NFL: Interesting Article on Musgrave's "Predictable" offense in Minnesota

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(09-17-2011 11:48 AM)Peyton Wrote:  A person can make the "Mularkey isn't the problem" argument, and a person can make the "Ryan isn't the problem" argument, but a person can't make both of those arguments.

The offense is regressing and one of those guys is the reason why.

The difference between 2008 and 2010 is the following.

Todd Weiner vs. Sam Baker
Jerious Norwood vs. no one
Harry Douglas vs. hobbled Harry Douglas

Now, you still have Baker, arguably the worst left tackle in the NFL. You've replaced Norwood with Quizz. While he looks decent so far, he wasn't the ridiculous speedster Norwood was. You have Harry Douglas back in form, but you've replaced a very good RG in Harvey Dahl with first time starter Reynolds and our signal caller on the offensive line with a 2nd year, first time starter Joe Hawley.

Against the Bears, what killed us was getting behind early because our defense crapped the bed, our offensive line failing miserably to protect Ryan against just a four man rush. If you're getting that kind of pressure with just your down linemen, you'll kill any offense in the league easily. Heck, that's what shut down the greatest offense of all time in Superbowl 42.