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Go Texans!
I also typed that post in a rush, just to let everyone know. LOL.
I think of offenses that are truly what I consider to be elite passing teams, those teams where you can't stop the passing game. Manning's heyday with the Colts. Brees' ongoing affair with the Saints. Tom Brady who keeps slinging his team to wins with regularity every single season he's there. Rodgers arguably fits in that category. Do we look like/appear like those teams in terms of how we win games? I don't think we do. It can happen, but it's not the norm.
For me, it seems like IF we were to go on a 3 or 4-year bender without a quality running game to utilize, the passing game (even with Schaub and his crew operating at their highest levels they could operate at) we're not going to be a contending team for a Super Bowl trophy. I don't think Schaub has the Manning/Brees/Brady chops to do that year in and year out. That's not me saying he isn't a great QB, heck I have really grown to fully appreciate his talent this season...he's cemented it for me, in my mind, and I was a "hater" for many seasons. I just don't envision Kubiak building this team to be a passing game juggernaut.
I bet if we were to ask him, he'd say the run game is more valuable than people think. It's not an either/or. Without one, the other shrinks over time. What I think is patently obvious THIS season is that even the guys on offense have figured that out, IMO. Kubiak ran the ball down the throats of our first few weeks' worth of opponents...then the Broncos game we lit up the stat sheet on passing plays. I think we're deadly and this year's best team because if our run game is faltering, then the passing game can be deployed at a higher level and compensate and get us the win. When the passing game is faltering, the run game can help to settle us down and get things opened up for our passing game. Arian Foster's contract is proof that Kubiak places a high premium on RBs and the run game. It just took him awhile to acquire the right ones.
I just know that this team has to have a legitimate running attack or I think the passing game, over time, can't sustain things from game to game. Not with just OD stretching defenses and Walter sneaking past confused secondaries who are looking shallow for Foster or Tate, because AJ is aging and slowing down...and the rookies are not progressing fast enough. Outside of OD, we don't have a secondary-stretching passing game to rely upon. If a defense shuts down OD, it causes us problems everywhere. This has to become a larger priority for Kubiak in the next few seasons here. We need home run draft choices in the area of receiver and/or TE. And we need OL and LB too. LOL.
I think of offenses that are truly what I consider to be elite passing teams, those teams where you can't stop the passing game. Manning's heyday with the Colts. Brees' ongoing affair with the Saints. Tom Brady who keeps slinging his team to wins with regularity every single season he's there. Rodgers arguably fits in that category. Do we look like/appear like those teams in terms of how we win games? I don't think we do. It can happen, but it's not the norm.
For me, it seems like IF we were to go on a 3 or 4-year bender without a quality running game to utilize, the passing game (even with Schaub and his crew operating at their highest levels they could operate at) we're not going to be a contending team for a Super Bowl trophy. I don't think Schaub has the Manning/Brees/Brady chops to do that year in and year out. That's not me saying he isn't a great QB, heck I have really grown to fully appreciate his talent this season...he's cemented it for me, in my mind, and I was a "hater" for many seasons. I just don't envision Kubiak building this team to be a passing game juggernaut.
I bet if we were to ask him, he'd say the run game is more valuable than people think. It's not an either/or. Without one, the other shrinks over time. What I think is patently obvious THIS season is that even the guys on offense have figured that out, IMO. Kubiak ran the ball down the throats of our first few weeks' worth of opponents...then the Broncos game we lit up the stat sheet on passing plays. I think we're deadly and this year's best team because if our run game is faltering, then the passing game can be deployed at a higher level and compensate and get us the win. When the passing game is faltering, the run game can help to settle us down and get things opened up for our passing game. Arian Foster's contract is proof that Kubiak places a high premium on RBs and the run game. It just took him awhile to acquire the right ones.
I just know that this team has to have a legitimate running attack or I think the passing game, over time, can't sustain things from game to game. Not with just OD stretching defenses and Walter sneaking past confused secondaries who are looking shallow for Foster or Tate, because AJ is aging and slowing down...and the rookies are not progressing fast enough. Outside of OD, we don't have a secondary-stretching passing game to rely upon. If a defense shuts down OD, it causes us problems everywhere. This has to become a larger priority for Kubiak in the next few seasons here. We need home run draft choices in the area of receiver and/or TE. And we need OL and LB too. LOL.