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Our offense will be very good when we fix atleast 1 part on that OLine if you ask me. (at least 1)
It's not like our offense didn't put up some numbers and couldn't move the ball. Even when we were beaten, we could at least move the ball down the field, (even with those horrible tackles & center). We would always mess up a drive with penalties and bad field goal kicking.
The only game that I can remember us not being able to move the ball is on Washington in the last game we played them.
Without stats, let's look at this thing with our naked eyes..(these are your playoff teams)
Colts = Dominant offense, pretty good defense
Seahawks = Dominant offense (kinda) good defense
Giants = Really good Defense / (top 5 offense I think's just okay,not dominant)
Washington = Dominant Defense / good offense
Panthers = Dominant Defense (DLine really)/ good offense
Bears = Dominant Defense / sorry offense
Pittsburgh = Dominant defense / okay offense
Cincinatti = Dominant Offense / okay defense
Jacksonville = Really good defense (top 10)/ good offense
Patriots = Dominant offense = really good defense
Bronchos = Dominant offense = good defense
(Those are my opinions with a naked eye on the teams in the playoffs, yours may be different....And if someone wants to add special teams in the mix, that's a good addition to add, and ours is sorry kicking wise. Also, the dominant teams had top 10 stats, and we were not in the top 10 in either, but stats aren't the determining factor..What we see with our naked eyes are)
As you can see, no team really dominates on both sides of the ball, you really can't afford to do that these days so you have to choose which side to dominate on.
My point is, we have an average offense, and a really good defense.
I think that with 4 strong parts on defense, and 2 on offense, and one on special teams, we can have a dominant defense, and a good offense.
Right now, our defense is really good, but not dominate, meaning - we can't shut teams down on a consistant bases.. There were games where we could have had more pressure on the QB and needed help up the middle and off the other edge, but we only have Ware.
Spears and Canty will control the run, so we need a huge strong DT to keep teams from caving our middle in, thus giving them running lanes. We also need a huge/fast/mean ILB next to James who will knife thru the middle and shut runs down behind the line. An ILB who will shed blocks and get to those edges when teams try to run wide.
We need a dominant Ware type OLB on the other side, so that you can get to the QB from both sides of the field, and someone who can control the edges on the other side of the ball.
We need a FS who can hold the fort down deep, which will allow RW to stay fairly close to that line, and/or come up to make plays nearly every play. RW needs to be closer to that line, and with more pressure on the QB, we can stop QB's from finding that other option to throw too. We need linebackers who can cover that back or that TE coming out of the backfield on a regular basis. An ILB who can blow up the screen play.
We need to put Newman back on the edge and not in the slot. We need to keep him on the edge and Glenn needs to stay in the slot position. If we can get crazy pressure on the QB, we can then jam the receivers on the line more and leaving our safeties to roam and confuse QB's with tons of fake blitzes or real blitzes.
Now I see several defensive prospects I would get in the draft. I have not done my homework on the FA, but if someone has, they can put in their input.
I say, Ahmad Brooks ILB in the first round.
2nd round, we pick a RT
3rd round we pick Gabe Watson DT or maybe in the 2nd, and then an OT in the third.
We can acquire a 4th with one of 2 trades (Ellis/Glover)
We can pick up Anthon Smith FS, who is a coverage safety.
We can pick up Arrington or Abraham (I think their's a couple more in FA we could use at OLB, but you all may have more info than I do on those types)..But those 2 come to mind for the other OLB position.
And if we can't get a dominant OLB on the other side, if we get Ahmad Brooks ILB, we can use him as an OLB on certain downs to get after the QB..(he can do it all folks)
We can get an OT in FA, and one in the 2nd or 3rd, and 7th.
We can get a strong Center in FA, and a scrubb speed receiver in FA. Just someone who can be a concern deep. And we add a great kicker, we're in the Superbowl next year, or competing for it.
But when we pull out that dominant defense, we will control games. That allows us to grind out the clock like BP's likes to do. He will not bring in a franchise QB so we can forget that. He's not going to bring in TO, (I don't think) so our WR core will be the same.
With that in mind, and since we know how BP is, we should just finish up on the defensive side of the ball, and create turnovers, and get our good offense and get to the superbowl next year.
