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    7 hours ago, The Greek said:

    aside from zuttah and yanda we have young o-lineman, some being rookies and most of them have already missed games to injury. not going to be easy but the fo needs to look at bringing in a veteran via trade to either compete for a starting spot or provide better depth.

    I'm all for adding quality o-line depth.

    Question to you guys (that know far more than I) is... Who could we go after?

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    16 minutes ago, Inqui said:

    Yeah, philosophically there's a lot to get excited about. I think Juice will retain his prominence in the passing game, and I'm hoping to see a lot of plays where he uses Wallace's speed to get open on short plays and be a big YAC threat underneath, as opposed to Trestman's maddening tendency to use vertical five-yard routes to get lined up perfectly by a tackler when we needed six yards. Joe being on the same page as Sr will be useful on those option plays in crunch time too.

    Here's another article after the Jets beat the Falcons, highlighting some of the creative looks he dialled up: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1805326-breaking-down-the-new-york-jets-innovative-offense-under-marty-morhinweg

     I'd be interested in getting a good look at what happened in NY. In both years under Mornhinweg the Jets had a phenomenal run game (4.4ypa in 2013 for 10th best, then 4.5ypa in 2014 for 6th best), albeit with Pro Bowl-edition Nick Mangold doing his thing, but his passing games were deadset terrible (31st in yardage, 32nd in TDs and crucially 32nd in completion % at 55.4% in 2013, then 32nd in yardage, 30th in TDs and 29th in completion % at 57.6% in 2014). Those passing figures are just woeful and I really hope they're explained by the fact that he had Geno Smith and Tim Tebow as his top options.

    To put that into perspective, in 2013 they were 29th in points with 18.1 per game, which was worse than us at 20ppg. They were 28th in ppg in 2014. That's per pro-football-reference, which I believe factors in defensive and ST scores, but it shows how with Mornhinweg everything starts with getting a high completion percentage.

    Another good read. The passing stats were a bit concerning but as long as he takes shots down field and flacco can hit the receiver's on the shorter routes in stride (especially are speedy guys) it all sounds good.

    Utilizing juice, bunch formations, and all the other variations would be welcomed IMO

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    41 minutes ago, JO_75 said:

    Wow...... Buccaneers come into Carolina and knock off the 2015 NFC Champions and drop them to 1-4. The Panthers have quickly fallen since the Super Bowl.

    Don't follow many teams bit never would've expected that. Did they lose key players since last year?

    They screwed me twice in my weekly pick ur teams "game" 

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    30 minutes ago, Inqui said:

    I wouldn't say he's too similar to Kubiak tbh, aside from using WCO principles in the passing game. With Kubiak everything starts up front with his stretch zone, where moving the chains relies on using his backs to make the right reads, and once the run game gets going the QB has a bit more space to throw higher-percentage passes. Where Mornhinweg uses short timing-based passes to get his QB into a rhythm to get things started, at which point he opens up the playbook and starts throwing deeper and then pounding the run game to ice the game when the offence is already rolling. Kubiak essentially runs to set up the pass and isn't as creative or explosive, while Mornhinweg passes to set up the run and attacks all three levels a lot more, but is more prone to stalling.

    There are a couple of decent articles about him. Here's one by an Eagles fan about what his hiring meant for the Jets a few years ago:
    http://turnonthejets.com/2013/01/new-york-jets-marty-mornhinwegs-offense-101-an-in-depth-look/

    And here's one that's a bit more general and more about his behind the scenes stuff:
    http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2013/01/the_marty_mornhinweg_system_ho.html

    I have to say I'm more excited about our offence under Mornhinweg than I was when Trestman first got hired. We'll see how he goes this season and in future, but he looks like the balanced play caller we've been wanting ever since Cam's playbook started getting old. And as others have said he's our best offensive mind since Kubiak.

    Great reads inqui, thanks for posting

    Short horizontal timing passes that set up the run and deep ball.

    Hoping he can Keep defenses guessing/honest and be able to make game time adjustments (when needed) 

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    4 minutes ago, CaliRavenFan said:

    Nah, I am far from 1k post but read and like most peoples post everyday lol im actually shocked how many people stopped liking posts once we changed into this new format.

    I'm virtually all mobile on this site and still occasionally use the like/dislikes.

    Was just venting a little after seeing nothing but fire him, cut him, world's on fire after 2 loses lol

    The team kind of set this up after having several years of success, some dont realize how hard it is to sustain success in the NFL

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    2 minutes ago, Tank 92 said:

    2012, 2016. They both have 20 in them!

    I'm confident Marty will bring some unpredictability back to the offense. I really like that he and Joe have been working together for some time so it's not like starting from scratch.

