lukhig Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 But we're holding back a ton in these preseason games. I don't even know everything in our offense just yet. We had about 15-20 plays going into the game and I know the playbook is much bigger than that. A quote from Cooley's diary. Lets hope he's telling the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jones Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 Gibbs said a while back that he is adding a couple of plays Denver ran last year for Portis in his playbook this year. He also said that he looked at the top offenses last year and took something from them. He has shown none of that in preseason. All he has shown is the typical plays that everyone knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpy35 Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 Last night the announcers were discussing exactly this "watered-down versions of the game plans." They had interviewed John Jansen earlier and he said "at least we have game plans." He continued to say that over 2 years there was no game plans in either the preseason or the REGULAR SEASON. He said that Spurrier had no plan, Bostic lamented that they had Orange plans, Blue plans, Red, etc. He has been away from the game for 12 years and some people say they may not be able Deal with the NEW NFL. I think that he has had 12 years to come up with some new innovative ideas. I have worried that maybe he will fail but I remember back to the 0-5 start and think it may take a couple of weeks but he will rebuild this team. I think back to the 1982 season when we went 0-4 in the preseason and won the first 3 games with the scabs, we also won the superbowl. Anyway people can worry, it is the nature of being a fan for a team that has been, for lack of a better word, disappointing. We won't win them all but our team will be prepared. You won't hear Joe Gibbs saying "Well I don't understand they blitzed us all the time the first game." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octane67 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 He continued to say that over 2 years there was no game plans in either the preseason or the REGULAR SEASON. He said that Spurrier had no plan :doh: i heard him say it also... talk about shooting from the hip :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fosback Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 The only problem I have is that every year - going back to the Norv years- we heard the same after poor pre-season performance. Same line - "just you wait we hae not opened our play book yet". I just hope Gibbs is up to his old tricks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afparent Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Originally posted by fosback The only problem I have is that every year - going back to the Norv years- we heard the same after poor pre-season performance. Same line - "just you wait we hae not opened our play book yet". I just hope Gibbs is up to his old tricks. Norv was a good playcaller. Gibbs is a Hall of Fame playcaller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miragv Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 thats exactly why i am not worried that much, but the execution of our preseason plays is not done too well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancalagon the Black Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Originally posted by fosback The only problem I have is that every year - going back to the Norv years- we heard the same after poor pre-season performance. Same line - "just you wait we hae not opened our play book yet". I just hope Gibbs is up to his old tricks. This time, we have historical evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilgamesh Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Originally posted by afparent Norv was a good playcaller. Gibbs is a Hall of Fame playcaller. Norv was a playcaller and nothing more. Joe Gibbs is a complete head coach. Motivator, playcaller, and leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Kao Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Oh, c'mon folks... who's worried? Not me, thats for sure. I've said it numerous times in the past... I do NOT know football, but I am a huge fan of it and I bleed burgundy and gold. To me, in the 5 days between games, I thought I saw improvement. Sure, there were more penalties, miscues, and such, but the team seemed to be a little bit more comfortable and confident in what they were doing. We still have 3 more preseason games to go. We'll be just fine. Will we make a run at the playoffs this year? I'm willing to bet we'll be in the hunt up until the regular season ends. Will we make it into the playoffs? I don't know, but I sure hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupidsuck Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 any one see the 1982 season flashback on the mainpage? 0-4 in the preseason......and then what happened Pre-season is no reason to get concerned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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