It's not like our offense didn't put up some numbers and couldn't move the ball. Even when we were beaten, we could at least move the ball down the field, (even with those horrible tackles & center). We would always mess up a drive with penalties and bad field goal kicking.
The only game that I can remember us not being able to move the ball is on Washington in the last game we played them.
Without stats, let's look at this thing with our naked eyes..(these are your playoff teams)
Colts = Dominant offense, pretty good defense
Seahawks = Dominant offense (kinda) good defense
Giants = Really good Defense / (top 5 offense I think's just okay,not dominant)
Washington = Dominant Defense / good offense
Panthers = Dominant Defense (DLine really)/ good offense
Bears = Dominant Defense / sorry offense
Pittsburgh = Dominant defense / okay offense
Cincinatti = Dominant Offense / okay defense
Jacksonville = Really good defense (top 10)/ good offense
Patriots = Dominant offense = really good defense
Bronchos = Dominant offense = good defense
(Those are my opinions with a naked eye on the teams in the playoffs, yours may be different....And if someone wants to add special teams in the mix, that's a good addition to add, and ours is sorry kicking wise. Also, the dominant teams had top 10 stats, and we were not in the top 10 in either, but stats aren't the determining factor..What we see with our naked eyes are)
As you can see, no team really dominates on both sides of the ball, you really can't afford to do that these days so you have to choose which side to dominate on.
My point is, we have an average offense, and a really good defense.
I think that with 4 strong parts on defense, and 2 on offense, and one on special teams, we can have a dominant defense, and a good offense.
Right now, our defense is really good, but not dominate, meaning - we can't shut teams down on a consistant bases.. There were games where we could have had more pressure on the QB and needed help up the middle and off the other edge, but we only have Ware.
Spears and Canty will control the run, so we need a huge strong DT to keep teams from caving our middle in, thus giving them running lanes. We also need a huge/fast/mean ILB next to James who will knife thru the middle and shut runs down behind the line. An ILB who will shed blocks and get to those edges when teams try to run wide.
We need a dominant Ware type OLB on the other side, so that you can get to the QB from both sides of the field, and someone who can control the edges on the other side of the ball.
We need a FS who can hold the fort down deep, which will allow RW to stay fairly close to that line, and/or come up to make plays nearly every play. RW needs to be closer to that line, and with more pressure on the QB, we can stop QB's from finding that other option to throw too. We need linebackers who can cover that back or that TE coming out of the backfield on a regular basis. An ILB who can blow up the screen play.
We need to put Newman back on the edge and not in the slot. We need to keep him on the edge and Glenn needs to stay in the slot position. If we can get crazy pressure on the QB, we can then jam the receivers on the line more and leaving our safeties to roam and confuse QB's with tons of fake blitzes or real blitzes.
Now I see several defensive prospects I would get in the draft. I have not done my homework on the FA, but if someone has, they can put in their input.
I say, Ahmad Brooks ILB in the first round.
2nd round, we pick a RT
3rd round we pick Gabe Watson DT or maybe in the 2nd, and then an OT in the third.
We can acquire a 4th with one of 2 trades (Ellis/Glover)
We can pick up Anthon Smith FS, who is a coverage safety.
We can pick up Arrington or Abraham (I think their's a couple more in FA we could use at OLB, but you all may have more info than I do on those types)..But those 2 come to mind for the other OLB position.
And if we can't get a dominant OLB on the other side, if we get Ahmad Brooks ILB, we can use him as an OLB on certain downs to get after the QB..(he can do it all folks)
We can get an OT in FA, and one in the 2nd or 3rd, and 7th.
We can get a strong Center in FA, and a scrubb speed receiver in FA. Just someone who can be a concern deep. And we add a great kicker, we're in the Superbowl next year, or competing for it.
But when we pull out that dominant defense, we will control games. That allows us to grind out the clock like BP's likes to do. He will not bring in a franchise QB so we can forget that. He's not going to bring in TO, (I don't think) so our WR core will be the same.
With that in mind, and since we know how BP is, we should just finish up on the defensive side of the ball, and create turnovers, and get our good offense and get to the superbowl next year.
