Is it Portis or the Offensive line?

just the playcalling. that is what is killing our running game. knowing when to run and when ti pass. we need to develop audibles, like someone mention earlier, at the lin e of scrimmage to keep the defenses honest like the colts do and that is why edge always have those hundred yard gain he does not run when the box is stacked like portis does.

I agree, our playcalling is just too predicatable down the stretch. No team is going to be so dominante in todays NFL that they can just do it anyways.

The problem is they can afford to stack the line and move the safteys up..we wont throw the ball downfield...and we are lucky to even throw it short in the 4th qtr..the o-line is fine ..no deep passes is what has been the running games problem all season.. until we make them respect and protect the long pass teams will stack the line
Not to :bdh: but I have ben saying that we need a 2nd WR threat. With 11 guys on D you can put 2 on Moss, 1 on whoever is opposite of Moss, and 8 in the box. Yeah, you do have to worry about Cooley, but he is an intermediate threat, not a downfield threat.

Also, about the audiables(SP) in Gibbs system, I really dont think that there is any or Gibbs gets pretty PO'd if one is called.

im not sold on jansen.he might have 2 broken thumbs but in the raider game his footwork was so bad i could have had a couple of sacks going against him

Also, about the audiables(SP) in Gibbs system, I really dont think that there is any or Gibbs gets pretty PO'd if one is called.

thats why i say its a 1979 offense and not 2005

ITS PORTIS! if you look at san diego they run essentially the same running plays that we do, but LT in the 4th and OT quarters got stronger not weaker. Watch the play of Portis if there isnt a hole he just runs into the back of his OL he hardly ever bounces it outside, and if he does find a break he trips all over himself. Maybe he is thinking too much of his stupid costumes he gonna wear on Thursday. When Rock or Betts get in there they seem to find holes for good gains, isnt it the same line thats in there all game?

ITS PORTIS! if you look at san diego they run essentially the same running plays that we do, but LT in the 4th and OT quarters got stronger not weaker. Watch the play of Portis if there isnt a hole he just runs into the back of his OL he hardly ever bounces it outside, and if he does find a break he trips all over himself. Maybe he is thinking too much of his stupid costumes he gonna wear on Thursday. When Rock or Betts get in there they seem to find holes for good gains, isnt it the same line thats in there all game?

Have we really come to people saying ROCK or BETTS are better backs than Portis. :Flush:

im not saying they are better they are def back ups, but they seem to find holes where Portis cannot. Portis runs for 3 yds/carry, Cartwright gets in there and runs for 13 for a TD, whens that last time you saw portis do that? Im saying when they get their shots they move the ball, throw Nemo in there. I dont care how much we spent on Portis if someone else can do the job then let em, hes not doing it

ITS PORTIS! if you look at san diego they run essentially the same running plays that we do, but LT in the 4th and OT quarters got stronger not weaker. Watch the play of Portis if there isnt a hole he just runs into the back of his OL he hardly ever bounces it outside, and if he does find a break he trips all over himself. Maybe he is thinking too much of his stupid costumes he gonna wear on Thursday. When Rock or Betts get in there they seem to find holes for good gains, isnt it the same line thats in there all game?
San Diego DOES NOT run essentially the same plays. LT has something that Portis does not have and that is a "blocking" FB. I think that Portis would run better if we used Sellers in the FB roll more often, but we dont.

San Diego DOES NOT run essentially the same plays. LT has something that Portis does not have and that is a "blocking" FB. I think that Portis would run better if we used Sellers in the FB roll more often, but we dont.

Good point, LT is running behind the best run-blocking FB (Lorenzo Neal) in the league. Only KC's Tony Richardson is in the same "league" as Neal.

thats why i say its a 1979 offense and not 2005


Gibbs wasn't around Washington in 1979.