Chapow":vw7xq433 said:
Right, and if Tate were on this team, playing in this offense, he would most likely have under 200 yds on the season just like Baldwin, Kearse, and Harvin.
This is not a prolific passing offense. We had one of the lowest ranked passing offenses last season with Tate. We have one of the lowest ranked passing offenses this season without Tate.
Does anyone really think that Tate would have been the difference in either the SD game or the Dallas game?
I'd say yes Tate could of been the difference in the Dallas game. Wilson had only 126 passing yards on a day he was clearly struggling.
At one point we were down 27-23 and we just needed one good clock eating drive to secure the game. WHAT HAPPENED? 4 PASSES AND NOT 1 FIRST DOWN... We targeted Kearse three times (2 of them incomplete), and we targetted Luke Willson once which was also incomplete.
So on the most important drive in the game with 3 minutes left, when a good offense could of won right there, we complete 1/4 passes for 4 yards.
So yes I do think if we had Tate our chances to pick up that first down and ultimately win the game would of sky rocketed.
And that's just one drive the whole game! Let's not forget how terrible our offense was all day long.
SCORING SUMMARY:
- 1 blocked punt Touchdown return
- 1 fumble leading to Touchdown (great field position)
- 1 muffed punt for a Field Goal
- 1 terrible punt where we only picked up 12 yards for the FG
- 1 real drive for a FG (first of game)
THE ONLY SCORE WE HAD THE ENTIRE GAME THAT CAME FROM A "REAL" OFFENSIVE DRIVE WAS OUR FIRST SCORE OF THE GAME WHICH REQUIRED KEARSE TO HAVE A 53 YARD RECEPTION... AND WE STILL COULDN'T SCORE A TOUCHDOWN WE SETTLED FOR A FIELD GOAL.
Just want to make sure everyone realizes that the only real work our offense did required a 53 yard bomb to Kearse (one of the only well designed plays I saw all game if not THE ONLY ONE...) and we only got a FG from that drive.
4/5 of our scores were literally handed to us by the Cowboys, although I'd give some credit to Baldwin blocking that punt but still... it was a pathetic effort all around.
So yes against Dallas I think we could of easily won with Tate, but then again we could of won if we didn't use our offensive personnel in a manner that one poster on Fieldgulls so eloquently stated,
"Bevell's play calling looks like a 12 year old playing Madden."
I'm not so sure if Tate alone could of won the SD game, but I'm pretty sure Tate + Marshawn Lynch having more than 7 carries would of.