Jay Cultler sorry so used to it the last few weeks. ok Josh McDaniels knows a little about football. Man I thought we hired him for his soap opera skills.

Seriously, I am excited for our offense this year I am not gonna lie. Hell Zappa could get back there and throw the ball and we will still ROCK OUT!

I hope that the don’t trade Scheffler… If Cutler stays with that recieving corp will be in fantastic shape!

Sounds like he can’t deny our O line is awesome but I wonder if this mean in the future he will look to slowly replace current guys with bigger o-linemen?

I really think that Marshall can get his life in order, I think he already has quite a bit. Also, I really really hope we keep Scheffler, it’s good to know about what D we will be running, and If Cutler comes back, I think we can be a very dominant Offense

It’s about time we got to some real conversation not having to do with you-know-what. I’m so starved for this stuff I want to rec this about 10,000 times.

That was like a breath of fresh air. Thanks Guru!!!

how are we going to run 2 kinds of run-blocking schemes successfully? versatility is a nice word, but you do what you do well, and you can’t do everything. sounds like a penalty/missed assignment waiting to happen. it appears to me the final frontier(the zb scheme) has now been breached, and the coach is going to be a square peg-round hole type. adapting to his players looks out to me, and this is not a rebuilding team, anymore. everything will be done according to scheme, and players will come and go who fit that scheme, even the o-line. as i pointed out a few times earlier, our new rb’s are not the traditional style for the zb. dennison and possibly turner seem to be around only for the conversion. i would hope for a full committment to either philosophy, but i am in favor of bigger /stronger players on offense if they are good enough. if that means abandoning the zb, so be it. power running, baby. but you can’t do both with limited personnel.

as for the 3-4, champ is wondering how we’re going to run that with our current personnel. the draft isn’t going to cure the front-7, if the new guys even hit on most of their picks. we are being made into the pats(without the proper talents to mimic them), and that may be a good or bad thing over time. but i don’t see how you could be successful with muliple schemes on both sides of the ball, with players that are mostly suited for one or the other, as we currently have. put another way, can we do everything well this season? can the players themselves? i doubt it, yet we are hearing from the coach that we are built to win right now. i’m a little confused here on the direction of our short-term plans.

speaking of plans, where is xanders? wasn’t the plan to have a check-and-balance situation here after the mastermind, too much responsibility, …? the coach has said he will be involved in play-calling on game days, too. seems like a bit much for a rookie hc to be taking on, and he has stated that no decision will be made regarding personnel that doesn’t go through him. bowlen can overrule apparently, but has he/will he? i would like to see personnel decisions(fa and draft) being made by someone other than the coach alone. isn’t that supposed to be the gm’s call, and just how involved is this guy? is the coach picking the draft? ultimately, it looks like a yes. he better be lucky his first time around. i’m not trying to be too negative here, and personally i like the coach’s fire, smarts, and dc! yes, defense! but what i’m seeing a pattern of is, maybe he has too much power too soon. and the problem i really have is that he is trying to win right now, and only his way, which appears to be all ways. as opposed to building and setting up a multiple-run sorta thing that most of us had thought/hoped we were headed for. we need impact players on the d-line, not a new team, staff, organization, and a bunch of schemes that worked on the best team in football, basically. just some food for thought as we go along for the ride. enjoy