vincec

I saw this too. It's surprisingly common. I saw the same the same thing with Indianapolis and the NY Giants. It's not always an audible from a pass to a run, it's often a called run where the QB decides where the play is going based on the defense that he sees and communicates this to the team at the line of scrimmage. It's pretty effective, especially if once in a while the audible is to a play action pass that goes over the top of a safety that is cheating up based on the audible. On another note... We make it way to easy for the defense to double team the guys they want to. TO and Evans are very easy to find. They are ALWAYS on opposite sides of the formation and ALWAYS the wide receivers. If they would line them up in the slot, in the backfield, as a wing-back, on the same side, etc. then it wouldn't be so easy.

I noticed this as well. It does not do much to demonstrate the thoroughness and commitment to quality of the writer, or enhance his credibility.

I suggest some creativity on offense to get our WRs the ball. Put TO in motion or throw to him out of the backfield to get him away from the double team. Put TO in the slot and have him work the middle some. How about putting TO and Evans on the same side and have TO work the middle. What happened to those screen passes we saw in week 1? Etc.

Jauron, grow some balls

Jauron gave his usual mediocre performance, but this one is on Edwards, Van Pelt and the O-Line. If they had been able to put together ANYTHING, this could have been a win.

I was pissed that TO didn't get the ball. I can only imagine how he feels. I saw a lot of 5 and 6 man rushes mixed in by the Saints defense, no excuse not to try and get the Ball to Evans and TO. Put TO in the slot, put him in motion to get him away from the double team, hand him the ball if necessary...

Exactly. They playing Byrd to get him experience, not because he is better than Wilson.

Professional, multi-millionaire NFL players hazing each other like college fraternity brothers is ridiculous. Can you imagine if people in other professions got hazed when they first started working? Doctors? Laywers? Teachers?

Initially, I would say that they can split carries 50-50, but then I think of Madden always saying that "when a team says that it has two backs, that really means that it doesn't have any." One of them is going to have to be the guy that gets 70% of the downs, including the ones at crunch time. I think that Marshawn is the better runner, but Lynch's versatility has been very valuable in the current offense.

This is what's going to happen. I expect that it will be in the next few weeks.

I don't see how this can work out in Crabtree's favor. He is holding out because he wants top 5 money, so why would he be happy with even less money if he drops in the draft? He will either get drafted in the top 5 and get paid what he wants (which, after a year away from football, I doubt) or his agent will agree to a reduced deal with tons of escalator clauses BEFORE anyone will risk drafting him later than that. I expect the latter. My guess is that teams will be willing to try a late 1st round early second round pick with the right kind of deal.

If all it took was being big and heavy to be a good OL then Jerry Crafts would be in the hall of fame.

That would be GREAT.

Well Daryl Johnston, who actually watched the game live, thought the passes to Evans were underthrown. It's kind of like a court case- you can always find an "expert" who agrees with what you think. As I remember, two went for TDs and three didn't, so that's a pretty good percentage on those kind of routes. I'll take it, however it looked.

I thought that it was a little underthrown. TO just fought the guy off to make the play. The ones to Evans were all short. It's not a question of arm strength, it's just a timing thing. I think that it will improve.

If Parrish could play like TO, we wouldn't have needed him in the first place. Roscoe is battling for the 4th wr spot. Realistically, he is a special teams player only and replaceable by others on our roster. He's a good returner but if we can get a 5th round pick or better, I say move him.

I think that it will be Runyan. In any event, however, I think that Jonathan Scott is going to get the first crack at RT.

I thought Edwards played well, but except for the pass that Owens dropped, it looked like all of this deep passes were underthrown.

I know what you're saying. I call plays all the time in Madden. How hard can it be?

I thought the same thing when I saw that Schouman injury. The field caused that.

Well, we may have to rent a tight end, since we may only have 2 total for next week.

+1

Exactly. I can say stuff like that too but I don't think you'd want me on the sidelines coaching against Belichick. If the Jets win, then Ryan is a hero. If the lose, he's a bum. It's all about the results.

Either that or maybe he threw it out from all of the jumping up and down after he heard about his new deal.

I guess that makes sense as long as you are prepared to live in a world without forgiveness and where every crime is punished to the maximum extent possible. It doesn't sound like a fun place to me. As Ghandi said, "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"