Why Doesn't "Gibbs' Football" Work for the Redskins?

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by GMScud

A couple of things here-
Gibbs brought in Saunders to implement a system. He wouldn't have done that if he was satisfied his old school style would hold up nowadays. The TE is a huge part of a Saunders offense. And Cooley has been phenomenal. Just as Gonzalez was phenomenal when Saunders was in KC. I agree that Gibbs likes the TE to be a blocker, but Don Warren and Clint Didier caught their share of passes too. Cooley is a mismatch weapon on offense, and should be used as such. Gibbs drafted him to be his signature "h-back," and he's worked out as far as production is concerned, even though the h-back isn't around now. Now that the line is dinged we may need to use more two TE sets, with Cooley as a passing option and Yoder staying in to help block.

I disagree that Sellers can't block Strahan types. At 285lbs he is as big or bigger than most DE's in the league.

And despite the two injuries on the O-line, we are pretty healthy. We need to come out and pound this Lions squad.

I think you misunderstood me. I didn't say he couldn't block him, I just said with 5 yards of strahan running at him...well, no one really will win that battle. Strahan will run over anyone when he has that much speed up. A stationary Sellers vs a full speed Strahan is not good...Sellers won't be in a situation where he's on the line to block him from scratch.
Sellers also is not the greatest of pass blockers. He's good, but not as good as he could be...he is more beneficial in the run game.

I do agree with most of what you said. I know we need to free up Cooley, but I'd rather have protection. So while I do agree with you, I disagree about your comments with Didier and Warren. Wasn't Warren named an honorary Hog? Anywho...Didier never had more than 41 catches and only had 2 other seasons of 30 or more in his career. Warren never had more than 31 catches. Cooley has had a 71 catch season and a 57 catch season. I say all that to show that both Didier and Warren were blockers first receivers 2nd.