Redskin in Canada wrote:I guess Marvin Harrison should be considered an A1 tank.curveball wrote:The days of "smurf" receivers running around creating havoc appear to be over. The deep ball to big receivers and their ability to push off and still get the call is the rage in today's NFL.
Joe is able to play with BIG and strong RBs and small and fast ones too.
Joe is able to play with BIG and strong WRs and small and fast ones too.
NFL players have grown in every position over the last 15 years. The average weight of the OL in the NFL now is greater than that of our hogs then.
It is the -execution- that counts. If our rceivers had not dropped passes in the past, even if they did not run a -single- yard after that, our record would be very different. When we get there, these threads will become meaningless.
Harrison's not exactly a small receiver, but if you hadn't noticed, Indy's offense didn't really take off until the emergence of Wayne. And he's having a better season than Harrison. Plus, not everyone has Peyton Manning throwing them the ball.
The fear of Rod Smith one on one added to Portis' yards the last two years. Your team has the players to do similar things and aren't taking advantage of them.
Look at the Dallas offense of the early 90's (the passing attack is actually quite similar to the one your currently using - traced through Zampese) it was severely curtailed by letting a somewhat mediocre player in Alvin Harper walk.
Harper had mediocre speed at best, but he was a big guy who used his body position (and the pushoff) to beat man coverage deep. His replacements were all speed guys like Anthony Miller, Kevin Williams.. who couldn't get the job done. This allowed defenses to slide the safety up a few yards, negating some of the routes Irvin lived off of and Smith's YPC dropped slightly.
