inmate running the asylum Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 You know what makes me angry? Is that I've been following NFL football for many years and I've always heard from coaches that the best way to protect a rookie QB is through a strong running game and keeping him out of obvious 3rd and long passing situations. But instead SS and the Skins start throwing the ball as soon as they get off the bus. Compare Ramsey's situation with QB Jake Delhomme in Carolina, where Carolina is now 5-0 and just beat Indianapolis on the road. Jake Delhomme is a journeyman quarterback at best who had 2 NFL starts before this season and now only has 7 with a lifetime QB rating of 68! Admittedly Carolina has a good defensive line, but they don't have 3 so-called all pro linebackers and 2 so-called shutdown cornerbacks, nor do they have a $100 million dollar offensive line. And yet Carolina is 5-0 with Stephen Davis pounding the ball against teams putting nine men in the box and Carolina only has a receiving corps of Muhammed - 12 catches; Steve Smith 13 catches and Ricky Proehl - 9 catches! Amazing! Would you take Carolina's receiving corps over Coles, Gardener and McCants? I thought so. Then you explain to me the success of Carolina with a journeyman quarterback and tell me our coaching staff and game planning isn't to blame? http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/1626 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarhog Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 A God with an incredibly vicious sense of humor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins24 Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 ....Follow everyone else or play to your strengths....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Switch to decaf? Lite beer? Powerade? * no? K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skins26 Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 I thought we came out running pretty solid........I like the play calling actually. I think your just trying to find a reason to jump on Spurrier but its not there. Even when it wasnt working we were still running it. I thought we put Ramsey in a very good situation to be successful by sticking with the running game even when we were only getting 1 or 2 yards. I cant agree with this abuse of Spurrier he did run the ball enough. This is just getting absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inmate running the asylum Posted October 13, 2003 Author Share Posted October 13, 2003 Jack Delhomme had all of 2 starts beginning this season and has averaged 23 passes the first four games, compared to 45 passes per game for Ramsey. Ramsey is throwing the ball twice as much, but Carolina is scoring just as many points as the Skins, even though Carolina has a one dimensional pounding the ball type offense. Carolina trailed Indianapolis 13-3 at the half but did not panic and kept running the ball and Delhomme wound up winning but only threw 20 passes! Not only did they succeed in keeping Delhomme out of bad 3rd and long situations, but they kept the potent Indianapolis offense riding the pine. Neither Delhomme nor Ramsey are established quarterbacks yet, but Carolina's philosophy makes more coaching sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RySkins Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Ramsey is more capable than almost all second year quarterbacks I've ever seen, but we are still asking him to do too much and to single-handidly win games. That is a recipe for mediocrity, which is what we are, again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhd24 Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Carolina doesn't have Coles and Gardner as their wide recievers either. You play to your strengths, and the wide outs are our stengths on offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebreaker Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 True, you do play to your strengths. Yet when your gameplan is obviously not working, something else must be done to put points on the board. The offense that I saw out there today was too predictable. I am in no way a football expert, but I was calling the plays before they happened out there. And if I can do it, than you know Kiffin was all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_good_brotha Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Carolina's D-Line is MUCH better than ours. They can be compared to Tampa Bay's. Pressure on a QB does wonders. Look at how many defensive plays we made last season when Darryl Gardener had put on pressure. A strong D-Line like that can help your offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Murphaaay Posted October 13, 2003 Share Posted October 13, 2003 Carolina has an excellent Defensive line...it all starts there. If your D-line is very good, you can have good to average linebackers and decent cornerbacks. They have an identity...we don't know who we are offensively or defensively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inmate running the asylum Posted October 13, 2003 Author Share Posted October 13, 2003 Funny thing is we finished 5th defensively in stats, but I don't remember our 7-9 team making that many great defensive plays even with Gardener around. In fact we had very few defensive playmakers last year, if we are talking about forced fumbles or interceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inmate running the asylum Posted October 13, 2003 Author Share Posted October 13, 2003 KC Dave, And that running stat doesn't even take into consideration how you protect a rookie QB, until he becomes established, such as running the ball. Rushing Well Wins Games -- from FFMastermind.com ESPN's Len Pasquarelli reports the top five rushing teams in the league through five weeks -- Baltimore, Carolina, Denver, Minnesota and Kansas City - have a combined record of 20-3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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