Best Offenses of All Time

[mraynrand]

Lotta Ahman games looked like that. The modern version of ground and pound anyway.

yeah, especially with U71. Helped compensate for Favre's broken thumb to be sure.

[ThunderDan]

Pretty much. Still, there are some great ground and pound games in living memory. The Tampa Bay 'Clifton payback game' of 2003 comes to mind

The GB/Sea snowglobe playoff game.

[mraynrand]

The GB/Sea snowglobe playoff game.

ya, but in that game the pass set up the run, particularly because the Grant fumbles delayed the gameplan (which I'm pretty sure was to run, run run).

[ThunderDan]

ya, but in that game the pass set up the run, particularly because the Grant fumbles delayed the gameplan (which I'm pretty sure was to run, run run).

No, Favre didn't even throw for 200 yards that game. Grant rushed for over 200 after the fumbles.

[ThunderDan]

Just looked at the box score 35 runs to 23 passes.

408 total yards - 235 rushing - 173 passing

[hoosier]

You're both wrong. It was Bigby's game of a lifetime that set the offense up repeatedly in the first half. The final stats were tilted toward the running game because the Packers were up the second half and were able to keep it on the ground, running it down the Seahawks thoats. In the first half they were much more balanced. But not to the extent that you could say they used the pass to set up the run. Bigby was the straw that stirred the drink that evening.

[mraynrand]

No, Favre didn't even throw for 200 yards that game. Grant rushed for over 200 after the fumbles.

I don't see how what you write disagrees with my point. As I said the pass set up the run. Not that it was a huge passing game. I also pointed out that I was sure the game plan was run heavy. And that's how it went after they got back in the game. But when the pack got down early, passing got them back in the game and loosened everything up.

[mraynrand]

You're both wrong. It was Bigby's game of a lifetime that set the offense up repeatedly in the first half. The final stats were tilted toward the running game because the Packers were up the second half and were able to keep it on the ground, running it down the Seahawks thoats. In the first half they were much more balanced. But not to the extent that you could say they used the pass to set up the run. Bigby was the straw that stirred the drink that evening.

BIG HITS!!!

[hoosier]

Who needs announcers and color commentators when you have Tony Siragusa. That aside, I am a bit mystified about how the new millennial Packer ground game made its way into a thread about GOAT offense. There is no association between the two, and if there ever was Shermy killed it in January 2004.

[gbgary]

and sea had 8 in the box most of the time.

[pbmax]

The 70's proved that under then current rules, you could throttle all but the best of run games. If you wanted a best offense with a running game, it had to be in college if not the CFL.

So I think its an open question whether more 60s running teams could be considered for the best offense. Even the Packers running attack was being held in check later in their decade, both by innovation (Flex Defense, preponderance of 4-3 fronts) and by age (Hornung and Taylor).

[mraynrand]

Think of the direction the NFL could have gone with to revive the running game (like they actually did with the passing game). Imagine rules that only allow two d-lineman on the line, only three linebackers max, and players having to be at least three yards off the LOS, IOW the unsound! Capers defense!