Several teams in the league have been excellent with screens and some of them have used them pretty effectively on us late in the season. I think it is a lost art for some teams, including Miami.
Norv had a great "screen-passing" game going at Dallas. I look for a revival of the screen play this next year as one of the major additions to the game. We didn't really work on perfecting it last year, but if a team works on it enough and has great fundamentals, it can be an excellent and devastating play.
I think this is one of the reasons for the 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 RB set that Turner and Wanny have talked about on passing downs this year. With Ricky in the backfield and with McMichael still in the game and his blocking, the screen can be really effective. We might even get Donald Lee in their on occasion for McM, if his open field blocking is solid. This too gives teams another thing to think about and keeps them off-balance just enough to get a guy open. I think we can spring Ricky for some huge gains (as Priest Holmes did with KC) in the passing game as a result.
This offense, if healthy, is starting to look very awesome, imo. It's going to be the genius of Norv coming through. I'm pumped. Let's just get to that first game! I don't think I can wait 3 months!!!!!!! AHHHH!
Norv had a great "screen-passing" game going at Dallas. I look for a revival of the screen play this next year as one of the major additions to the game. We didn't really work on perfecting it last year, but if a team works on it enough and has great fundamentals, it can be an excellent and devastating play.
I think this is one of the reasons for the 3 WR, 1 TE, 1 RB set that Turner and Wanny have talked about on passing downs this year. With Ricky in the backfield and with McMichael still in the game and his blocking, the screen can be really effective. We might even get Donald Lee in their on occasion for McM, if his open field blocking is solid. This too gives teams another thing to think about and keeps them off-balance just enough to get a guy open. I think we can spring Ricky for some huge gains (as Priest Holmes did with KC) in the passing game as a result.
This offense, if healthy, is starting to look very awesome, imo. It's going to be the genius of Norv coming through. I'm pumped. Let's just get to that first game! I don't think I can wait 3 months!!!!!!! AHHHH!