Question about Pass-Play Selection

After watching our passing game struggle from time to time this season I have one question relative to selection, and pass routes.

Why do we not ever throw the ball down the middle of the field? Why are all our pass plays of the same basic variety, short in the flat to Cooley,wide receiver screen? It appears the opposing defenses have only to cover our passing game outside the hashes and never have to defend the middle of the field. In today's game Brunell only threw one pass inside the hash marks that was complete (to Moss) one other on the post was forced, and intercepted.

Discuss

After watching our passing game struggle from time to time this season I have one question relative to selection, and pass routes.

Why do we not ever throw the ball down the middle of the field? Why are all our pass plays of the same basic variety, short in the flat to Cooley,wide receiver screen? It appears the opposing defenses have only to cover our passing game outside the hashes and never have to defend the middle of the field. In today's game Brunell only threw one pass inside the hash marks that was complete (to Moss) one other on the post was forced, and intercepted.

Discuss

Why is most of the offensive play-calling so predictable and conservative? Better ask that question of Gibbs, not us.

If Moss was open all day long in the middle, the ball would get to him. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. You have to take what the defense gives you sometimes.

Why is most of the offensive play-calling so predictable and conservative? Better ask that question of Gibbs, not us.

So how would call the game from start to finish?

We're playing the hand we've been dealt.

This is a team thats strengths lie in a conservative attack. Nobody is going to mistake this offense for the Colts or Bengals, and there's no use in trying to make us that way. That's like trying to force a square peg through a circle hole.

It seems that most of Moss routes are fly patterns designed to go straight for the endzone. He is the only wideout of any threat to opponents. Jacobs and Farris are worthless. You're right though, there aren't many passes set up in the short to intermediate range in the middle of the field. In reality, I think it's more of a lack of quality receivers behind Moss and Cooley.

I wonder why there aren't more screens to Portis.

lack of possesion type receiver. remember the McCants controversy? not that McCants was the second coming of Art Monk, but Moss and Patten are small and NOT suited to outmuscle linebackers and safeties over the middle, much less take the shots. God bless Cooley, but he's not going to dart right into the middle on a slant.

Did you catch the offensive formation on the second to last possession we had? On second down Gibbs had one receiver on the line and no FB as a blocker for Portis which resulted loss yardage. Why in the hell would Gibbs have one receiver on the line and no one in motion? Our playcalling was geared toward the run and it did not work. Rock Cartwright deserved to get some handoffs. Betts was not that productive to handle all the carries besides Portis.

plain and simple we do not have the talent at w.r.

besides moss