? about our new staff

[painekiller]

I was looking at this last night.

Our new staff on offense:

Rick Dennison: from the houstontexans.com

With Dennison at the helm, Denver's offense averaged 350.5 yards per game from 2006-08 and rushed for 124.4 yards per game, averaging 4.6 yards per carry. Despite starting a rookie at left tackle and a second-year player at right tackle in 2008, the Broncos offense gained 6,333 yards to rank second in the NFL and the offensive line allowed a franchise-record-low 12 sacks on the season.

In 2007, Denver was fourth in the NFL in yards per play (5.7) and was fifth in the league in yards per rush (4.6). In 2006, Dennison's first season at the helm of the offense, Denver ranked fifth in the NFL with an average of 360.4 yards per game.

Dennison guys moved the ball. But they had a problem scoring, #17 in '06 with 19.9 pts /game, #21 in '07 with 20 pts /game, and in '08 #16 with 23.1 pts /game. BY comparison the Texans where #12 in '06 with 23.
7 pts /game, #28 in '07 with 16.7, and #12 in '08 with 23.7 pts /game.

Also add Greg Knapp, he has been in Atlanta, #16 in scoring in '04, #14 in scoring in '05, and #25 in scoring in '06. He then guided the inept Raiders for two years, something I am not going blame him for the issues there, but they where still on the bottom. In Seattle last season they were #25 in scoring.

Granted Knapp has been on teams with little talent outside the early Atlanta teams. But not exactly, another scoring genius here.

What do all these guys have in common? They all believe in running the ball is how to win.

Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't most "experts" calling the NFL a pass first league now? Guys like New England, New Orleans, Indy have set the bar. Name the stud RB on these teams, there isn't one. Not that they can not run, nor will they not run, they run by using the pass to set them up. The difference is in the attitude of the coaches, Kubiak seems to want to prove he is a running HC, and they just worry about scoring any way the defense will give them.

Now I will give it to Kubiak that we need a red zone runner who can score, our best was ranked 31st with 4 TDs, Moats. Off track here Baltimore might be willing to get rid of Willis McGahee who had 12 tds on 34 yds/gm, that puts us into the playoffs.

Where am going here? I am worried we are going to be the same team again, we are not going to be better than average with only average coaches, an below average OL, no red zone scoring threat. And we extended this HC?

What do I want? I want Kubiak to have an epiphany, in the Red Zone go to the spread, leave AJ in the game, create mismatches and legal picks, called rubs, and spread the ball around.

Draft some stud interior offensive linemen, and play them, find a mix that works like it does between the 20's, where Kubiak's and his guys rule.