    Haven't found anything yet but I was digging to find any comments about the flacco Marty connection (if they got along well). 

    Agree with another member that mentioned how kubiak would be talking with flacco on the sidelines but never seen that with trestman

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    1 hour ago, 757RavensFan said:

    I will never be upset at a player for giving maximum effort to make a play. I'm sure he learned from it and no one is more upset about it than he is.

    On to the next.   

    I hear ya 757, surprised there isn't a cut Mosley thread... The guy made a great play but tried to do too much after it (flashbacks to Reed lol). He's improved so much against the pass this year, he deserves a pass on that play and that stupid rule

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    5 hours ago, dirtybird66 said:

    feel sorry for WEDDLE,could of got a ring with PITTSBURG if he went there.

    Ya know, you can type more than one sentence into a comment instead of typing 5 separate post. 

    Anyway, who's the "only guy getting open" or cares? SSS, Pitta, Wallace?

    I'm thrilled that Weddle went with us and I'm not ready to crown the Steelers yet

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    4 minutes ago, Bruce_Almty said:

    Now that Mornhinweg has the reigns, I hope to see a game plan that exploits an opponents weaknesses as opposed to taking what they give us; some creative play calling, a little misdirection, and most importantly...put Joe and the receivers in favorable situations. Our team has its strengths and their team has weaknesses, maximize ours and exploit theirs.

    Hoping for the same Bruce. If there was animosity towards trestman, players will give their all towards this change

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    1 hour ago, metalraven said:

    Well you'd expect a HC to say just that. He should expect things to turn around, and if they don't, he looks at the root cause, and eliminates it. This is precisely what happened. I question a lot of what Harbs does, especially in game, but I do not question this decision. Will things get better? We can only hope. But at least he did the thing in this instance.

    Well said metal, I'm hoping for the same

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    11 hours ago, Ravenshine said:

    CJ I still think it was a great catch. Hey, all your other interceptions this year have been awesome. I can see where you wanted to get the TD, get the score. It was a mistake but I could see what you were trying to do it just went wrong. As players you train and train to take the play as far as possible, into the endzone if possible...I understand how it happened you "tried" for that extra yardage. I don't see it as a stupid play, it was more a matter of split second decision that got away from you.

    And it IS a stupid rule. What the rule should be is ruled a fumble on 1 yard line but Ravens maintain possession due to the initial interception and run back.

    That is a stupid rule

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    24 minutes ago, bioLarzen said:

    BTW, do we know whose call it was that with 1 second on the clock in the 2nd half, at our own 25, instead of taking a knew we tried something (god knows what) - that ended up costing us our RT for the second half?

    Idk who's call it was but I was waiting for a hail Mary to our speedsters with max protection but... flacco was sacked in under 3 seconds and as you said, Wagner hurt

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    1 hour ago, VermontRaven said:

    I wouldn't count out our secondary.  GB had a banged up secondary and they held their own last night.  As with all Ravens games this year, I see another nail-biter...hopefully we come out on top in this one.  Maybe the offense makes the game-winning play late and sparks some confidence!

    Was really hoping the packers dB's would've got Odell Beckham to throw a tantrum

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    14 minutes ago, pocket said:

    " Game Plans " ... At the end of the day it is pitch and catch. Throwing to the open person regardless of what you wanted to do based on watching film, which everyone watches and everyone changes for their opponent to some degree. When a play breaks down, you have to get open. People aren't getting open, the ball isn't where it needs to be. Let Joe call based on what he sees, if he can't do that. We got the wrong quarterback. Comes down to the players, not the coaches. Coaches are there as their bosses, not their parents or to drastically alter their football iq. Things are as complicated as you allow them to be... The same way they are as simple as you allow them to be...

    Gotta disagree. Peyton Manning before his decline is about the caliber QB you need for that.

    Offensive coordinators serve a purpose, we just had the wrong one

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    1 minute ago, pocket said:

    Have to be balanced. Coaches control the play calling, the players control the performance. Maybe, let flacco call his own plays. See what happens.

    Idk, working with flacco and or giving him the ability to audible is ok but I wouldn't have confidence that flacco could develop game plans to attack opponent's weaknesses and our strengths

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    3 minutes ago, riseNConquer81 said:

    your question doesnt make sense.
    you're basically asking him to be the offensive coordinator.
    he's a special teams guy.

    He made a hire, it didnt work, he replaced the guy.
    what do you want?

    To possibly clarify... As a fan, I was screaming "why did we stop running the ball" during the game. As a head coach, harbs should've walked over and asked trestman wth is he doing

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