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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.
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10-23-2012, 08:27 AM #26
Fair question.
Clutch at PIT for consecutive years.
Certainly did HIS part at NE last year.
And I believe that his was statistically good at HOU last year on a national stage.
I think its Cam's no frills system (getting tired of typing "vanilla"), Joe's poor ability to progress to his 2nd or 3rd DOWNFIELD read, and the OL quality.
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10-23-2012, 09:04 AM #28Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
I can't tell you that for all the QBs lited, but I can say that Flacco was a lot more consistent last year:
Flacco home 2011: 276 att, 158 comp, 57.25%, 2004 yds, 7.3 y/a, 12 TD, 6 INT, 85.5 rating
Flacco away 2011: 293 att, 168 comp, 57.34%, 1792 yds, 6.1 y/a, 10 TD, 6 INT, 78.2 rating
I don't know why the big swing this year, but as I mentioned in another thread, it seems to me that the big diff between years is the no huddle. Based on the above, I think the Ravens should probably forget about the no-huddle on the road...
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10-23-2012, 09:51 AM #29Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
We played Houston at home both games last year.
I agree...frankly, I think if we are only going to use it at home, I think for the most part, it should be scrapped unless it's needed. It also isn't helping by giving the opponent more possessions and putting our defense out there more.Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.
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10-23-2012, 10:00 AM #31Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
I just want to bump this excellent post, as it appears to be a huge part of the equation that people are ignoring. The quality of the defense you play kinda has SOME impact on the success of your offense, I would think.
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.
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10-23-2012, 10:14 AM #33Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
I'm using the same metric the NFL uses.
The same metric that had fans going apeshit about the defense before the Texans game because before that game, we were doing well in points defensively.
Dallas defense is a good defense and all defenses would give up a ton of points if their offense turned the ball over at the historic rate that KC's offense is.Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.
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10-23-2012, 10:23 AM #35Regular 1st Stringer
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10-23-2012, 10:27 AM #36Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: How's that potent passing offense doing?
No disagreement with the small sample size bit. However, it's football, so small sample sizes just go with the territory. I think it's worth considering, because it's so far out of whack with the way the rest of the league plays away from home, and so far out of whack with how the Ravens performed last year with mostly the same personnel.
Who knows, maybe the Ravens go put up 35 on the next two road games, and my concerns are for naught...
Edit: While I can't argue your bit about defensive schemes, I'd argue that it's kind of irrelevant. Bottom line is, the Ravens offense is paid to put up points irrespective of how the defense across from them lines up. If there are ways in which an opposing defense can play that completely nullify the ability of the offense to do anything positive... well, we don't have a very good offense then, yeah?Last edited by redmike34; 10-23-2012 at 10:34 AM.
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