It's Very Simple...Deuce

neugey · 09-17-2007, 08:54 AM

Deuce got plenty of touches - that wasn't the problem. IMHO, We (ie. Payton and Brees) are focusing too much on outlet routes and the short passing game. Look at the stats. 16 pass attempts by Garcia for 243 yards versus 44 pass attempts by Brees for 266 yards.

We are not sending enough receivers down the field - Colston and Eric Johnson keep running 4 yard curl routes. Reggie keeps running that outlet valve route to the outside. This plays right into the hands of the cover 2 D. We need some seam routes and deep post and slant routes, and obviously, more go routes.

At the current rate, I'd get rid of a lot of these short patterns. Trust Drew to make the 10+ yard throws and get rid of the ball if the pass is not there to avoid the sack. Leave Karney or an extra TE in to block if necessary. Drew is a good decision maker and we need to play to his strengths. But we need more than 3 yard completions to show for it.

If we want to get cute w/ short passes, don't do it when there is 60-80+ yards of field in front of us. Make the defense honor the deep ball until the field is shortened. Stretch the D w/ the pass, then let Reggie and Deuce do their thing.

09-17-2007, 08:54 AM	#16
neugey Hu Dat! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,820 Blog Entries: 13	Re: It's Very Simple...Deuce Deuce got plenty of touches - that wasn't the problem. IMHO, We (ie. Payton and Brees) are focusing too much on outlet routes and the short passing game. Look at the stats. 16 pass attempts by Garcia for 243 yards versus 44 pass attempts by Brees for 266 yards. We are not sending enough receivers down the field - Colston and Eric Johnson keep running 4 yard curl routes. Reggie keeps running that outlet valve route to the outside. This plays right into the hands of the cover 2 D. We need some seam routes and deep post and slant routes, and obviously, more go routes. At the current rate, I'd get rid of a lot of these short patterns. Trust Drew to make the 10+ yard throws and get rid of the ball if the pass is not there to avoid the sack. Leave Karney or an extra TE in to block if necessary. Drew is a good decision maker and we need to play to his strengths. But we need more than 3 yard completions to show for it. If we want to get cute w/ short passes, don't do it when there is 60-80+ yards of field in front of us. Make the defense honor the deep ball until the field is shortened. Stretch the D w/ the pass, then let Reggie and Deuce do their thing.