Four huge reasons for hope

[Aikbach]

Good news:



Bad news:

He plans on being involved until he's older than Al Davis.

I dunno, at least he has Stephen, Al has no Stephen. I think Stephen will be a good owner one day, possibly hire Aikman as GM, Aikman has expressed GM interests.

 

[Vintage]

I dunno, at least he has Stephen, Al has no Stephen. I think Stephen will be a good owner one day, possibly hire Aikman as GM, Aikman has expressed GM interests.

And out of curiosity, what makes Aikman 4 GM such a good idea? Other than he played QB for the Cowboys and all the nostalgia that would come with such a hire.

 

[MONT17]

Crowd Noise?



Cowboy fans cheering penalties is not a problem?

 

[locked&loaded]

Neither of those things have much at all to do with winning in the NFL. If you can't pass efficiently and stop your opponent from passing efficiently, you'll almost never win. We didn't do either one.

Tell that to trent dilfer or any of the other qbs that won a sb that arent all stars. A run game is way more important than a passing game.

 

[Aikbach]

And out of curiosity, what makes Aikman 4 GM such a good idea? Other than he played QB for the Cowboys and all the nostalgia that would come with such a hire.

What makes the hiring of anyone appealing? Hope that their intelligence and knowledge of the game transfers to the job. Might as well give him a go.

 

[yimyammer]

And out of curiosity, what makes Aikman 4 GM such a good idea? Other than he played QB for the Cowboys and all the nostalgia that would come with such a hire.

Who knows if he would or wouldn't be, but I think he knows what it takes to win, he's an incredibly hard worker, he's disciplined, can probably spot talent in the coaching ranks & has the credibility to be demanding and set proper expectations. I can see him setting a good tone for the organization.

I'd like to see him and Irvin team up, I bet they would be successful.

Then again, I don't know exactly what a GM does and much of what I said is pure speculation pulled from my rump

 

[Venger]

5. Jerry turns 67 next month

Genius. Now THAT is a silver lining...

 

[AdamJT13]

Tell that to trent dilfer or any of the other qbs that won a sb that arent all stars.

Go look at any of those teams, and they all passed more efficiently than their opponents in the playoffs. If Dilfer hadn't been efficient in the playoffs, and if their defense hadn't stopped the opponent from passing efficiently, the Ravens wouldn't have won it all. Running and stopping the run means very little, except for the effect it might have on passing. But it's by far more important to pass the ball better than your opponent than it is to run it better. Even if you base your offense around the run, you still have to be efficient when you throw it (Dilfer was), and you have to stop your opponent from passing efficiently (the Ravens did).

A run game is way more important than a passing game.

Not even close. In the NFL, it almost never matters if you run the ball better than your opponent. If you don't pass the ball better, you will almost always lose. There is all kinds of research that shows this to be true.

Like this, for example --

http://www.twominutewarning.com/correlations2.htm

The correlation between passing effectiveness and winning is twice as high as that of running effectiveness, and it's more than twice as high for yards per pass as it is for yards per rush.

Or, look at last night's game as the perfect example. Which team ran the ball almost at will? Which team could barely run it at all? Which team passed almost at will? Which team kept throwing interceptions? And which team won?

 

[Arch Stanton]

I'll settle for retire.

And no, I'm not "back" to that - I never left that.

Same Cr@p Different Day.

 

[Rampage]

5. Jerry turns 67 next month

he looks too healthy for 67. we're screwed for atleast another 10 years

 

[THUMPER]

I can’t remember seeing defensive players constantly having to help the crowd make noise. For once i was proud of Barbie. He makes a great cheerleader.

And watching Crayton trying to quiet the crowd is pathetic.

Cheerleader Barbie!

 

[T-RO]

Adam is right this time about the preeminence of passing versus running.

As for Aikman becoming GM...I doubt very much that he would want the job. Certainly not under this regime.

 

[JustDezIt]

Go look at any of those teams, and they all passed more efficiently than their opponents in the playoffs. If Dilfer hadn't been efficient in the playoffs, and if their defense hadn't stopped the opponent from passing efficiently, the Ravens wouldn't have won it all. Running and stopping the run means very little, except for the effect it might have on passing. But it's by far more important to pass the ball better than your opponent than it is to run it better. Even if you base your offense around the run, you still have to be efficient when you throw it (Dilfer was), and you have to stop your opponent from passing efficiently (the Ravens did).




Not even close. In the NFL, it almost never matters if you run the ball better than your opponent. If you don't pass the ball better, you will almost always lose. There is all kinds of research that shows this to be true.

Like this, for example --

http://www.twominutewarning.com/correlations2.htm

The correlation between passing effectiveness and winning is twice as high as that of running effectiveness, and it's more than twice as high for yards per pass as it is for yards per rush.

Or, look at last night's game as the perfect example. Which team ran the ball almost at will? Which team could barely run it at all? Which team passed almost at will? Which team kept throwing interceptions? And which team won?

This is exactly why i come to this site. Good to see ya Adam, Great Post.

 

[UVAwahoos]

This is exactly why i come to this site. Good to see ya Adam, Great Post.

I agree. Very solid post.

Jerry will live for at least 30 more years. What does the guy have to stress about? He can afford any medical test to monitor his health accurately and he's a billionaire. It's a race between him and Hugh Hefner to the finish line in my opinion. They both live like studs and are doing what they enjoy.

Bad news for us.

In reality, I wish we would've just offered a GM job to Parcells. I love that fat man.

 

[Westcoasthabsfan]

2. Running game. That was one frikkin huge performance against one of the league's best defenses. We gashed the heck out of them and the running game looks much better than last season.

Its pretty easy to pile up yards when you cant hardly complete a pass so all you have to do is run the ball......

5. Glad we signed Roy Williams to block downfield......because he sure hasnt shown much so far this year......basically a rerun from last year except this year he has no excuse

 

[locked&loaded]

Go look at any of those teams, and they all passed more efficiently than their opponents in the playoffs. If Dilfer hadn't been efficient in the playoffs, and if their defense hadn't stopped the opponent from passing efficiently, the Ravens wouldn't have won it all. Running and stopping the run means very little, except for the effect it might have on passing. But it's by far more important to pass the ball better than your opponent than it is to run it better. Even if you base your offense around the run, you still have to be efficient when you throw it (Dilfer was), and you have to stop your opponent from passing efficiently (the Ravens did).




Not even close. In the NFL, it almost never matters if you run the ball better than your opponent. If you don't pass the ball better, you will almost always lose. There is all kinds of research that shows this to be true.

Like this, for example --

http://www.twominutewarning.com/correlations2.htm

The correlation between passing effectiveness and winning is twice as high as that of running effectiveness, and it's more than twice as high for yards per pass as it is for yards per rush.

Or, look at last night's game as the perfect example. Which team ran the ball almost at will? Which team could barely run it at all? Which team passed almost at will? Which team kept throwing interceptions? And which team won?

In last nights game we had a fumble on a kick return aswell. ofcourse the picks hurt us, more so because of field position. Just like fumbles would. You need to be able to run, time of possesion is very important.

I know when you pass you need to be effecient, wether you pass 10 times or 50 times. It just seemed like you were saying that you need to throw the ball 90% of the time instead of having a strong running game.

And when you talk about defense with the ravens helping, ofcourse they all help and compliment eachother. Thats why they were instated into the game. Im not trying to argue with you because i know you have stats saved from every game in the world. Im just saying a good running game helps a passing game more than a good passing game helps a running game.