What Is Wrong With The Offense?

[70Chip]

You know I thought of something we did well on Sunday. The draw play. The Redskins are a very good draw team.

The year after Gibbs left, the offensive coordinator, Rod Dowhower, used to call draw plays all the time on second down and they never worked. That team was 4 and 12 and scored 10 or fewer points 9 times. I guess it could be worse.

[CHIEF CHUCKING MY SPEAR]

lol at least that something

[TheBigD]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

Thoughts?

I think that the problem with the Redskins, and the Cowboys, is the QB.

That is why I never believed for a minute that neither Brunell was good after beating the Texans (come on) nor Bledsoe after beating the Titans (who by the way plays here in Washington on Sunday), and that is the team Dallas is playing next week and guess what? Bledsoe is going to look like a hero.

Some guys might say but we won against the Jaguars, yeah, but that was a solo perfermance by Moss. I mean come on, the throw was bad and Moss could have gotten a vicious hit but with his great ability makes the safety miss and runs it to the house for the OT winning TD. Both the other TDs were, in my opinion, made possible by Moss again.

Some guys say well we only had 40 sanps, or the TOP did not give the O enough time to do much. Well, that again is the QB's fault, how?

When the QB stinks as bad as our QBs, as we all know, the D will not respect the passing game and will bring more guys to the line or blitz more often. that is why you can't have as many rushing attempts as you would want and that affects your TOP.

The D didn't play as good, you know why, because THEY DID PLAY GOOD its just that you can't do too well when you are given a very slim margin of error, 19 points isn't not that high of a score to overcome.

the problem here (and I mentioned this before in other posts) Gibbs and Parcells LOVE their QBs, Brunell is the good ol' christian boy and Bledsoe is the guy Parcells drafted and doesn't want to admit that he made a mistake.

Now you could say that they don't have a better alternative, and that is the true and a very bad and costly mistake by the front office. I mean look at the money they spent on WRs this off-season and forgot one simple problem, do they have a reliable arm to throw the ball to them.

This might sound crazy, but I think it is better for the Redskins as a team to start playing Jason Campbell. Who knows? he might be the next Roethlisberger, and if he is not, well he is going to have enough experience to start next season. Brunell was washed up when he got here and it has only gotten worse, some fans get happy and jump up and down when the team wins a game, but never forget the games like the one they played in NY against a very shaky secondary, a team that I believe should've lost the game.

I say Romo and Campbell now, even if you have to sacrfice a seaons, you will have to, one way or another.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by TheBigD

I think that the problem with the Redskins, and the Cowboys, is the QB.

Welcome to the board Big D.

[Daseal]

Good post TheBigD. I agree with you 100%. Only, I don't feel starting Campbell is sacrificing the season, I think he gives us the same chance to win as Brunell when the game is put in his hands, if not better. I havent even seen him in a regular season game and say that!

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Daseal

I havent even seen him in a regular season game and say that!

That's really easy to say right now.

We don't know what he can or can't do right now, so it's easy to say yeah go ahead and put him in.

I find it hard to believe the result of last week would have been any different, or in any of our losses for that matter. If the season dictates playing him, so be it. But for right now we have enough problems, and I don't think he's the magic cure all.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by TheBigD

I think that the problem with the Redskins, and the Cowboys, is the QB.

I find it puzzling you say that, when the problem in Dallas is clearly the offensive line.

Brunell and Bledsoe are similar in that if you give them time, they can get the job done. If you let them get hit down after down their effectiveness is drastically reduced.

I was amazed that Dallas didn't do more to beef up their OL during the offseason.

Pulling the QB is always the magic solution the media and the fans want and it's always the first card that is pulled when an offense struggles. Rarely is it the right move. Are the media and the fans smarter than Parcells and Gibbs? Do I even need to answer that?

