN i would concede the pass set up the run. But it seemed to me the offense was pretty much 2WR, 2TE type and the D was playing their front 7 right up on the line. That, to me, says run first both from how we play and what the other side feels they must stop.