UGLY LOSS!!! Now questions to Ponder going forward.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by Arky

I see 4 offensive players and 1 defensive player. I bet the defensive player has a good OC.

The 5 guys I referenced lead the top 5 offenses. Some are offensive HCs and some are coordinators for non-offensive guys. The one who played defense is Steelers offensive Coordinator Randy Fichtner. So no, he doesn't have a good OC to cover for him, he IS the good OC covering for Tomlin.

Originally Posted by Arky

The idea here is if you've been around offenses all your life that this just might be your area of expertise.

Do you honestly think it's the short and low level playing careers of these guys that qualifies them to run offenses? This isn't the NBA where guys quit playing and are qualified to coach based on their playing knowledge. NFL coaching requires serious professional apprenticeship, and by the time you run and NFL offense you are operating on years of coaching experience, not what position you played in college (or the NFL).

And in today's NFL the old saying "those who can, do. And those who can't, teach" rules the day. These high powered offenses are being run by X and O nerds who are obsessed with football. Whether they played is all but irrelevant. NFL coaches are evaluated on how they coach, not on how they played. So, if you want to knock O'Brien then knock him for how he coaches now, not how he played (or didn't play) 25 years ago.

You're just plain wrong here.