texasPHINSfan
Pro Bowl
For all you people upset about Ricky's leaving, please know that i was frustrated at first too...
Then i looked at the numbers. Numbers don't lie.
2000 phins (pre-Ricky, W/Fiedler) 11-5 (14th in NFL in yds rushing)
2001 phins (pre-Ricky, W/Fiedler) 11-5 (23rd in NFL in yds rushing)
2002 phins (with Ricky, Fiedler) 9-7 (2nd in NFL in yds rushing)
2003 phins (with Ricky, Fiedler) 10-6(8th in NFL in yds rushing)
my prediction for 2004 is either 10-6 or another 11-5 season. Why? When we had Ricky, he was great, but he made us one-dimensional. Teams KNEW where we were coming from, what the whole plan of attack was. Now we don't have him, the other teams won't know where to start when planning for us.... it will give us that edge we haven't seen since the 2001 season.
If someone else has already brought this up, i apologize, have been out of town for awhile. But i think its VERY worth mentioning. Flipside to this in the quarterback thing.... teams might know what to expect from Fiedler, but don't know anything about Feely. If he is named the starter, thats one more variable that works to our advantage.
thoughts?
-tex
Then i looked at the numbers. Numbers don't lie.
2000 phins (pre-Ricky, W/Fiedler) 11-5 (14th in NFL in yds rushing)
2001 phins (pre-Ricky, W/Fiedler) 11-5 (23rd in NFL in yds rushing)
2002 phins (with Ricky, Fiedler) 9-7 (2nd in NFL in yds rushing)
2003 phins (with Ricky, Fiedler) 10-6(8th in NFL in yds rushing)
my prediction for 2004 is either 10-6 or another 11-5 season. Why? When we had Ricky, he was great, but he made us one-dimensional. Teams KNEW where we were coming from, what the whole plan of attack was. Now we don't have him, the other teams won't know where to start when planning for us.... it will give us that edge we haven't seen since the 2001 season.
If someone else has already brought this up, i apologize, have been out of town for awhile. But i think its VERY worth mentioning. Flipside to this in the quarterback thing.... teams might know what to expect from Fiedler, but don't know anything about Feely. If he is named the starter, thats one more variable that works to our advantage.
thoughts?
-tex