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

[MTRedskinsFan]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

How are they predicting our offensive game plans so well? Are we not 2-1 right now? If teams predict our game plan so well, we'd be 0-3. Right now, it is our players' execution that isn't running the score board up, not that opposing defenses are stopping us. Most of the time, we're stopping ourselves.

You're right yo, execution is huge problem. How can Moss and Portis drop passes on the numbers, or Betts run w/o a head of steam? But I still take back to coaching/playcalling. Thrash has best hands on the team, so when Moss is dropping shit left and right why don't we at least pick up a few yards w/ Thrash. Maybe it's not a matter of predictability but Gibbs and maybe Saunders reactingly too slowly to what's happening on the field.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by MTRedskinsFan

You're right yo, execution is huge problem. How can Moss and Portis drop passes on the numbers, or Betts run w/o a head of steam? But I still take back to coaching/playcalling. Thrash has best hands on the team, so when Moss is dropping shit left and right why don't we at least pick up a few yards w/ Thrash. Maybe it's not a matter of predictability but Gibbs and maybe Saunders reactingly too slowly to what's happening on the field.

You do bring up good points, but I think there is one thing I should be clear on. Just because there is a theoretically better option can NOT mean the playcalling was wrong. In the NFL, you can't just replace the playcall, you must change the playcaller, and generally the entire offense with it. With playcalling such a fraction of a percent of the reason for any given outcome of a game, I don't think we can seperate a few plays from the rest of the game.

I say it's pointless to debate over playcalling, even if your right in the instances you bring up (I believe you are) because it's one of the nitpickiest things you can do. If a coach is helping his team instead of hurting it, like I believe Gibbs' staff is, we can live with the mistakes.

Everyone makes them. I believe Andy Reid is the best active coach, but he made a mistake that cost him 4 points against us. But I know over the course of the season, he will atone for that.

It's a long season, a few plays against the Giants in September will not matter.