No Audibles

p.s. We do have an audible system now.

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Spurrier didn't have audibles or hot reads. Gibbs had them. That's what the yellow 30 and green 60 business was all about. Most of them were nothing but there were always a few that were live for that game.

Rypien used to change the play all the time at the line in 1991. He used hand signals. It was very effective that year.

Spurrier didn't have audibles or hot reads. Gibbs had them. That's what the yellow 30 and green 60 business was all about. Most of them were nothing but there were always a few that were live for that game.

Rypien used to change the play all the time at the line in 1991. He used hand signals. It was very effective that year.

rypien was the only qb for gibbs i ever saw use them frequently,theismann,williams,and schrodeder sure did'nt!is this me or
if payton manning did'nt call an audible every play,would'nt that be unusual?

Read something by Lombardi, Allen, Baugh, Jurgensen....Cooke....about the traditional system. NO AUDIBLES. Look at Gibbs at San Diego State and Tampa Bay. NO AUDIBLES. Gibbs allowed Ramsey to audible 2 years ago....jog your memory and do your history before you spew nonsense.

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of course the traditional system had no audibles. the defenses got set, and stayed in that formation. there was no moving around, and hardly any blitzing. the defenses of today are constantly moving around, and blitzing probably 50% of the time. audibles are needed in todays game. and if you think this is nonsense, watch yesterdays game tape, and see how many plays were run directly into the teeth of the defense. im not about nonsense, im about results. and so far, the results i see out of our redskins arent favorable

It's been pretty well documented, here's some chatter from a Chiefs board when Saunders was there.

ChiefsPlanet (http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/archive/index.php/t-127862)

damn...arrogant is the word.

last year we used audibles and it worked out well. saunders uses pre snap movement instead, except we haven't been using it since week 2 (and a couple times vs dallas), so we've got the worst of both worlds. joy.

last year we used audibles and it worked out well. saunders uses pre snap movement instead, except we haven't been using it since week 2 (and a couple times vs dallas), so we've got the worst of both worlds. joy.

I have a question for you That Guy. Is it just me or has Saunders been a blinding disappointment. I know he's had some constraints and I know it's only nine games but factoring that in, I still see his hiring as a mistake. I thought he would run the Gibbs system and slowly add his flavor to the mix. Instead it was a complete overhaul. I also get the vibe that he is not fitting in well with the other assistants and it's creating tension. Don't know who exactly, no specifics, just a feeling I have. I'm beginning to the think we should have listened to that tubby sportswriter from KC - J. Whitlock. Your thoughts?

I have a question for you That Guy. Is it just me or has Saunders been a blinding disappointment. I know he's had some constraints and I know it's only nine games but factoring that in, I still see his hiring as a mistake. I thought he would run the Gibbs system and slowly add his flavor to the mix. Instead it was a complete overhaul. I also get the vibe that he is not fitting in well with the other assistants and it's creating tension. Don't know who exactly, no specifics, just a feeling I have. I'm beginning to the think we should have listened to that tubby sportswriter from KC - J. Whitlock. Your thoughts?

Whitlock has integrity (he wasn't saying that just for ratings)... he said saunders is good at what he does, but he's a backbiter, and it's proven to be true (he's complained publicly that brunell can't do a lot of things, that campbell isn't smart enough or ready to run his offense, that portis should never take himself out of games, etc etc). seems there's always a reason things don't work out, and it's NEVER HIS FAULT. that's what i don't like, and that's why he should never be a head coach. if he can't take responsiblity for anything he does, why wouldn't his players follow that example?

I mean, if betts made that 3rd and 1, do you think he would have taken the time to call out portis in the post-game interview? I doubt it.

It has been a blinding failure, but it's not entirely saunders fault. he can't use the personnel he wants, i'm not sure how much gibbs is interfering with his game plans and playcalling, etc. I do know that it looks like he's calling plays for the KC personnel and he's failed to make meaningful adjustments in a timely manner (ie, brunnel is a much better passer out of the shotgun (where he's not watching the rush), so it takes 9 weeks before we see a single shotgun snap (which worked well enough, btw)). Saunders uses motion instead of audibles to create mismatches, but we haven't really seen any motion except on a limited basis in week 1, 2, and 9.

BUT, you can't expect a new system to work right off the bat. that said it should be performing better by now... brunell and the OL may be bottlenecks though which does make it harder to judge, and campbell probably won't run a full offense right away either.


that said, if he does leave after this year, i won't miss him.

Lots of teams call no audibles. In fact in the West Coast offense it is common. The alt is of course the hot read which everyone so desperately wanted instead of audibles when Spurrier was here.

Audibles aren't an issue. The execution of hot reads is difficult but very rewarding when done right. I think we have struggled with it. I think Brunell wasn't in the proper mind set to execute them and I think it a function of his lack of confidence in his physical abilities. I really think he just didn't believe he could make some of the throws so he just checked down when he knew a proper hot read was needed and he couldn't get it done.

It really seemed that way to me. A few times announcers, who mostly have a very poor understanding and recognition of hot read I have noticed, pointed out that a hot read didn't work right. I think it happened far more than anyone has talked about.

Maybe Campbell will be braven enough to just make the proper reads and do what is supposed to be done. Or maybe he will struggle with reads. I have no idea. But I am excited that there is a chance he can get it done. Brunell didn't have that chance anymore.
Any team involving Saunders never has. St Louis and KC didn't.