SkinsJock wrote:I hope we see a really conservative ball control offense this week - we just need to score enough to win - there is no sense in looking like the patriots of 2007
VetSkinsFan wrote:That really isn't the point most people I see making. The point is that with the talent available, we shouldn't be sitting on the edge of our seats praying to the football gods that a 52 yard field goal is missed so we don't go in to overtime vs a 2-3 team. There's no reason why we shouldn't have a nice cushion in the 4th quarter. Every game we've played since week 2 has been decided by a touchdown or less. I think our team is much more capable than that.
FYI, we DID NOT control the clock last game. We actually lost the clock game, 31:08 - 28:52.
I am not against scoring more points and I agree that we should not have to worry about a team missing a FG. BUT - Even if they had made that FG after what we had seen happen down on that goal line - that D was not going to let them be able to have another opportunity to win
We should score more points but not just to score points - we just need to max out our time of possession and score more points than the other team - I think a controlled ground game that uses a pass to keep the defenders off the line of scrimmage is far better than a really good passing game that uses the running game. I don't care about scoring or stats - I just want the win. Teams that are more pass oriented are not as successful in my opinion as teams that have a great running game and can use a passing game to make that ground game even better.
I don't think anyone is crazy enough to consider our ~20pts a game similar to the Pats last year. You're using extremes to make your point.
I was not referring to their points per game BUT more to the fact that they scored more points than they needed to win the game.
I am certain that our coaches and players are a lot more interested in wins than looking as good as they possibly can which at times is what the Patriots of last year seemed to be doing. You do not need to beat teams in the manner that the Patriots did to some teams last year.
Those league leader titles will be another notch in the belt of individuals like CP to get in the Hall of Fame, so don't trivialize the stats completely.
I am sorry that you feel like that - I could care less about the HOF - the HOF should recognize everyone that deserves to be there - for players to feel that they should be allowed to pad their stats when they get a chance to in order to look good for the HOF is ridiculous to me.
Actually, IF I were an owner of a team that was playing well together as a team and I had a player indicate that he needed better stats to help him get into the HOF - I would get rid of him to show him that the team's success is a result of all the players playing together not because of any individuals stats.
I think there is too much emphasis on individual recognition rather than team success - Pro Bowl election is a case in point - I would rather have no Redskins in the Pro Bowl or the whole team - no player deserves to go there without the group around him that made it possible.
We are hopefully going to have a great season and that is more due to everyone not to a few guys having a good year.
How lucky are we not to have a bunch of those superstars that a lot of fans here wanted - there is no way anyone can convince me that we would be a better team with Randy Moss, TO, Kellen Winslow, any WR named Williams or any of the star offensive or defensive lineman that many were clamouring for - this is a team and we are showing that it is better to have players that make each other better than players with HOF stats whose teams are imploding because those players are just playing for themselves and not the team.
HAIL
ey a lot. So what was there in the beginning of the year is not there as much now. Which is why I was hoping for one of the rookies to mature already.
