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Originally Posted by Lotus
So in 2009 Schaub averaged 3 deep balls a game and 2.5 deep balls a game last year.
We've thrown maybe 2 deep balls in 2 games (I say "maybe" because the Stallworth throw was right about 20 yards and thus not that deep). Even if we count the Stallworth throw, we thus average 1 deep ball per game.
1 per game vs. 2.5 or 3 per game. There's a difference here.
If Houston's offense is the standard - which is debatable - then we have a lesser vertical element in our offense so far. That was my point.
As I said above, things may change with time.
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Yeah, we took two shots deep in the Steelers game. The first was off the play action bootleg where Rex rolled out and tried to hit Stallworth (yeah, I count that as deep.) The next was when Banks had that big return, Rex dropped back and tried the pump and go to Moss, which also fell incomplete.
Which brings us back to the Colts game. Again, just go back and look at the game tape--you never see the Colts safeties on the screen. They played two deep safeties and dropped seven every. Single. Down. Or almost every single down.
So the concept of "well we should've taken a shot deep because if not they're going to stick a safety in the box"...the Colts never dropped a safety in the box. The idea that we should've taken a shot deep just for the sake of taking one, even if there was practically no chance whatsoever of the pass being completed given how many guys were in coverage, is flawed.
I guess it would've made fans feel better, but it wouldn't have helped to win the football game.