Dear Mr. Bevell

Would it be asking too much to do the proverbial "opening of the playbook" for this game?

There is no game after this so in my opinion it is "Now Time".

Thanks

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I concur. Let Russ do what he do. It's time to UNLEASH HELL!

Yes! Please please please!!! Roll Wilson out of the pocket, throw to our TE's... Run some screens and slants! Worked great for the first 8 games until we started going "hand off, hand off, shotgun pass, punt"

Playing devil's advocate here....What if Mr. Bevell is doing what Mr. Carroll is advising him to do? Maybe Mr. Bevell wants to be more creative and open up the playbook but Mr. Carroll prefers a more conservative approach. Not knowing the internal dynamics of the situation can lead to false assumptions of the problems. Maybe this should be addressed to Mr. Carroll since he is the HC after all.

Seahaaaawks":ay15tjin said:

Yes! Please please please!!! Roll Wilson out of the pocket, throw to our TE's... Run some screens and slants! Worked great for the first 8 games until we started going "hand off, hand off, shotgun pass, punt"

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Maybe against the Jags and the Cardinals. That's about it. To think the Hawks offense was lights out at any point in this season is a sign that a few too many beers were consumed during games.

If the WRers catch balls that hit their hands and Wilson doesn't need to run for his life then the playcalling is fine.

Feed the beast. Don't turn the ball over. Don't play Madden.

Percy Harvin will open the play book. Fear not 12s.

Yes he will. He's got to look good for next year's job interviews.

It seemed our playbook was wide open the first half of the year, then closed and predictable the second half of the year.. Also Wilson stopped running the ball about mid-season as well. I did not see him take a hit while running this year. He is very good at picking up the yards then sliding or running out of bounds. Sure would like to see him run again...

Largent80":rrgec9yj said:

Would it be asking too much to do the proverbial "opening of the playbook" for this game?

There is no game after this so in my opinion it is "Now Time".

Thanks

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I'm confused here...you have been the #1 Bevell fan boy, attacking anyone and everyone who has ever uttered a negative word regarding Bevell. What has changed?

I will say this. the "dumbing down" of the playbook has allowed our franchise qb to survive some wicked defenses, while winning in spite of it.

Don't be confused, just go with it.

It's not the playbook that needs opening, it's the match-ups.

This is where Percy Harvin factors in HUGE. He completely alters the defensive landscape, as we saw briefly in the Saints playoff game. If they want to stack the box to stop Beast, they will pay. They can't use a LB to spy and contain Wilson in the pocket as so many teams have done, or Harvin will shred the middle on quick throws. If they want to pay all their attention to Harvin, Tate and Baldwin will have mismatches.

The wild card then becomes our tight ends, since the defense will be focused so much on stopping Lynch, trying to contain Wilson and worrying about Harvin/Tate/Baldwin.

This is exactly the offensive dilemma we wanted to create when we made the trade for Percy. It's about to come to fruition. Have fun game planning for that, Jack Del Rio.

All the offensive talk this week is about Manning and his weapons. I like it that Harvin is flying under the radar a bit.

Also, this Broncos offensive juggernaut put up 24 and 26 points against two middle of the pack defenses (San Diego and New England). At the very best, they will score 24 ish against us if all goes perfectly for them.

And our offense will score 24+.

Well said! Agreed!!! And with Percy, Baldwin, Tate, Miller, Kearse, and Willson... Our passing game should open up our running game. I love them HAWKS!!!

FlyingGreg":dyo5jhpr said:

......I like it that Harvin is flying under the radar a bit......

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Me too. And I would like to see some RO called with Russ running some keepers.

Now all I need is some Seattle mix skittles so I can throw them all over my brothers carpet after each TD! Just like that one clown does with the cheese puffs on the bud light commercials! Ha!

Seahaaaawks":zz0auyvy said:

It seemed our playbook was wide open the first half of the year, then closed and predictable the second half of the year.. Also Wilson stopped running the ball about mid-season as well. I did not see him take a hit while running this year. He is very good at picking up the yards then sliding or running out of bounds. Sure would like to see him run again...

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We played several soft defenses in the first part of the year. The teams with stout defenses still gave us trouble (Carolina, SF). Lately, we've faced nothing but Top 8 defenses, most of which were playing us for the second (or third) time this year.

Defenses we played outside the Top 15 (+ points we scored on them): JAX (45), IND (28), ATL (33), TB (27), MN (41).

Denver is #19 btw.

No doubt. Mr. Bevell, when your team starts w/a 1st and goal, don't be afraid to actually do something different.

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I wouldn't mind seeing an actual pass play on 2nd and long from time to time.... just sayin.

Thank god.

Before almost every win, we had a running "Bevel sucks" thread and without it I was worried we were tempting fate before the game.

Honestly, if Bevell wins us a SB, for the next two years he could sit on the sideline in a lawn chair and watch porn all game while letting an "assistant" playing Madden call plays for us. I wouldn't care, he would have earned it.

But until he does, he still sucks.