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Not that it means much, but according to the owner of Jimmy's Seafood in baltimore, Gary Kubiak and his wife were in town tonight eating dinner there. Could just be a coincidence obviously, but it could also mean we have an interview planned. 

 

https://twitter.com/JohnnyCrabCakes/status/423307661682413568

 

 

(Fun fact: He said he saw Mike Martz at BWI tonight as well. lol)

I sure hope it means there's an interview planned. 

Where is Kubiak from? Unless he's from the area, I doubt it's coincidence that he's at Jimmy's Seafood.

Well terminology is very different, but you are probably right that a 500 page playbook is going to have pretty much every play under the sun. Frequency of how they are used and in what situation is what matters.

Terminology is different for sure.

One thing I like about the Coryell is its simple terminology. 949 F flat. That simple. West Coast tends to be a bit disorganized and annoying. 

Isn't the playbook a manifestation of the philosophy though? I think a lot of people just want us to have some fresh concepts.

Not exactly. Plays are plays, and everybody runs basically the same plays. There are only so many different plays you can design. The difference, in my opinion, is found in situational play calling and the focus of the play calling. For example, slant plays and deep posts are found in both Coryell and West Coast play books. However, Coryell offenses are more inclined to call deep posts and seams on first, while West coast teams are more inclined to call the slants.

Playbooks are very very similar. Philosophies are different. 

 

If we want to really be a good offensive team, we need to get rid of Cam Cameron's Playbook.

 

 

We need a Chudz, or someone who calls a different offensive gameplan

 

I know it's the popular thing to blame the playbook, but the playbook really isn't the problem. It's the way the plays are called and the philosophy that's the problem. 

So much for that, he's of to the giants. Let's look to joe Lombardi of the saints

Just what I was thinking

Aaron Wilson reports that McAdoo is already a done deal with NYG. 

Was about to post this. Nice, very nice. I feel like that was fast for our guys.

Has he ever had experience at OC?

Nah, but he's worked as an OL coach, TE coach, QB coach, and offensive assistant.

Yea his offense does dink and dunk but they run a lot of play action with deep routes and misdirection. Actually that type offense is exactly what i've wanted for years. That offense runs a lot of crosses, deep digs and double moves off of play action which is really tough for a defense to defend. I remember a couple years ago Ed Reed saying how that offense was maybe the best simply because it was so tough to defend.

It sounds beautiful to me. 

 

Ravens QB Joe Flacco & His Receivers Have No Offseason

Ravens’ Joe Flacco makes quick work of offense

 

Before organized team activities began, Flacco and his receivers participated in throwing sessions at the team’s facility, during the same day a weightlifting period was scheduled.

The idea was to work on timing, something Flacco and the receivers struggled with at times a year ago.

“Joe has grown into being one of the best,” receiver LaQuan Williams said. “He doesn’t get a lot of credit, but he works so hard and pushes us.”

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/6/joe-flacco-ravens-qb-makes-quick-work-of-offense/#ixzz2qPjslRyV

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Boom!

Thanks for sharing man!

yea great point. He's definitely a big play OC. We know that even with his explosive offense he can still get the most out of the FB position as evident with Leach's success. Owen Daniels is of the same mold as Pitta, so he should be able to use Pitta, Pierce is the type of RB he loves with that one cut and go style but I'm sure he'd get the most out of Rice as well seeing as how Foster is a receiving weapon out of the backfield. What he did for guys like Jacoby and Walters would give me confidence he'd use our other WRs well and he made sure Andre Johnson moved around a lot to get favorable matchups which I've wanted to see all year with Torrey, so I think he'd definitely be a good choice.

Is he a big play guy? For some reason I feel like he was more of a dinker and dunker

But yeah, Kubiak is my first pick. 

I'm think the logical choice is Kubiak. He has a proven track record of success and his offensive style fits exactly what the Ravens want to do. Remember a couple years back the Ravens all but asked Leach to teach them how to operate that ZBS run game that made the Texans so successful. Now you have the opportunity to bring in the man who actually ran that offense. Does he have flaws? Of course but he's a heck of an offensive coach and as a former QB i think he'd love to build the offense around Joe.

 

I think he and Castillo would work well together and that fact that play action is a huge part of his game would allow us to still have a heavy run presence in our offense. He's made Matt Schuab look like a star at times, I'd love to see what he could do with Flacco, Rice, Pitta, Smith, Pierce, Brown and others.

He could work wonders for Juice too. He used Dreesen as a good move TE from time to time. That's what I'd love to see for Juice

So, I've done some bad things and watched the first two episodes of Sherlock season three. It's really good and y'all need to check it out. Not sure if it's as good as the first two, but it's still great. 

 

Its all in fun! Seriously though, it sounds like SF is your kinda team 'cause their style of play is what you have described to a T. They run the ball down peoples throats with Gore and Hunter, mix in some of your high school plays and throw it to Boldin on third downs and to Davis and Crabtree in the red zone. Its hard to argue with success. I would agree that that is not mickey mouse. Its sound fundamental football. What is mickey mouse is having an offense that is so simple and predictable that the defense knows what's coming before you call the play. That's what The Ravens did this year, huh? We need a new HC and OC and perhaps a new GM. Could you imagine a reporter asking Bill Belichek at a post-game presser why his star RB was not in the game? That's exactly what Harbaugh did a couple weeks ago and told the reporter he didn't know why Ray Rice wasn't in the game more. Isn't it the head coach's job to know what the game pan is before the game and if his star RB isn't getting the ball enough to change the game plan or make the necessary adjustments at halftime? When you played HS ball, I think they called that giving directions to the rest of the coaching staff. 

