NFL 2012: AFC/NFC Championships and beyond

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Imperor said:
I'd guess Griffin but solely for health reasons. I'm more interested in seeing how Alfred Morris does in his sophomore season. Part of me wants to make him my keeper.
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I'm interested to see how Morris does with the increased work load that he has to get this year, unless shannahan is a complete fool.

As a fan if an opposing NFC East team, Morris worries me much more than RG3. Like a million times more, and its not even close.

I fully expect a) the league to catch up to rg3, and b) another knee injury.

Morris on the other hand frightens the shit out of me.
 
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Headache in a Suitcase said:
I fully expect a) the league to catch up to rg3
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That's definitely wishful thinking. You can only gameplan so thoroughly for a guy that talented. Injuries, sure. I do think he's the most likely of his draft class to have a big setback this year, but "defenses will figure him out" only applies to one dimensional passers like Vick. RG3 has one of the strongest arms in the league and a great completion percentage, plus he makes very few mistakes. And benefits the running game.

I'd say Wilson has the greatest potential of being merely ok. He's too disciplined to fall off completely, but I could see him settling into the background. In general though, I think all of these QBs are the real deal.
 
phanan said:
I don't really think any of them are gonna fall off that much this season.
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I would love for all three of them to get "figured out". By the end of last season, I could hardly stand hearing any of their names (imagine living with a Redskins fan on top of it :lol: )
 
Probably not going to happen, for a number of reasons.

The read option will be figured out by the league at large when:

1. Every secondary in the league has the personnel for shutdown coverage in man. Ideally, a formation suited to covering both a QB and RB running threat would stack 8 in the box, which leaves few extra men for the secondary.
2. Every defense eliminates broken tackles entirely.
3a. Every QB capable of running the read option at its fullest (both passing and running threats) gets severely injured.
3b. Every defense finds a way to keep the most athletic QBs in the league in the pocket 100% of the time.

Read option defense is all about assignment football. If you have a player out of position at the start of the play (usually the DE, the traditional "read" player), it's not the end of the world. Certainly, good coverage and crisp tackling are difficult to overcome no matter what formation you're running. The biggest obstacle for the read option down the stretch will be the long-term health of the QBs running it, not a magical formation that negates it, as the read option itself is not a formation. I have heard of some wrinkles. One is giving the DE a static assignment, thus making them "unreadable," but static assignments offer the unfortunate potential of placing the DE out of position in the event of a non-read option play (which is actually very likely to happen vs. Seattle and San Francisco). Really, you beat the read option by playing better football than the man you're matched up against.

To bring this full circle...

RG3, Kaepernick and Wilson will be figured out by the league at large:

Never, because the read option doesn't comprise the entirety of their playbooks (Seattle ran it less than 10% of the time) and they have the skill sets to adapt to other systems if need be. They're all good QBs with good skill sets and good work ethic. They will continue to be good, with or without the read option, health permitting.
 
Serious bummer for Peef: Jeremy Maclin was carted off today with what appears to be an ACL tear. Damn. This was during no contact 7-on-7s too.
 
Honestly, the craziest part to me is that I really don't seem to care. All four teams sucking is starting to take its toll. Pretty much the only thing I care about is re-signing Chase Utley at this point.
 
LemonMelon said:
That's definitely wishful thinking. You can only gameplan so thoroughly for a guy that talented. Injuries, sure. I do think he's the most likely of his draft class to have a big setback this year, but "defenses will figure him out" only applies to one dimensional passers like Vick. RG3 has one of the strongest arms in the league and a great completion percentage, plus he makes very few mistakes. And benefits the running game.

I'd say Wilson has the greatest potential of being merely ok. He's too disciplined to fall off completely, but I could see him settling into the background. In general though, I think all of these QBs are the real deal.
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Let's get one thing straight... NFL defenses figure EVERYONE out, no matter how talented they may be. It's those who adjust to the adjustments who survive in the league.
 
He's put on 15 pounds since last season, and he was already somewhat above league average for his position.
 
It's certainly a bad angle (there's a photo of him looking leaner while riding a bike from just a couple of days ago), but he has definitely added some girth. As long as he is still spinning, though, I'd imagine he'll help them out up there.
 
I'll say this again:

GAF is one of the most upbeat and optimistic sports fans I have ever met, no exaggeration. This makes his hatred of Minnesota teams as well as the Packers even more potent, in my eyes. I love it. I love football. I love sports.
 
The fact that GAF remains one of the more prolific posters in the MLB thread, despite this being one of the worst years in the history of Chicago baseball, definitely earns my respect.
 
I guess that's why they drafted Franklin in the fourth.

Physique aside, I'm hearing reports that Lacy's looking good in training camp. So is James Starks for that matter, so who knows what the hell that really means.
 
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