Dust of your videotapes of the Birds circa 2002-2003.
Before Westbrook got hurt in the last regualr season game in 2003--Reid was on a roll of what was, IMO, his best playcalling of his career. That was the 3 headed monster year. After a brutal start and the Limbaugh crap, the Birds ripped off like 9 or 10 wins in a row.
Playaction actually worked back then, because teams feared the run. And the most feared runner ws Buck, who had like 7 or 8 rushing TD's. Buck is back.
Using ham and eggers at WR like Thrash, Pinkston and Peoples Chump, Reid found a way to SCHEME them open. He used alot of BUNCH formations, and pick plays.
Here's what I see for Sunday. The talent at WR is MUCH better than 2002-2003. Baskett's big body is perfect for fades in the red zone, and to rub off CB's in pick plays for Reggie Brown and Stallworth.
I also see STALLWORTH as the perfect guy to use in REVERSES, with his 4.3 speed. Remember pre-TO all the HB options, the WR gimmick plays, the reverse and misdirection stuff? It will come out of the closet.
But it won't be all Big Red has in the tool box now. Now he can stretch the field DEEP with Brown who runs a legit 4.45, and LJ who runs 4.6 at 265. Plus Stallworth who is a true blazer. So Reid can run off the coverage underneath with 4 guys running free downfield, then hitting Westy underneath. So some TO era stuff can be used too.
But at the goalline, I really like Schoebel and LJ and Brown and Baskett as height mismatches for teams.
Finally, with the huge OL they should just physically dominate teams in the run game. This may be the biggest OL in NFL history, and that is no hyperbole. I mean Runyan and Tra are 6'7 or 6'8" each and run 330 to 350 or more, then Herremans is like 6'7" and 330, the CENTER run 330, and Andrews is always a biscuit away from 370. WOW. And then in special packages you get a 6"0" 350 lb. bowling ball as a FB.
Lotta tools in the toolbox this year, just with some growing pains along the way with so many young-ins. Should be a really DIVERSE O this year, with Andy being able to gameplan pretty differently week to week, outpowering small teams up front like Indy, and throwing speed at big teams like Dallas.
Before Westbrook got hurt in the last regualr season game in 2003--Reid was on a roll of what was, IMO, his best playcalling of his career. That was the 3 headed monster year. After a brutal start and the Limbaugh crap, the Birds ripped off like 9 or 10 wins in a row.
Playaction actually worked back then, because teams feared the run. And the most feared runner ws Buck, who had like 7 or 8 rushing TD's. Buck is back.
Using ham and eggers at WR like Thrash, Pinkston and Peoples Chump, Reid found a way to SCHEME them open. He used alot of BUNCH formations, and pick plays.
Here's what I see for Sunday. The talent at WR is MUCH better than 2002-2003. Baskett's big body is perfect for fades in the red zone, and to rub off CB's in pick plays for Reggie Brown and Stallworth.
I also see STALLWORTH as the perfect guy to use in REVERSES, with his 4.3 speed. Remember pre-TO all the HB options, the WR gimmick plays, the reverse and misdirection stuff? It will come out of the closet.
But it won't be all Big Red has in the tool box now. Now he can stretch the field DEEP with Brown who runs a legit 4.45, and LJ who runs 4.6 at 265. Plus Stallworth who is a true blazer. So Reid can run off the coverage underneath with 4 guys running free downfield, then hitting Westy underneath. So some TO era stuff can be used too.
But at the goalline, I really like Schoebel and LJ and Brown and Baskett as height mismatches for teams.
Finally, with the huge OL they should just physically dominate teams in the run game. This may be the biggest OL in NFL history, and that is no hyperbole. I mean Runyan and Tra are 6'7 or 6'8" each and run 330 to 350 or more, then Herremans is like 6'7" and 330, the CENTER run 330, and Andrews is always a biscuit away from 370. WOW. And then in special packages you get a 6"0" 350 lb. bowling ball as a FB.
Lotta tools in the toolbox this year, just with some growing pains along the way with so many young-ins. Should be a really DIVERSE O this year, with Andy being able to gameplan pretty differently week to week, outpowering small teams up front like Indy, and throwing speed at big teams like Dallas.
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