Seattle for me, actually. Kaeperdick is a punk and Jim is a whiny brat. 49ers were my second team until the QB and HC went weird.

Harbaugh said that, probably, to defend Rice from criticism. Rice wasn't in because Pierce was getting it done. The difference between Harbs and BB is that BB would have had the cajones to actually say that Pierce was running better than Rice. 

The read-option play which is so popular now is mickey mouse. The QBs who run it in the NFL will continue to be successful as long as they are young. Once they get a little older, they will have to learn how to change their game to be conventional drop-back QBs. Your HS team must have been one of the only teams in history never to resort to a trick play like an on-side kick. That's just awesome! Keep it up, coach! Sounds like you have a lot in common with Harbs! 

Thanks a lot for the kind words!

Sounds like they didn't work on your HS team. The same could be said for pistol offense plays --- college wishbone option. However, didn't I see Anquan Boldin throw an option pass today. They keep the defense honest and slow down pursuit.

My HS team didn't do mickey mouse crap, unless you consider option plays mickey mouse. We ran the ball down people's throats. I personally don't think the options is mickey mouse.

Yeah, they keep the defense "honest" but if an end around or half back pass fails you're looking at 2nd and 15, an interception, or something bad. I don't like trick plays. 

If I were Steve Bisciotti, I'd bring back Brian Billick for a couple reasons. He's forgotten more about offense than Harbaugh and Caldwell will ever learn. If Brian "The Brain" Billick would promise not to call the owner Young Man, the least Steve could do is to swallow his pride so we could play some neopolitan offense for a change with some end arounds, middle screens, half-back passes et cetera. if neophyte football fans could predict the Ravens' plays from their living rooms, it must have been simple for most NFL coordinators to outwit Caldwell and Castillo. Just imagine how much fun it must have been for Cam Cameron to try to guess their playcalls this year. After all, it is the same darn playbook.

End arounds and half-back passes are mickey mouse high school plays. I'm very skeptical of Billick's prowess as an OC. I believe he runs a west coast system, which is fantastic, but I  just don't know if he's really any good.

You are obviously satisfied with mediocrity. I, however, am not. I am satisfied to agree to disagree on this one.

12th in points allowed is hardly mediocre. But yeah, let's just drop it.

No. No they're not. Your argument is that yhe defense didn't suck because the offense did. Blaming the offense for the defense not playing to its potential is just a lazy argument, not a fact. I know dean pees is your hero, but the defense was not up to snuff this year.

Defense's job is to not allow points. Defense ranked 12th in points allowed. Clearly not sucking.  

Naturally - the debate was never about offense versus defense. It was about the defense being better simply because we're ranked higher. That isn't the case and if you see my previous post the stats prove it.

According the NFL.com, we scored 320 points, just 20 a game. That's ranked 25th in the NFL. Yet, our scoring defense ranked 12th, allowing just 22 points a game.

So, the defense is above average and the offense is well below average. The defense's job is to not allow points and the offense's job is to score points. The defense ranked better (13 spots better) at its job than the offense did at its job. That's all I need to know. 

"The Call" was really good. Very suspenseful and Halle Berry killed it. Good storyline and a great ending.

Recommend it if you like tense fast movies.

Very good movie! I did like it. 

Top 10 offenses: Denver, GB, Detroit, NE, Chicago, Cincy for yards. Denver, Chicago, NE, Cincy, GB for points. Not that they were all playing at that level when we faced them.

 

Top 10 defenses: Cincy, Houston, Cleveland, Buffalo for yards. Cincy, Miami, NE for points.

 

So in essence - we faced 2 more top 10 offenses than defenses.

 

If you extend that to top 15 though -

 

Defenses: Pitt (twice) Detroit, for points.

 

Offenses: add Houston. (again, for points scored).

 

Not as lopsided as one might think.

Okay I agree with you that the defense needs to stop blowing fourth quarter leads but when your defense allows an average of 20 points a game and you only go 8-8 the problem is obviously offense. Our defense is above average in points allowed, but our offense is below average in points scored. This isn't even up for debate anymore. 

If you care anything about Flacco you would want that oline fixed.......

Does anyone not want the oline fixed?

Somebody like Boldin. Simple as that. Attack the middle and make tough catches. Break tackles and get YACs. Fight for yardage.

You know, a guy that does things that NONE of our current guys do except MAYBE Marlon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO7MWuJ7zLA

Former is the operative word. The only one who was close to pro bowl for Joe was Boldin. Oher was a pro bowler too... Housh barely even saw the Freud. He is Tandon Doss, even though Doss is probably better to this point. Pitta is better than the 06 07 Heap. Torrey and Mase are a wash because they did different things but production is comparable. He is meeting Boldin no doubt, but I think if we kept Zorn we might have an entirely different QB.

Yeah maybe but Caldwell has done very very well as QB coach. He's helped Joe a lot, play calling and scheme aside. He's improved Joe's mechanics and a few other things, for sure