T-RO
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I may be older than a lot of posters on this board---and older than a lot of the lame Cowboy columnists I read-----but I overtly try to avoid rigid thinking. Only the agile survive and thrive. I can't say i always succeed in staying nimble in my thinking. I sure try.
The NFL is a Not-for-Long league. It is the ultimate Darwinian petri dish--with genetic revisions occurring in hyper speed. If you can't adapt week by week then you'll die. Hold hard to old adages and you just embarrass yourself, looking like the old man sitting in his own pissss.
So here's the deal.
Watch how the champions play. For rapid reading just scan the Colts and Patriots game this past Sunday night. It tells you everything you need to know. These guys have won more games in the past five years than anyone else. Lean from the winners-------or just be a loser.
1. The modern NFL offensive coordinator expects to get 3/4 of their yards, first downs and scores via the pass. 2/3 of the plays are pass plays and running backs are defined as much by their ability to pick up blitzes and catch screen passes as in the ability to run the rock. Talk to the hand--or to the stats and recent Super Bowl trophies. This league is about passing and stopping the pass. Period. End of sentence. End of dialog.
2. 3/4 of all elite team's plays are run from the shotgun. Most running plays are initiated from the shotgun. It's how the best in the business do it. Columnists and fans who think Garrett is too novel or aggressive in this regard just sound like old guys who can't even find their way to their own bathroom. Such fans or writers may be 28 or 38 but in NFL terms they are 98. They are outdated. Obsolete. Their minds are trapped in the football of 10 years ago (which is as different as the football of 50 years ago)
3. Quickness is more important than speed. Intelligence is as important as athleticism. New England has ridiculously old guys and white receivers who aren't particularly fast. The Colts also, interestingly, are more based on precision that speed.
4. The running game is set up by the pass. Play action pass is less important than pass-action-runs.
5. People who think the Cowboys lost Sunday because they didn't run enough are only embarassing themself with their obsolescent thinking. They simply aren't current with how the game works in 2009.
6. People who don't understand Bilichick's decision to go for it on 4th down--simply haven't looked at the conversion rates of NFL teams running 2 minute offenses (the offenses succeed the vast majority of the time). If you think you can milk the clock--you have already lost. Leave it to your defense to give you a stop in the final two minutes---and you'll lose 2/3 of the time. Bilichick is simply far more evolved as an NFL mind than you, me or very mortal columnists who can't buy a clue.
The NFL is a Not-for-Long league. It is the ultimate Darwinian petri dish--with genetic revisions occurring in hyper speed. If you can't adapt week by week then you'll die. Hold hard to old adages and you just embarrass yourself, looking like the old man sitting in his own pissss.
So here's the deal.
Watch how the champions play. For rapid reading just scan the Colts and Patriots game this past Sunday night. It tells you everything you need to know. These guys have won more games in the past five years than anyone else. Lean from the winners-------or just be a loser.
1. The modern NFL offensive coordinator expects to get 3/4 of their yards, first downs and scores via the pass. 2/3 of the plays are pass plays and running backs are defined as much by their ability to pick up blitzes and catch screen passes as in the ability to run the rock. Talk to the hand--or to the stats and recent Super Bowl trophies. This league is about passing and stopping the pass. Period. End of sentence. End of dialog.
2. 3/4 of all elite team's plays are run from the shotgun. Most running plays are initiated from the shotgun. It's how the best in the business do it. Columnists and fans who think Garrett is too novel or aggressive in this regard just sound like old guys who can't even find their way to their own bathroom. Such fans or writers may be 28 or 38 but in NFL terms they are 98. They are outdated. Obsolete. Their minds are trapped in the football of 10 years ago (which is as different as the football of 50 years ago)
3. Quickness is more important than speed. Intelligence is as important as athleticism. New England has ridiculously old guys and white receivers who aren't particularly fast. The Colts also, interestingly, are more based on precision that speed.
4. The running game is set up by the pass. Play action pass is less important than pass-action-runs.
5. People who think the Cowboys lost Sunday because they didn't run enough are only embarassing themself with their obsolescent thinking. They simply aren't current with how the game works in 2009.
6. People who don't understand Bilichick's decision to go for it on 4th down--simply haven't looked at the conversion rates of NFL teams running 2 minute offenses (the offenses succeed the vast majority of the time). If you think you can milk the clock--you have already lost. Leave it to your defense to give you a stop in the final two minutes---and you'll lose 2/3 of the time. Bilichick is simply far more evolved as an NFL mind than you, me or very mortal columnists who can't buy a clue.
