2014 Saints offense

rezburna · 03-20-2014, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by Jack Vegas

Speed on offense is overrated. Even with "slow" RBs and WRs you can get 7-8 yards at a time when your offense is a well-oiled machine. I'd way rather have those 15-play, 90-yard drives that kill 8 or 9 minutes off the clock. That's way more demoralizing to the other team than the quick strike, and it keeps your own defense fresh.

That doesn't necessarily mean we have to go ground-n-pound, but you gotta have the ability to get those 3rd and 2's running the ball. Otherwise I like the general structure of our offense, which is still ball-control offense despite so many passing attempts because of the very high completion percentage.

It doesn't have to be all over the field at every position, but you have to have some. You have to be able to stretch the field at some point. We saw our Super Bowl blue print. Explosive plays. Good running game that we used to close out games. Just enough speed in the right places. Converting on 3rd down. Scoring in the red zone.

It's not so much the big play as it is the defense having to always be prepared and change coverage to protect themselves from the big play. I like seeing this 90 yard drives too, but coming from a guy who played in the secondary, giving up bombs destroys the mind of db's. That **** is embarrassing. They'll do anything to stop themselves from getting burned or Moss' d.

03-20-2014, 01:07 PM	#1
rezburna 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Kenner, LA Posts: 8,099	Re: 2014 Saints offense Originally Posted by Jack Vegas Speed on offense is overrated. Even with "slow" RBs and WRs you can get 7-8 yards at a time when your offense is a well-oiled machine. I'd way rather have those 15-play, 90-yard drives that kill 8 or 9 minutes off the clock. That's way more demoralizing to the other team than the quick strike, and it keeps your own defense fresh. That doesn't necessarily mean we have to go ground-n-pound, but you gotta have the ability to get those 3rd and 2's running the ball. Otherwise I like the general structure of our offense, which is still ball-control offense despite so many passing attempts because of the very high completion percentage. It doesn't have to be all over the field at every position, but you have to have some. You have to be able to stretch the field at some point. We saw our Super Bowl blue print. Explosive plays. Good running game that we used to close out games. Just enough speed in the right places. Converting on 3rd down. Scoring in the red zone. It's not so much the big play as it is the defense having to always be prepared and change coverage to protect themselves from the big play. I like seeing this 90 yard drives too, but coming from a guy who played in the secondary, giving up bombs destroys the mind of db's. That **** is embarrassing. They'll do anything to stop themselves from getting burned or Moss' d.
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