Balancing Our Offense Will Be A Fine Art

[Cary Kollins]

I don't think we have any excuses to not be able to put points on the board for our defense. Green Bay has an offensive line full of no-names. I can't remember when Pittsburgh was ever good at pass protecting. San Francisco, like us, has one great, yet aging slot receiver, a juiced up tight end as their number two option, and a bunch of guys, yet their QB just passed for 10,000 yards yesterday. There are plenty of winning teams with holes in their rosters just as big, if not bigger than ours, but they have success in spite of. That needs to change here and I expect better on Sundays.

 

 

Those teams have coaches worth a damn.

[TheRed]

I care more about first downs than who is getting paid what

Well yeah obviously getting first downs and winning is the priority. It was not my intention to imply otherwise. But I'd also like to have a healthy franchise QB, and let our backs do what they are here for. Cam will still get his runs.

[JawnyBlaze]

wow, I had to look it up to confirm your stats, but I was certain AP had to have had over 100 yards, since early in the 1st he had a 70something yard touchdown.  But nope, only 93 yards on the day.  He only got 20 yards rushing in 50 minutes of football?  Weird.

[JawnyBlaze]

Amazing AP takes the first carry of the game for 78 yards and only ends up with 93 after 17 more carries.

 

Heh I had the same thought.  Read the OP and immediately went to check stats and made the above post :)

[JawnyBlaze]

I also thought the HB screens were underutilized as well.

 

 

Yea, I noticed that yesterday too.  The last two years, it seems to me our most successful plays are screens.  They should be our bread and butter.