[skinnyfan]

Did anyone listen to sportstalk 980 yesterday (tuesday)? On my way home from work "smokin Al" brought up some numbers on Brunell that were staggering. I can't remember exactly what it is he said but the jist of it was...Brunell is 15-16 as the starter of the redskins and out of those 31 games he has thrown for under 100 yards 7 times.....and over 200 7 times and the rest are 150 and below......or something along those lines.....he went on to say a lot more concerning his number and compared him to qb's like Couch, Garcia, Dilfer etc........players that are done basically. Anyway.....I know this particular post is wretched......but did anyone hear that and can give exactly the numbers that were used on sportstalk 980?????????

[BrunellMVP?]

The O is hampered by Al's lack of faith in his QB...Brunell seems scared in the pocket, and is missing his open recievers...as soon as his first option isn't there, he starts shuffling his feet...until he is gone, the skins will never be elite. Last year was a great run, and far better than any of us expected, but brunell simply can't take us there...

[irish]

Originally Posted by skinnyfan

Did anyone listen to sportstalk 980 yesterday (tuesday)? On my way home from work "smokin Al" brought up some numbers on Brunell that were staggering. I can't remember exactly what it is he said but the jist of it was...Brunell is 15-16 as the starter of the redskins and out of those 31 games he has thrown for under 100 yards 7 times.....and over 200 7 times and the rest are 150 and below......or something along those lines.....he went on to say a lot more concerning his number and compared him to qb's like Couch, Garcia, Dilfer etc........players that are done basically. Anyway.....I know this particular post is wretched......but did anyone hear that and can give exactly the numbers that were used on sportstalk 980?????????

You should not include Dilfer with losers like Brunell, Garcia, & Couch. Dilfer has won a super bowl and the others never have and never will.

[skinnyfan]

Originally Posted by irish

You should not include Dilfer with losers like Brunell, Garcia, & Couch. Dilfer has won a super bowl and the others never have and never will.

Totally Agreed......but Dilfer's time has come and gone. That, I think is the point Smokin Al is trying to make. Its time for Brunell to move on, as well as the redskins. Brunell will take us to 8-8 or 9-7 at best, which is respectable, but not what we had hoped for this year. Do I think Campbell would take us to a better record??? No, probably the same as brunell.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by irish

You should not include Dilfer with losers like Brunell, Garcia, & Couch. Dilfer has won a super bowl and the others never have and never will.

Does that then make Marino a loser also? Warren Moon? Fran Tarkenton?

[skinnyfan]

Originally Posted by TAFKAS

Does that then make Marino a loser also? Warren Moon? Fran Tarkenton?

This post is way off base man. You are comparing hall of fame qb's to scrubs like dilfer, brunell, garcia etc........not even close. I don't think Irish is saying that they are losers because they didn't win the big one.

[Southpaw]

Originally Posted by skinnyfan

Brunell is 15-16 as the starter of the redskins and out of those 31 games he has thrown for under 100 yards 7 times.....and over 200 7 times and the rest are 150 and below

Those numbers are basically correct. He's thrown for less than 200 yards 17 times out of 31 starts. A lot of people will try to use the "game manager" defense, but Washington is 6-11 when Brunell throws for less than 200 yards. And four of those six wins came in the five game winning streak last year, when Portis was basically carrying the offense.

[irish]

Originally Posted by skinnyfan

Totally Agreed......but Dilfer's time has come and gone. That, I think is the point Smokin Al is trying to make. Its time for Brunell to move on, as well as the redskins. Brunell will take us to 8-8 or 9-7 at best, which is respectable, but not what we had hoped for this year. Do I think Campbell would take us to a better record??? No, probably the same as brunell.

It is totally time for MB to move on but for some reason (I suspect because they are both very religious) Gibbs likes him. MB will get worse as the season goes on and he gets tired. This team was constructed to go to the super bowl this year but there is no way its going to happen. I'm not sure what kind of record Campbell would lead the skins to but I do know the skins have 3 draft picks tied up in him and he is sitting on the bench (getting no experience) when those 3 players could potentailly having an impact on the team.