But haven't you heard.
Passing the ball 50 times is way more entertaining. :wink2:

 

I get what your saying:

"Go get Peyton Manning"

 

Offense wasn't the problem. Defense makes a couple stops and we win.

 

The defense shows up before halftime and we probably win too.

 

It's flawed logic. I'd be willing to bet all of those guys who lost had to throw because they were behind.

 

HC is right on.....

They had to throw because they were behind.

 

Yeah, and we had to throw because we were behind. Throwing the ball usually means you're behind. At least that many times.

 

Indeed. More indicative of bad defense.

 

I don't recall anybody ever saying you had to pass a lot to win. I do recall many people saying you had to pass efficiently to win.

 

To be fair to the OP, even though I don't necessarily agree with his point, there were plenty of people here that said, despite efficiently passing the ball, that we needed to pass more and "open up the offense" after last weeks game.

 

:up:

Exactly.

This is just another inflamatory thread attempting to paint individuals that were having an enlightened discussion about our team as Malcontents that want to see Peyton Manning like performances every week.

This couldn't be farther from the truth but lets not let that stop the thread starter.

 

Stats often don't tell the whole story though.

 

We didn't expect our defense to collectively
bend over and "open up"

 

We have nothing to be ashamed of. We played a tough team, we threw the kitchen sink at them and really made them earn every yard right down to the wire. There were a few mistakes that will haunt us for a couple of days, and then we need to move on. It was a loss, a learning experience and a humbling game. I wish the ending was different but it will build character down the line. One thing is certain - NO ONE WILL THINK THAT THIS TEAM IS A PUSHOVER ANYMORE. If they are going to beat us, they will have to earn it. You can bet that the JETS are pretty damn soar today.

 

Word. Correlation =/= Causation.

 

I think it's more of a "when" than "how much". We had opportunities in the red zone where we kept throwing, when running would have maybe been better.

 

I think that's a common misconception. I know I have said we needed to pass more than the 5 first half attempts than we had in Minny. I know I felt the offense needed to be opened up more. I also know that I don't want an offense that passes 40 times per game or even 60% of the time. I want an offense that passes efficiently meaning 7.0 YPA and passes between 50% and 55% of the time. There's a big gap between passing 5 times in a half and passing 50 times a game. I see your stats showing that it doesn't make sense to pass 50 times per game, but I don't see it showing that we shouldn't open up the offense more than we did last week.