BillyCarpenter1

Mike McCarthy's west coast offense is much different than the" Bill Walsh System". (the one that mythodically moved the ball down the field while eating up the clock.) The Saints are more of a quick striking offense, like the Rams use. To me, while this does score points, it puts our defense back out on the field rather quickly and makes the opposing offense throw the kitchen sink at our defense to try to catch up.

When the Cowboys won their first Super Bowl of the 1990s in 1992, their defense ranked No. 1, in large part because they barely played 26 minutes per game. Tampa Bay's defense led the NFL this season playing just 28 minutes, 17 seconds per game.

Could part of the defensive problems be that our offense does not use up enough of the clock, and also by going down the field so much, does it drive Aaron's completion percentage down?

One thing is for sure. It's hard for an opposing teams offense to score points when they're on the sideline.

Since our defense is excpected to take some time to mature, wouldn't it be more wise to run a true west coast offense?

It just seems to me that our offense could dink and dunk it's way down the field and still score pretty much at will. I don't think other offenses can stay with them in that type of game.




[Edited on 26/7/2003 by BillyCarpenter1]