themunn":uyxjc4pp said:Half and half.
I think we have high reward plays available to use that we haven't touched, with high risk attached to them. However, if our defense continues to hold teams to 50 yards and 3 points per quarter, we still won't see them used.
On the other hand, if we have the ball and need to score, they'll be used, they'll be unseen and they'll be damaging.
Take a look at the Tampa game, once we went 21 down in the second half these are our offensive stats:
Wilson 14/17 181 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT (we drove to the TB 3 before he threw his first career red zone INT)
He had a further incomplete pass that was flagged as DPI for 29 yards
We also rushed for 112 yards on 20 carries.
I suspect that if it came down to it, we could capably play more aggressive, and with the bonus of rarely being in that situation, would be able to catch defenses by surprise. This is of course based on our ability to drive down the field at the end of the first half, the TB comeback and last season's Atlanta and Chicago games. I still feel we could have done the same in SF had the Niners not devastated the clock (I think we may be more aggressive against SF to prevent this happening again) and who knows how the Arizona game would have gone had they (correctly) called the game-ending INT as an incomplete pass
Happy":4lykgne3 said:I think flyinggreg is exactly right. the offense hasn't been scoring a lot of points lately. But they also have a +20 turnover margin for the regular season, with Russell throwing 9 picks and losing 5 fumbles. Those are outstanding numbers and winning the turnover battle on a consistent basis is still a winning recipe in the NFL.
I think Pete puts a lot more weight on taking care of the football than most other coaches when he grades his quarterbacks . That's why russell can stand up there at the podium smiling confident and relaxed after throwing for 103 yards. He knows he did he was asked to do and the team won.
RichNhansom":26kt67yf said:Last game when Harvin was in we looked good but when he went out we struggled. Baldwin was talking about this on KJR. He said the two weeks prior Harvin got all the snaps in the slot so when he went out it shuffled our receiving corp into a mode we hadn't practiced for. Add that to some of the worst weather conditions of the year and Bush out there head hunting and it really is no surprise we struggled some.
hawk45":77vs0u3r said:themunn":77vs0u3r said:Half and half.
I think we have high reward plays available to use that we haven't touched, with high risk attached to them. However, if our defense continues to hold teams to 50 yards and 3 points per quarter, we still won't see them used.
On the other hand, if we have the ball and need to score, they'll be used, they'll be unseen and they'll be damaging.
Take a look at the Tampa game, once we went 21 down in the second half these are our offensive stats:
Wilson 14/17 181 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT (we drove to the TB 3 before he threw his first career red zone INT)
He had a further incomplete pass that was flagged as DPI for 29 yards
We also rushed for 112 yards on 20 carries.
I suspect that if it came down to it, we could capably play more aggressive, and with the bonus of rarely being in that situation, would be able to catch defenses by surprise. This is of course based on our ability to drive down the field at the end of the first half, the TB comeback and last season's Atlanta and Chicago games. I still feel we could have done the same in SF had the Niners not devastated the clock (I think we may be more aggressive against SF to prevent this happening again) and who knows how the Arizona game would have gone had they (correctly) called the game-ending INT as an incomplete pass
Yeah...the Tampa game was, for one, against Tampa, and for two before a 5 week long trend of playing conservatively and then expecting Russell to flip a switch in the fourth quarter and make pivotal plays when the entire world knows we're passing. As this has gone on, my feeling is that Russ has gotten worse and worse at being able to flip that switch, which makes sense to me. All game long he's playing with hesitancy, and then in an instant he's supposed to adopt the opposite mentality.
I think we can win the game and I think that Russ can still make the key play if need be (he did it vs the Saints). But we aren't creating an advantage by hiding our passing offense. Any advantage we might create there is outweighed IMO by then asking an out of rythm QB to then put it all on his shoulders during the final minutes after having been a game manager for 3.5 quarters. Last year I looked forward to Russell in the fourth quarter. This year I'm nowhere near as confident and I don't think it's all his fault.