Receivers

New England's spreading the ball around to many receivers has more to do with Tom Brady's great ability to read defenses than their offensive system. Brady reads the defense and throws to the open man. Another great QB (Joe Montana) did the same thing. New England is not the only team to run the Parcells/Bellicheck system, it is basically a multi-formation system derived from the west coast system/pro system. All teams steal or borrow from each other. Remember in the early 80's all teams started running the counter-trey after we debuted it with great success. Once a team invents a new play the very next week most teams are trying it.

In regards to the Redskins in max protection, it was not all the time. They changed it up some depending on the situation. I think Gibbs will be mixing up even more this year. I think the max-protection was more out need than desire, our QB's were killed the years befroe Gibbs arrived.

Again, New England and SanFran run the WC system and we run bubble screens and counter treys still. My point is the point that you made. Brady and that system spreads the ball around. Our system is not designed like that and therefore you can not compare our WR to the Patriots WR.

Just watched an old game tape of 1983 championship against Dallas. We finished that year 8-1, won three playoff games fairly easily, and stomped Miami 27-17 in the Super Bowl. And our receivers were an undersized bunch of dudes nicknamed "The Smurfs." Seems to me that the size of our WRs really isn't important as long as we get production.

Just watched an old game tape of 1983 championship against Dallas. We finished that year 8-1, won three playoff games fairly easily, and stomped Miami 27-17 in the Super Bowl. And our receivers were an undersized bunch of dudes nicknamed "The Smurfs." Seems to me that the size of our WRs really isn't important as long as we get production.


I don't care if our receivers are 6"8 or 5"2, as long as they catch the ball..that is the most important thing!

You're absolutely correct Skinsguy and the coaches have said the same thing. I think we are putting too much emphasis on size when in reality it's not really about size as opposed to execution. The "Smurf's of the 80's and Denver's 3 omigoes were typical examples.

Last year we had "Toe" and "Slow" at the wide receiver positions mostly in two man patterns and it didn't work out well. Our line suffered a blow when Jansen went down and we were semingly out of sink from the beginning and never really recovered. This year we will have a little more explosion at the 1 & 2 positions on the outside and if the line can hold a 3 plus seconds the passing game should be more consistent. Early in the season last year we had constant breakdowns in the offensive line in the passing game, when we fix that problem the entire offense will be more effective.It's not always about size, toughtness, smarts, and "execution" is what get's the job done. Hopefully Ramsey will learn to read defenses better to the extent he wont hold the ball for so long, make better reads, and develop al little touch on his passes. The kid has a very strong arm (not always as accurate as he could be) but I'm looking foreward to seeing him develop a little more touch on his passes, espically those that call for over the linebacker, but in front of the DB. If he develops consistency in this area he stands a good chance of becoming an effective NFL passer. I think this is what Gibbs is looking to see more of from Ramsey this year.

I'm just concerned about how our WRs will be rated on Madden 2006. :oink:

Again, New England and SanFran run the WC system and we run bubble screens and counter treys still. My point is the point that you made. Brady and that system spreads the ball around. Our system is not designed like that and therefore you can not compare our WR to the Patriots WR.

Gibbs system runs more than bubble screens and counter treys. I think RT Jansen's injury and not having an adequate replacement forced Gibbs to use the Max protection more than he wanted to. I still think it was out of need more than desire.
Look at the 1992 Skins, Gibbs threw the ball alot. The Skins were in 3 WR sets all the time and Sanders, Monk and Clark were running more than bubble screens. Gibbs came from the air-Coryell school of offense. When he was at San Diego they threw the ball more than anyone.
I don't care what offense you run, the responsiblity of spreading the ball around goes to the QB. If your #1 and #2 options are covered, throw it to #3 and #4.
Plays breakdown all the time, if an eligible receiver is open throw him the ball.
That is not exclusive to the WC system.

I completely agree Defensewins. But it sure seemed like last year he threw a lot of the screens and quick stuff. We didn't try to stretch the field and we didn't use our best talents effectively and some of the players that should have been on the field didn't get a chance to. I realize that 92 team had 3 WR go over 1000 yds. I would love to see that again. I can't really say the Rypien was far and away a better QB than Ramsey. I mean at this point he is but Ramsey has more athletic ability than Ryp and I think given the chance he could be as good as any of our Superbowl quarterbacks.