Chapow":twi5jooq said:
Actually pretty impressed with that offensive ranking considering that the offense hasn't done jack $h!t in the 2nd half of 2 of the 3 games they've played so far. Sure would like to see the offense show up for 4 quarters, though because they seem to disappear at half time.
Honest question, not trying to troll.
Would you say every offense has about one or two throwaway drives to get into rhythm. For even the best offenses?
It would appear not. Sure didn't look like we needed one or two throw away drives to get into rhythm at the beginning of the game before disappearing for the final 40 minutes.
If so, would you not say an offense that only gets 2 drives in the 2nd half, 3 if you’re lucky, is being put in a “save us” position?
It's undoubtedly more difficult for an offense to do anything with so few opportunities, but it sure would be nice if they could at least muster something resembling a sustained drive, or heaven forbid, maybe even score. The Vikings offense had 4 drives in the 2nd half yesterday. They kicked 3 field goals and punted the ball once. We also had 4 drives in the second half. We did basically nothing but give the ball right back to the Vikings.
By the end of the year we will say “the offense finally figured out the 2nd half of games.” While completely ignoring the fact that the offense is literally getting more drives to work with because the defense improved.