I'd like to see plays set up to "knock it out of the park" with the tight ends.
I'd like to see passes to Montgomery out of the backfield.
I'd like to see a shorter passing game in general.
If I never saw the "venerable" Aaron Rodgers throw the "bomb" again, I would be happy.

Originally Posted by: yooperfan 

Dumb question - if you never stretch the field, what's stopping safeties from playing up making your short to mid game much harder?

Originally Posted by: Porforis 

Dumb question - if you never stretch the field, what's stopping safeties from playing up making your short to mid game much harder?

Originally Posted by: Porforis 

True enough Porforis , but put downs and name calling don't really belong in this or any forum . A good solid point of view yes , yet put downs tend to distract from a well stated case .

As for stretching the field with long pass plays , IMO , there are two ways that a WR gets open for the long pass : (1) be fast enough to get separation from his defender , (2) be cleaver enough to trick/fool his defender (like Nelson) .

With Nelson and another "home run" fast receiver to defend , GB's passing game will progressively become one of the NFL's best. In addition , the running game should be good enough to keep oposing defenses honest .

As for those that don't see the value of a FB like Ripkowski , he remains GB's best blocking back in the tradition of John Kuhn and William Henderson . [boxing]

Originally Posted by: Smokey 

Sorry if my phrasing wasn't clear - I wasn't meaning to call you or any other poster or their idea dumb, was meant as a more casual usage of the term dumb directed at myself. Perhaps something like "Silly question" would have been more accurate, or maybe it's a regional or generational thing too - I'm just used to people saying "dumb question" in situations where the question isn't actually dumb. Who knows!

Anyways, I think we're both more or less in agreement. I think we need to throw downfield some to keep defenses honest but I think (especially at some points) we do it too much.

Originally Posted by: Porforis