Philly's plan will be to stop the run

Trotter is over-aggressive and a good way to deal with that is running counters. The counters can also slow down his aggressiveness and then sweeps and tosses can be run also.

If our O-line played like they played last game then running up the middle shouldn't be too much of a problem either.

As far as beating the blitz is concerned, I think our screens and fake-screens (faked to one side and thrown to the other) have been working great. Also, the best way to beat the blitz is with a good running game just like Ramsey said. I think that if they do try to blitz and put too much into stopping the run the Skins could actually have a big day going through the air.

It's all coming together. This should be a very good game. HTTR

no, we gotta stay true to RUN first to open up the PASS. it took us this long to (re)find our offensive identity, no way can we go back. like the thread starter said, Portis runs, we win.

i say outside runs. i don't think any defense in the NFC east has seen as fast and athletic a back as Portis. they are used to runs up the middle, which is where Gibbs sent Portis in the first game, and where Trotter and Philly stopped him. Portis has amazing anklebreaking ability, and can react alot faster than older and kneeproblem ridden linebackers can.

if they do send him in the middle, let it be more of those counters and misdirection plays where Portis has everyone going one side then suddenly he's going the opposite. once they catch on to that, he can just burn off in one direction while the defense freezes waiting for him to cut back. like that one backdoor play last game.

this is exactly why Portis is such a weapon. he's so fast and has such good cutting ability, he can do his own playaction fakes on RUNS.

You are joking right? Ramsey is not an accurate QB by any standard.


Your joking right? Ramsey went 19 for 22 last game. How much more accurate does he have to be?

Also, most of those passes went to the TE, including 2 touchdown passes (Royal and Cooley).

And forget about what you can do in a video game, this is the NFL buddy. Not Madden or ESPN2k5

From my many years experience playing football video game I have to tell you that you really have to be accurate to throw passes to a tight end. We have no accuracy in our QBs so don't expect too many passes to the tight ends.


You're not actually serious are you? On both accounts of the video game experience and the accuracy of our QB's? Brunell no, but Ramsey has been just as accurate as anybody can be. Two incomplete passes....yeah that sucks! :confused:

The whole reason why Trotter is doing so well in Philly is because he's a perfect fit for their scheme. That's why we signed him. Then he came here and didn't live up to all the hype he brought. And let's not forget how much we paid him. :frusty:


Philly has had a hard time stopping the run all year. With our O-line playing much better now, I think we'll have some success on the ground.


Basically we have to play like we did last week except maybe about 10 times better. Run the ball, protect the QB, and take some shots downfield.

he was being facetious about the videogame guys c'mon

I think we'll see more of that stretch/cut back running that came out in the giants game. It's tough, becuase philly has such a great offense that it becomes difficult to stick with the run. Philly will get their points.

Look, if they over stack the line, we've gotta make them pay with the pass. It doesn't have to be the homerun (though that would be sweet); just enough to keep them honest.

he was being facetious about the videogame guys c'mon


I figured he had to be....but then again...ya never know... :stop:

no one's mentioned all the WR screens to Coles. it's been a new staple for Gibbs lately and it seemed to work vs. the Gnats, but then what didn't. it was a major part of our gameplan the first time vs. philly, but it didn't do squat then.

we need to stick with cutblocking their Dline, and let Portis pick his own holes. let him bounce around and cutback at will. his instincts are that good. In Clinton We Trust.

The whole video game thing was a joke and so is Ramsey's stats over the last 3 years.

http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/302216

He has one decent game and all of a sudden he is accurate? His career average is 53.9% which is pretty shitty if you ask me.