Originally posted by Memphis9er:
Originally posted by eric_anthony:
It's gonna be more run heavy but when they do pass it won't just be over the middle or behind the line of scrimmage. Every blade of grass has to be accounted for and that includes deep down the sidelines.
Agreed. I was just talking about the guys claiming we were going to air it out now that Trey is starting. It's like thry don't know how our coach coaches. He could have the best passer in the history of the NFL and he'd still be a guy who wants to establish the run.
I'd count on Trey getting 20-25 passes a game if Shanahan has his way. The inexperience along the offensive line, combined with Trey still being a bit green dictate that. If we average much more than that, it will be because we are being forced to throw. I believe that is also why we moved on from the smaller backs to hooefully more durable ones.
I think they are going to play it like Pittsburgh did with Roethlisberger (hopefully without the rapey part), lean on the defense, running game, and special teams and give Trey all of the support they can. Which gives Trey the best chance to succeed.
I can definitely see Ben's first 4 seasons as the model for Trey. Once they won that Super Bowl, I saw them as a passing team with a bottomless pit of good receivers.