Ron and Mike say they will open up the offense,do you believe it?

[teeray]

Our Shula ran offense was better in every facet over Chud's offense against Seattle last year

 

Last year:

 

First downs: 13

Third down efficiency: 2-11

Total plays: 52

Total Yards: 190

Yards per play: 3.7

Possessions: 12

Yards per pass 3.7

sacks: 4

Rushing yards: 82

Yards per rush: 4.3

Red Zone TDs: 0/2

TOP: 24:14

Points:  6

 

 

This Year:

First downs:  17

Third down efficiency: 5-11

Total plays:50

Total yards: 253

Yards per play: 5.1

Total Possessions: 9

Yards per pass: 5.4

Rushing yards: 134

Yard per rush:  5.2

red Zone TDs: 1/1

TOP: 29:46

Points:  7

 

 

 

So according to that we were actually more aggressive and way more successful than we were last year in every facet.  All in 3 less possessions!!!

 

 

So what am I supposed to be worrying about again?

 

If our defense brings it every week like yesterday, we are going to be fine.

 

 

Shula >>>> Chud

 

 

 

 

 

 

[rayzor]

of course we only need to score 7 to win, right?

 

ok...14. no big deal. scoring more than that? come on...it's not madden.

[CatMan72]

I believe it because they acknowledged it publicly the day after the game... Rivera knows he can't wait till we go 2-8 before he starts making changes this time around. 

[Peppers90 NC]

There was some nice things going on, I usually hate everything after we lose but for some reason, other than being heartbroken, was okay how the offense played.  We will be scoring a lot more than 7 next week, although Buffalo is pretty decent.

[jarhead]

My take is  they used the game plan that they thought would win the game but a small number of players fuged it up.

[Delhommey]

I believe it because they acknowledged it publicly the day after the game... Rivera knows he can't wait till we go 2-8 before he starts making changes this time around. 

 

Why do people think it's important what Rivera knows? All the knowing in the world is useless unless you can do something with it, which he has not proven that he can. Ever.

[teeray]

of course we only need to score 7 to win, right?

 

ok...14. no big deal. scoring more than that? come on...it's not madden.

 

I get it, but every game shouldn't be a shoot out, and we were better in literally every facet of the game this year over last year on offense against the same team.  There isn't a single statistic we didn't improve on.

 

So I think the offense will be better than last year.  Based on the limited amount of data that is all I can assume.

[nickzz]

of course they will. if greg had caught those two passes we'd have had plenty more opportunities, cam would've probably gone over 200 yards, possibly for two touchdowns if deangelo hadn't fumbled on the seahawks 8, beating NFC powerhouse seattle 14-12 (or better.) this would've been a great statline against an elite team, and this thread wouldn't exist.

 

deanglo's fumble and olsen's drops had nothing to do with whether or not the offense was "opened up."

 

true, but there's no denying that the game was called conservatively. the only thing left to find out is if that's our weekly offense or simply the gameplan against seattle's vaunted defense.

 

if what they say is true, our offense will look different.

[RelaxImaPro]

You bastards always give me hope week after week after a loss only to have my heart ripped out again on Sunday.

[teeray]

true, but there's no denying that the game was called conservatively. the only thing left to find out is if that's our weekly offense or simply the gameplan against seattle's vaunted defense.

 

if what they say is true, our offense will look different.

 

Again, we outperformed Chud's offense in every facet over last season's match up.

[rayzor]

Why do people think it's important what Rivera knows? All the knowing in the world is useless unless you can do something with it, which he has not proven that he can. Ever.

knowing is half the battle, but no battle ever half fought was ever won.

 

same with shula. he should know more about how to be a successful OC, but i have yet to see him do it.

 

doing better than chud in a game where we crapped the bed last year isn't really reaching lofty goals.

[SOJA]

We need to at least throw a bomb to Ginn, even if he doesn't catch it, it will open stuff in the middle up for Olsen and Smitty

[rayzor]

I get it, but every game shouldn't be a shoot out, and we were better in literally every facet of the game this year over last year on offense against the same team.  There isn't a single statistic we didn't improve on.

 

So I think the offense will be better than last year.  Based on the limited amount of data that is all I can assume.

who is calling for a shoot out? i swear this is too funny when someone says "we should have been able to score twice" is interpreted as calling for a shootout or comparable to playing madden.

 

and comparing to chud last year in one game where we failed last year isn't really something i can get giddy about.

 

we should have and could have done better, esp. with them missing so many D players. we didn't.

 

based on the limited amount of data i've seen, our offense is still going to be insufficient to win many games.

[teeray]

knowing is half the battle, but no battle ever half fought was ever won.

 

same with shula. he should know more about how to be a successful OC, but i have yet to see him do it.

 

doing better than chud in a game where we crapped the bed last year isn't really reaching lofty goals.

 

True.  But is the only data we have available to compare.  We looked better in every way.  We only scored 7 points but I think that had more to do with the nature and context of the game than actual offensive futility.

 

I get the point, that we only scored 7 points.  But against that defense we did not put ourselves in good situations to score more points.  When we had opportunities we messed up.

 

I was overall, encouraged by our offense yesterday.  I realize that doesn't seem to make sense, maybe not even to me :P, but I am.

 

I think if we can stay on track we will be a very good offensive team.  I don't want our staff to overreact and then over-correct because of one game.

 

We did good things yesterday.