AL SAUDERS = MAESTRO

redskinz4ever · Post by **redskinz4ever** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:10 pm

http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=16044
yes this is an old article but i thought i would share it any way :roll:

god i can't wait to see all the new rinkles that he will unveil this season.

OhSixHog · Post by **OhSixHog** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:19 pm

Here’s an interesting article summarizing the philosophy of Saunders’ offense: http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/2005/07/18 ... se_part_1/. It gives me chills thinking about our offense inheriting these attributes!!!!!

If you don’t have a TIVO be sure to purchase one before the beginning of next season. It’s gonna be one to remember!!!! GO SKINS!!!!!!

BernieSki · Post by **BernieSki** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:41 pm

That was a real nice read!

I love this quote. “That’s different from an offense that would believe that you can only run a certain number of plays and that the limited number makes you better at what you do. We would rather give up a little bit of technique or a little bit of familiarity with more expansion and surprise and we use that element to our advantage against the defense.”

sephtical · Post by **sephtical** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:34 pm

Think of how prolific this offense was for the Chiefs whenever they had awful wide recievers! Now think of how awesome we are at ALL the skill positions. If that aint enough to get you excited for the season nothing is!

skinsRin · Post by **skinsRin** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:59 am

sephtical wrote:Think of how prolific this offense was for the Chiefs whenever they had awful wide recievers! Now think of how awesome we are at ALL the skill positions. If that aint enough to get you excited for the season nothing is!

True that!

Rusty Shackleford · Post by **Rusty Shackleford** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:12 am

I wish I could somehow fast forward to late August....I need a time travelling Delorean

Mursilis · Post by **Mursilis** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:14 am

I found this quote the most interesting (from the second article linked):

“We believe in stretching the field vertically and stretching the field laterally,” Saunders said. “We do that with the implementation of the best playmakers we have on the perimeter. The philosophy of the vertical passing game is really a way to attack the seams of the defense and always have the opportunity to push the ball up the field. If the up field opportunities are not there, then we’ll come down and utilize the underneath, flare control elements, but we look first to take the ball down the field.”
With the Chiefs it’s the vertical passing game that helps make the running game work. It’s a reverse of the old NFL adage that the running game sets up the passing game. With the Chiefs, the passing game sets up the running game. Defenses are forced to keep their safeties in the secondary when there’s the threat of the deep pass, pulling them away from the line of scrimmage. That opens up running lanes.

That's the exact opposite of what Gibbs and most coaches believe - start with the run and the short passing stuff first, then go to the long passing game. I hope Gibbs really meant it when he said Saunders had 'total control' of the offense - it'll be great to see them come out and take shots downfield right from the opening drive.

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:54 am

“We believe in stretching the field vertically and stretching the field laterally,” Saunders said. “We do that with the implementation of the best playmakers we have on the perimeter. The philosophy of the vertical passing game is really a way to attack the seams of the defense and always have the opportunity to push the ball up the field. If the up field opportunities are not there, then we’ll come down and utilize the underneath, flare control elements, but we look first to take the ball down the field.”
With the Chiefs it’s the vertical passing game that helps make the running game work. It’s a reverse of the old NFL adage that the running game sets up the passing game. With the Chiefs, the passing game sets up the running game. Defenses are forced to keep their safeties in the secondary when there’s the threat of the deep pass, pulling them away from the line of scrimmage. That opens up running lanes.

I think this scheme works very well with the WR's we currently have. If we did not acquire any WR's during this offseason I wouldn't imagine how we'd be able to run this offense successfully. We have a WR CORP that'd keep guys out of the box REGARDLESS of the scheme but since they know we're going to attempt to go via the air it'll be in the back of their minds.

Clinton is definately going to have another 1500 yard season. What if he gets to 2000 yards?!?! YOU HEARD IT HERE 1ST, 2000 YARD SEASON FOR CP! Consider the haters owned@!

redskinz4ever · Post by **redskinz4ever** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:52 pm

skinsRin wrote:
sephtical wrote:Think of how prolific this offense was for the Chiefs whenever they had awful wide recievers! Now think of how awesome we are at ALL the skill positions. If that aint enough to get you excited for the season nothing is!

True that!

no,no,no ...it's true dat :roll:

tcwest10 · Post by **tcwest10** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 12:30 am

Rusty Shackleford wrote:I wish I could somehow fast forward to late August....I need a time travelling Delorean

...or a very good sedative. One's a little easier to get than the other.

HEROHAMO · Post by **HEROHAMO** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:52 am

Hey lets just wait till the season starts to see what this guy can do.