I don't quite understand the need to "openning up", "throwing deep" on offense that fans are suggesting to cure our ills. Compared to last year, Mularkay and Co. are doing exactly what we have hoped for and what they promised. So now we are expecting them to have a great run offense and a great pass offense to be the world beater from the get-go?
Superbowl winner NE has a passing game; runner up Carolina has a running game. No one is perfect to be world beaters, but they are very good at what they do. Why can't we give Mularkay and company a chance to work on something they said that is going to be the mainstay of this team - running attack behind Henry and McGahee?
I think from Donahoe and Mularkay down, they are using Carolina as Bills model for 2004. So opponents may stack up the line anticipating we run at them, but why can't we still be successful at that, especially it is our strength? I just don't think our defense is quite good enough yet. I'd imagine John Fox would be quite happy to have our first 58 minutes of the Jaguars game for any game they played last year or this year, and their defense would preserve the victory in the last 2 minutes.
The sign of success of this strategy is to win close games. It requires a good defense and a little luck. I seem to remember Carolina was very lucky to win the first game last year with a good bounce. I don't know I can attribute the Bills lost last Sunday to some unlucky bounce or calls. But I don't fault the offense that much. Sure I'd like to go into the last 2 minutes up by 2 touchdowns every game. But I think we will be in great shape if we can go into the last 2 minutes of the remaining 15 games up by 4 points, be it 4-0, 14-10, or 35-31.
Superbowl winner NE has a passing game; runner up Carolina has a running game. No one is perfect to be world beaters, but they are very good at what they do. Why can't we give Mularkay and company a chance to work on something they said that is going to be the mainstay of this team - running attack behind Henry and McGahee?
I think from Donahoe and Mularkay down, they are using Carolina as Bills model for 2004. So opponents may stack up the line anticipating we run at them, but why can't we still be successful at that, especially it is our strength? I just don't think our defense is quite good enough yet. I'd imagine John Fox would be quite happy to have our first 58 minutes of the Jaguars game for any game they played last year or this year, and their defense would preserve the victory in the last 2 minutes.
The sign of success of this strategy is to win close games. It requires a good defense and a little luck. I seem to remember Carolina was very lucky to win the first game last year with a good bounce. I don't know I can attribute the Bills lost last Sunday to some unlucky bounce or calls. But I don't fault the offense that much. Sure I'd like to go into the last 2 minutes up by 2 touchdowns every game. But I think we will be in great shape if we can go into the last 2 minutes of the remaining 15 games up by 4 points, be it 4-0, 14-10, or 35-31.
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