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  • Big Red -- Eagles can't rely on McNabb to be Superman

    From the Inquirer today... is 60-40 a misprint? still rubbing my eyes on that one.


    Run vs. pass. Assuming that McNabb will be back in time for the season, Reid said he planned on having a more balanced offense like the one Garcia ran so effectively in McNabb's absence. The goal: 60 percent run, 40 percent pass, with offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg calling the plays.

    To a degree, the offensive linemen will dictate how much the Eagles run, Reid said. If they are effective at run-blocking early, he will be more inclined to keep the ball on the ground. Brian Westbrook proved last year that he can carry a full load, and the Eagles might - stress might - look at drafting a bigger running back to complement Westbrook.

    Reid also would like his players to refrain from relying on McNabb to win games for them, as he said they did after McNabb's blistering start last season.

    "I think during those first few games there, everybody just said, 'Hey, Donovan's going to show up and win the game for us,' and I think everybody pulled off just a bit," Reid said. "If we're going to make this thing work, we have to push it up another step. . . . Not feeding off another guy, you have to maintain your level of play. You've got to do it for 16 games, and if you don't, there's going to be a problem."
    Don't kid yourself Jimmy. If a cow ever got the chance, he'd kill you and everyone you cared about!

  • #2
    Glad to see that he is even thinking about running the ball more!
    "Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein." - Joe Theismann



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    • #3
      For real????? That would be EXCELLENT!! Somewhere Jon Runyan and The Big Kid are looking forward to plowing the road for RB's.
      It's about TEAM!!
      "Philly fans are great....It's the only place where you pull up on the bus and you've got the grandfather, the grandmother, the kids and the grandkids - everybody flicking you off. At other stadiums, they give you the thumbs-down. Here, they give you the middle finger.”
      — Michael Strahan

      "No one likes us, no one likes us, no one likes us, we don’t care, we’re from Philly, F—-ing Philly, No one likes us, we don’t care!”
      - Jason Kelce with the best championship speech ever

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      • #4
        I like the idea, but I'll believe it when I see it.

        He may be just blowing smoke. If he's close to 50/50, I'll love it.
        www.disciplerocks.com

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        • #5
          Gotta be a misprint/misquote. Who rushes 60% of the time in this league????
          http://shop.cafepress.com/content/global/img/spacer.gifOK, let's try this again...

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          • #6
            Wait, just re-read that, 60-40 run-pass? Yeah right.......that has to be a misprint.

            Just looked it up on nfl.com/stats......(stat geek hat on). A few teams rushed on more plays than they threw.....Atlanta, San Diego, Jacksonville, Washington, KC, Chicago, maybe a couple of others......but nobody was 60-40 toward the run. Closest was Atlanta, at about 56% (thanks Vick)
            "Philly fans are great....It's the only place where you pull up on the bus and you've got the grandfather, the grandmother, the kids and the grandkids - everybody flicking you off. At other stadiums, they give you the thumbs-down. Here, they give you the middle finger.”
            — Michael Strahan

            "No one likes us, no one likes us, no one likes us, we don’t care, we’re from Philly, F—-ing Philly, No one likes us, we don’t care!”
            - Jason Kelce with the best championship speech ever

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            • #7
              Why can't we be a 60-40 run-pass?

              We got the linemen. We got the RBs. We got the QB run as well.

              We got a couple of FAST WRs as well (Bloom, Curtis, and if Johnson sticks around as well) to try end arounds.

              Of course even the Steelers probably didn't run 60% of the time
              "You will dress only in attire specially sanctioned by P.E. special services… You are no longer part of the system. You are above the system, over it, beyond it. We're "them." We're "they." We are the Men in Green."

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