Interesting article on broken tackles

[The Leaper]

So we're talking an additional 5 catches for Grant then.

No.

I said get 35-40 catches AND be a threat on the edge. Grant neither is nor ever will be a threat on the edge.

Honestly, I'd prefer more catches than 35-40 from our #1 RB...balance is the key to an unstoppable offense. It isn't relying exclusively on your receivers, no matter how good they are. And short tosses to the RB in the flat are a remarkable way to slow down a pass rush.

Your receivers have to be decent blockers in the run game...and your runners have to be decent receivers in the pass game.

[Gunakor]

So we're talking an additional 5 catches for Grant then.

No.

I said get 35-40 catches AND be a threat on the edge. Grant neither is nor ever will be a threat on the edge.

Honestly, I'd prefer more catches than 35-40 from our #1 RB...balance is the key to an unstoppable offense. It isn't relying exclusively on your receivers, no matter how good they are. And short tosses to the RB in the flat are a remarkable way to slow down a pass rush.

Your receivers have to be decent blockers in the run game...and your runners have to be decent receivers in the pass game.

Short passes to a TE slow down a pass rush too. Quick slants to a WR completely eliminate pass rush. You don't NEED your RB to catch a lot of passes or make a living on the edge to have a potent and deadly offense. Again, just look at the 2009 Green Bay Packers as evidence. Or just ignore it, but that's the evidence that disproves your theory as being 100% correct, 100% of the time.

What we have works. It ain't broken. We aren't going to fix something that ain't broken. This is a DEADLY potent offense. We don't need your pass catching RB to make our offense go. Maybe yours, but not ours. Ours is perfectly fine with Ryan Grant as the workhorse back.

Whatever, I'm done with this one Leap. Believe what you want. I know what I saw last year.

[The Leaper]

Whatever, I'm done with this one Leap. Believe what you want. I know what I saw last year.

Yep...lots of sacks allowed. Glad those short passes to the TE and slants to the WRs worked.

[Gunakor]

Whatever, I'm done with this one Leap. Believe what you want. I know what I saw last year.

Yep...lots of sacks allowed. Glad those short passes to the TE and slants to the WRs worked.

461 points scored. 28.8 points per game. I'd say whatever they did worked just fine.

But you'll never see that side of the argument, so just drop it.

[Tarlam!]

You guys are both right. If Grant doesn't turn into a legit receiver threat out of the backfield, the promising double TE sets will offset just fine. Even "just" Finley will be what we had last year.

But take a Ryan Grant and inject some Green genes, couple that with the two TEs and you're unstppable.

You guys are debating a nice problem to have. It's all good if the OL improves on the latter part of last season even further, regardless.

[swede]

But take a Ryan Grant and inject some Green genes...

That's Mr. Green Jeans...