Cyberjag

I'm still trying to figure out how it was him that posted this article and not you...

I don't want to wade through 31 pages. Can someone sum up the thread for me?

There are several posters on this message board who will be more than willing to tell you why Shula is the best possible decision. They certainly defended his selection before the season, so I'm sure they'll now be able to tell you how the Giants game proved that he's a genius, provided the players execute of course!

Sometimes history is a bitch. And when you bring it up, you get shouted down with all these reasons why it will be different this time, and maybe you get that ONE example where the historical trend didn't hold. Anyone want to guess how many coaches who didn't produce a winning record in their first two years with a team went on to have successful careers there?

My fry-daddy

I don't think it would be terribly difficult to find someone who's more imaginative at calling the existing plays in our system. And I certainly don't think it would be difficult to find someone who can get them in faster. But we're pretty much stuck with Shula-ball. Anyone think that Cam will own the most productive first three seasons after this year?

Our receivers aren't awful, they're just rarely used. 20 total attempts for the player who holds records for passing in his first two years? Wow.

Our defense is always going to surrender 10-14 points. It's unreasonable to expect them not to, unless you think that we should be fielding one of the best scoring defenses in NFL history. We're going to get penalties. That's part of the game, and it happens to every team, often at inopportune times. There will be drives killed, or extended by stupid mistakes. It happens. We will occasionally turn the ball over, probably once or twice a game on average. That happens. Therefore, we must have a game plan in place that takes these NORMAL things into account, and brings success in spite of them. Slowing down the pace of play to the tune where we ended up with only 50 plays called in 30 minutes of possession does not strike me as one of those success factors. Nor does the concept of running the ball to tire them out while at the same time giving them a breather between plays. I get that the deep coverage was there, and kept Newton's arm in check, but what I don't understand is the lack of lateral stuff, and why we didn't do more with our running backs in the flat to bring those safeties up. Last year we ran 53 plays in 24:23, roughly a play every 28 seconds. This year we ran 50 plays in 29:46, a play every 36 seconds. Can someone explain how this is a natural result of simplifying the play calling so Cam can get to the line quicker? To me, this looks like something intentional, designed by the coaches and intended to keep the game low scoring, where we may be able to steal the victory. A classic defensive coach's game plan, and one we've seen here before. Buffalo has a terrible defense, one that you want to give every opportunity to make a mistake. Do you think that slowing the game down will help limit their chances to blow it? I certainly hope the coach's decide to open things up, but I have no faith at all in them to do it. And when they don't, if we lose, it will be again blamed on player execution.

I think that the Seattle offense we faced today was far, far superior to the one we faced last year. You might recall, it was Wilson's first game, and they didn't ask him to do much. Today, his scrambling made the difference.

I remember the secondary breaking up one pass by batting it down so hard we could hear it in the stands,

Interesting how people want to argue that the defense, which played very well overall, has all these problems, and they don't seem to want to discuss an offense that only put 7 points on the board. If you're looking for a place where we really need to improve, I don't think it's on the defensive side...

I've been listening to Marty Robbins all day. Not sure why...

I've been doing crossfit for about a year and a half. After I did it for a couple months, I started on the Paleo diet and over the next six weeks dropped over 20 pounds. I've stayed with the diet for the most part, although right now I'm taking a short break from it. That's a huge part of any fitness program. I travel a ton with my job, so it's hard to be consistent with workouts, but there are a lot of body weight routines you can do that are guaranteed to get funny looks in your average hotel "fitness center" that I like doing. You can also usually find a local crossfit box and work out for a drop-in fee. Crossfit is a lot like P90x, but it's generally done in a group setting with coaches and decent equipment. There's a lot more motivation, and a good focus on form that people like me need. It's highly addictive as well.