chris98251
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Ok we know Pete has always wanted the run game to be a focus and to balance things, Wilson was forced to put up the ball and his numbers reflect the difference in not having a run game the past years.
But take a step back, led the charge for bigger CB's and lighter D lineman with faster and lighter LB's, 7 years later the league has did what it does almost everywhere and adopted what we did.
Pete liked the ZBS from his days at USC, had Gibbs, lost Gibbs right away, had Solari and wanted him to be a TE's coach instead of the Line because of Gibbs, Solari went to New York and they had a decent Run game for a bit then things imploded there.
Cable was brought I since he was a disciple of Gibbs, The league changed the rules and Cable didn't adapt, Bevell also hamstrung the offense, lobbying for Harvin and then Graham.
The Rules changed but Cable didn't.
To think what we could have had with Zack Miller, and I still think we go get Lynch, if we had Kept Solari back then, and then the only missing piece would have been the OC, don't think Schotty was available then he was still a OC for the Jets, but a WCO guy that had actually did something could have I think worked out, if Schotty would have been hired having Miller here with the pieces we had and not wasting the draft picks to try and push Cables desire and Bevells missing piece we may have been unstoppable on offense and a wall on defense.
Got off track a bit sorry,
What we have now as I think about it is the 1972 Miami Dolphins.
Think about it.
Wilson very Griese like. Yes I know Morral played a lot that year because of a injury to Greise.
Carson runs much like Czonka
Davis much like Morris
Penny much better then Jim Kiick
Lockett Warfield like
Dickson, Vannett, Dissley all better then Fleming
Baldwin like Twilley
Where we don't match up yet is the defense, but I am focused on the offense, they brutalized opponents with the run and then Warfield and Twilley made them look silly.
Defenses now much lighter are susceptible to a punishing run game, we have road graders for O lineman now and don't try to get cute making them dive for peoples legs, we pull Guards and trap block. Run power sweeps. Throw in Fant and Dissley before he was hurt and you have three hundred of close to it lead blockers taking on 23 to 245 pound LB's many times. D lineman are now 260 TO 270 many times also Safeties and CB's that want no part of taking on the blocker to give their team mates a lane to tackle the ball carrier.
They have to stack the box to hope to stall the run and then Baldwin and Lockett and others can shine, Seam routes with TE's etc.
The offense is still a work in progress, those wanting more passes will get them this second half due to teams having to load up with the run focus, Baldwin healthy and Dickson showing he is healthy again should get more touches for Lockett and Moore as well.
We are going to be with Moore learning the game a pick your poison offense for teams to look at, we also have Brown who really has not broke thru here in the wings.
We may not make a lot of noise this year, but we are setting the table, teams won't look at us hard till we are a playoff team again, Pete is ahead of the curve again with the Running game, now that it is paying dividends we will ride it for a while, the defense will have to catch up to the offense this time around. When it does we will dominate for a while as the league once again plays catch up and copy Pete.
But take a step back, led the charge for bigger CB's and lighter D lineman with faster and lighter LB's, 7 years later the league has did what it does almost everywhere and adopted what we did.
Pete liked the ZBS from his days at USC, had Gibbs, lost Gibbs right away, had Solari and wanted him to be a TE's coach instead of the Line because of Gibbs, Solari went to New York and they had a decent Run game for a bit then things imploded there.
Cable was brought I since he was a disciple of Gibbs, The league changed the rules and Cable didn't adapt, Bevell also hamstrung the offense, lobbying for Harvin and then Graham.
The Rules changed but Cable didn't.
To think what we could have had with Zack Miller, and I still think we go get Lynch, if we had Kept Solari back then, and then the only missing piece would have been the OC, don't think Schotty was available then he was still a OC for the Jets, but a WCO guy that had actually did something could have I think worked out, if Schotty would have been hired having Miller here with the pieces we had and not wasting the draft picks to try and push Cables desire and Bevells missing piece we may have been unstoppable on offense and a wall on defense.
Got off track a bit sorry,
What we have now as I think about it is the 1972 Miami Dolphins.
Think about it.
Wilson very Griese like. Yes I know Morral played a lot that year because of a injury to Greise.
Carson runs much like Czonka
Davis much like Morris
Penny much better then Jim Kiick
Lockett Warfield like
Dickson, Vannett, Dissley all better then Fleming
Baldwin like Twilley
Where we don't match up yet is the defense, but I am focused on the offense, they brutalized opponents with the run and then Warfield and Twilley made them look silly.
Defenses now much lighter are susceptible to a punishing run game, we have road graders for O lineman now and don't try to get cute making them dive for peoples legs, we pull Guards and trap block. Run power sweeps. Throw in Fant and Dissley before he was hurt and you have three hundred of close to it lead blockers taking on 23 to 245 pound LB's many times. D lineman are now 260 TO 270 many times also Safeties and CB's that want no part of taking on the blocker to give their team mates a lane to tackle the ball carrier.
They have to stack the box to hope to stall the run and then Baldwin and Lockett and others can shine, Seam routes with TE's etc.
The offense is still a work in progress, those wanting more passes will get them this second half due to teams having to load up with the run focus, Baldwin healthy and Dickson showing he is healthy again should get more touches for Lockett and Moore as well.
We are going to be with Moore learning the game a pick your poison offense for teams to look at, we also have Brown who really has not broke thru here in the wings.
We may not make a lot of noise this year, but we are setting the table, teams won't look at us hard till we are a playoff team again, Pete is ahead of the curve again with the Running game, now that it is paying dividends we will ride it for a while, the defense will have to catch up to the offense this time around. When it does we will dominate for a while as the league once again plays catch up and copy Pete.