Gibbs to give up playcalling

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

Does this mean that Saunders will talk to Brunell? Or does it mean that Saunders will talk to Gibbs who will talk to Brunell?

I'm guessing Saunders will talk to the QB with Gibbs being on the headsets as well.

[GoSkins!]

How will the offensive linemen feel about the Saunders philosophey? They seemed to be doing well before the Thomas injury with the smash mouth approach.

[3rd ID SOLDIER]

the colts are going to implode next year shouldn't they have some defensive free agents too? they should have kept marcus washington good thing for us they didn't!

[shallyshal]

Originally Posted by jdlea

Per Mort on ESPN. He explained that Al Saunders will call the plays and Gibbs will take on more of a CEO position where he will oversee the entire operation and make the GM decisions. This will be the first time in his career that he will call the offensive plays according to Chris Mortensen.

hard to believe he has not called plays before this. i wonder how this will affect his work as a coach. there is certainly a learning curve for it. interesting

[shallyshal]

[QUOTE=jdlea]Yeah, that's what I meant. The first time Gibbs won't call the plays, sorry about that. Maybe a little proofreading next time.[/QUOTE


uhhhhh... as one ex-resident of the chocolate city to another resident ...doh !!!

hope you are doing okay

[shallyshal]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

Mort also said the Colts will franchise Reggie Wayne so we will be looking elsewhere for a #2 WR for Saunders to incorporate..

With Saunders having complete play calling control (although I thought Burns called the plays this year with Gibbs having override approval) that should open up the offense dramatically. I think the only times Gibbs will step in will be to tell Saunders to take the air out of the ball some or if he sees something that he thinks they can exploit.

the colts are gonna have trouble retaining so many of their players because of the sheer number of them.

wayne is a priority. more than edgerrin i think, but what about tripplett, brock, morris, freeney a couple of db's... their defense could get toally gutted this offseason

[shallyshal]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

I'm not. Not to take anything away from E. James, it's typically easier to replace a running back than it is to develop and work in a new wide receiver. Manning and Wayne have excellent chemistry. Good, serviceable running backs are much easier to come by.

yup. and without a running game (mungro is also a free agent but not a franchise back) let's see how well peyton flourishes.

[shallyshal]

Originally Posted by jdlea

They've been acting like they were gonna let Edge go since last year. They were saying that they could close the same kind of production out of Dominic Rhodes. I think that's a mistake, but that's the way the Colts have been looking at it since they franchised Edge last season.

forgot about rhodes... but he is no edgerrin for certain

[shallyshal]

Originally Posted by GoSkins!

How will the offensive linemen feel about the Saunders philosophey? They seemed to be doing well before the Thomas injury with the smash mouth approach.

kc had one of the best lines in the nfl by consensus the past several years. i did not read of any complaints by them.. success has a way of making people happy

[hurrykaine]

Does this mean Len Pastabelly will be proved right? Pasta's view has been that the skins won't get to the Super Bowl with Gibbs calling the offensive plays. Now, we can expect a "see, I told you so" piece from Pasta. Though, if Saunders playcalling is what leads us to the big game, I won't care.

[skinsguy]

This is kind of a moot discussion anyway since Burns and Breaux were the ones responsible for alot of the playcalling. Pastabelly will never be right about anything.

[railcon56]

Originally Posted by jdlea

Per Mort on ESPN. He explained that Al Saunders will call the plays and Gibbs will take on more of a CEO position where he will oversee the entire operation and make the GM decisions. This will be the first time in his career that he will call the offensive plays according to Chris Mortensen.

There is a God!!!! we'll see what happens to Mr Brunell's old ass NOW!!!

[SmootSmack]

The article on ESPN.com says that Gibbs wants to focus on personnel moves, such as what to do with Ramsey and LaVar.

Which is fine for the spring time, but come September those won't (or shouldn't) still be issues. So what then?

My guess is it will be as others have mentioned it's been in the past, and as other head coaches do it (such as Belichick and Weiss). Saunders will call the play calls and Gibbs will essentially give him full control, but he'll have the right to overturn a decision if he feels it's needed.

[diehardskin2982]

This is going to be great for us. Does this mean maybe Gibbs becomming our president/GM after his contract is up. Williams becomes head coach and saunders stay as Head coach offense?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by railcon56@comcast.net

There is a God!!!! we'll see what happens to Mr Brunell's old ass NOW!!!

Trent Green is actually older than Brunell if you can believe it, Saunders doesn't seem to have a problem with old assed QB's.