We have arguably the top QB in NFC - The time is now

[John63]

It's a deal John, agree to disagree. It's just a message board.
More importantly, 7 days til the draft. Hell yes

Cool, I agree.
Yeah I cant wait for the draft, got a feeling lots of wheeling and dealing going to happen LOL.

 

[AgentDib]

Would the following opening be aggressive enough? Splitting the passes between Metcalf and Lockett (7 passes vs. 5 runs), mostly using three wide-outs, covering all parts of the field but staying unpredictable.

Something like
11 personnel Pass, out left
11 personnel Pass, comeback left
11 personnel Run, left B gap
01 personnel Pass, crossing mid
12 personnel Run, right A gap
12 personnel Run right B gap
11 personnel Run, left A gap
12 personnel Pass, slant right
11 personnel Pass, out right
11 personnel Run, left A gap
11 personnel Pass, corner right
11 personnel Pass, go left

We opened with exactly that against the Steelers on the road in week 2. Unfortunately, it led to two punts despite one of those runs going for 22 yards from Carson. Any game plan is only as good as the execution, and in this case we had two OL penalties on running plays, three sacks on passing plays (two stunts we weren't on top of, another sack solely on Fluker), and a missed connection to Metcalf on one of the passes. Characterizing these plays as simply conservative offense would completely miss the actual problem.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Shoot, scoring wasn't a big issue for the offense last year, it was leaving a LOT of points on the board.
I'm not sure if anyone has been watching the Red Zone replays they have been showing, but man were they sloppy. Game after game they left points on the board. Combine that with a D that gave up a ridiculous amount of big plays, 3rd down conversions, yardage etc. and you had a good team that couldn't afford to have any injuries.
Yet they still were one drive from the NFC Championship, and a yard from a division title. Did they overachieve? You could argue they did, depending on your expectations and the talent on the roster. But, this QB allows this team to do things that very few expect. Well, except for us fans who have seen him do it over and over again. They're not that far from being a damn good team imo.
Maybe at some point we can all talk football and stop blasting each other?

 

[John63]

Shoot, scoring wasn't a big issue for the offense last year, it was leaving a LOT of points on the board.
I'm not sure if anyone has been watching the Red Zone replays they have been showing, but man were they sloppy. Game after game they left points on the board. Combine that with a D that gave up a ridiculous amount of big plays, 3rd down conversions, yardage etc. and you had a good team that couldn't afford to have any injuries.
Yet they still were one drive from the NFC Championship, and a yard from a division title. Did they overachieve? You could argue they did, depending on your expectations and the talent on the roster. But, this QB allows this team to do things that very few expect. Well, except for us fans who have seen him do it over and over again. They're not that far from being a damn good team imo.
Maybe at some point we can all talk football and stop blasting each other?

Agreed and cant wait for that day to come.