[CBFF] August 25

[Westmalle van 't vat]

On 9/18/07 9:25 PM, "Jim Ferolie" <ferolie at charter.net> wrote:

> 
> I think it has little to do with Dallas and more to do with not tipping your
> hand so early in the season if you don't have to. There's a bit of a gamble
> in that -- there could be a TD and an onside kick, for example -- but
> trusting a defense like this one is not a huge gamble.
> 
> If you can win with your base plays, win with them. They won.

Jim, all of the plays you mention are gadget or trick plays.  Flea flickers
or onside kicks are not what I, at least, was talking about.  Rather, the
offense has not stretched the field very much, the running game has been
slow to impress, the receivers have not generally run good, crisp routes,
and, more fundamentally, the blocking has been average at best and the
turnovers have killed us.  Mentally, we do not appear to be in the game for
large bunches of offense snaps.

None of those are 'holding back'-type issues but poor execution and, IMO,
poor play calling.  What of these things are results of 'holding something
in reserve' for a future opponent?  I submit: none.

To those who subscribe to the theory that there's something special we've
not seen yet because they are purposely holding it back: what exactly will
we do differently in terms of play calling against Dallas that we have not
done so far?  What more can we and will we do?  Presumably, you can specify
what 'tipping your hand' will look like, since you are so confident we've
not 'tipped our hand' so far.  I want to recognize it when it happens so
help me out!

Steve