blue collar Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I don't know the man's name, but he made a point I haven't heard before. He said, "it looks as if the Redskins play the first 2 downs for a managable 3rd and that good teams get first downs on first and second down." It does seem that they do play like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonnyJ Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 From my vantage point, the Redskins offense plays to the first down sticks (or the goal line). It's like an imaginary wall beyond which the offense doesn't want to function. It's the offense of a) someone who believes that his offense executes so well and is so much better than the opposing defense that it can routinely go on long, time-consuming drives; someone who is seriously overmatched as an offensive coordinator; or c) someone who doesn't trust his passing game. Take your pick. I can't believe Zorn is so delusional as to believe that a) is true. That leaves or c) (or some combination). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightNSwift Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 UnWise Mike was the host. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsinparadise Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Sheehan said the same thing today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I can see where they get that. And to be honest, he would be right. It seems like we don't ever want to be in 3rd and long situations and if we are, we just kind of give up. I don't think we throw a whole lot on 1st down either. Anyone know how often we did that yesterday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boofMcboof Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Playcalling for manageable 3rd downs is a good sound strategy. You can't knock it. What's even better though are manageable 2nd downs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLongshot Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 From my vantage point, the Redskins offense plays to the first down sticks (or the goal line). It's like an imaginary wall beyond which the offense doesn't want to function. The wall isn't imaginary. There is a real wall there created by the defense. And we did breach it a few times in the first half. I don't know what happened to Zorn's playcalling in the second half, tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 From my vantage point, the Redskins offense plays to the first down sticks (or the goal line). It's like an imaginary wall beyond which the offense doesn't want to function.It's the offense of a) someone who believes that his offense executes so well and is so much better than the opposing defense that it can routinely go on long, time-consuming drives; someone who is seriously overmatched as an offensive coordinator; or c) someone who doesn't trust his passing game. Take your pick. I can't believe Zorn is so delusional as to believe that a) is true. That leaves or c) (or some combination). I think it's a combo of b and c, with it being a little more of c than b. I mean when the second play is a WR pass and when your down on the goaline and don't take a single shot into the endzone, that tells me you don't trust your QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoRUSupposed2Be Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I thought it was Kevin Sheehan that said that this morning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skins4eva Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 The wall isn't imaginary. There is a real wall there created by the defense.And we did breach it a few times in the first half. I don't know what happened to Zorn's playcalling in the second half, tho. :doh: I don't even know what to say to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins2Win33 Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Haha, Chad Dukes just went off on this guy that challenged his love for the skins. Did anyone else hear it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 I think it's a good point. There were several points in a game where it looked like a player could have fought and pretty easily have gotten a first down, but instead ducked out and just stopped the play. Randle El looked to have done this a couple of times where he looked like he was pretty satisfied with his eight yards and went to the ground well before the defender got there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Lavar is going off about the play calling and Zorn setting up the offense for failure right now. It's pretty entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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