I get that it's the village idiot and everything, and he is so craves attention that he just wants so badly to be right about something, hell anything, but his "Zim wants 1980s" football is fucking priceless shit. You have to wonder if the retarded monkey even watches the games. He allowed the off to have the 6th most pass attempts in the NFL, but all he wants is "1980s football".Ash Ketchum wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 7:28 pmWell said.hategreenticemase wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 6:27 pmIts not even really about points. Obviously, scoring fn points matter, thats not what I am saying. But when you evaluate this team and how its constructed, it is built to win games by controlling the ball and the clock. The D excel's at getting off the field on 3rd down. Mitigate how often you turn the ball over and put other team near our red zone and also how many 5 play or less drives we have on offense, and this D will usually hold other team to less than 20.Ash Ketchum wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 3:15 pm The thing about Cousins is that he tantalized us all with his play early on in the season.
In 6 out of the first 7 weeks (excluding the awful Buffalo game), the offense was averaging 28.5.
It's in there somewhere, but he's got to figure out how to put it together in the clutch and against better competition. Doesn't have to be 400 yard games against the better defenses, but move the chains and score enough points to give us a chance.
We so clearly got beat late in games last year because our excellent D got wore down due to putrid offensive performances. For F sakes, the one Bears game we had 12 fricken first downs. We keep our D fresh, and we will win games late.
All that said, if OL is legitly better AND we can run the ball, this offense wont just be a good ball controlling team, it will be a very good and high scoring offense as well.
Remember when we had AP putting up monster seasons, and we just needed the QB to manage the game and make timely throws to keep the chains moving? That's kind of how I think Zimmer wants this offense to run.
It all comes down to the OL being able to consistently pave the way for a good running attack. This would be huge because if Cousins' is asked to throw less -- similar to what Bridgewater and Keenum were asked to do -- I believe he can do that at a very high level.
I agree on the throwing less will actually improve his overall performance. A MASSIVE reason for that will be the guy is just really damn good at 2 things. One, he sells play action well. Not elite, but damn solid at selling it. Two, the guy - when given time - is very accurate downfield. Its why improving the run game won't simply reallocate what percentage of total yards is running vs pass, it will increase overall yards due to our pass game will be explosive as well. People who understand football can figure that out.
I believe an improved running game will lead to more explosive plays, more overall yards gained and more points - in addition to the obvious increased first downs and time of possession.