[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by O.city

The rules are geared to throw the ball in the NFL right now, you have to score to win. Passing is now the easiest way to score.


I hope we run the ball well this year, and we should. But Cassel is gonna need to throw for more than 200 yards per game if we are gonna be as good as some think we will be.

Serious question... but considering Cassels lack of perfornance in the past, having Charles back and Hillis now, does he really need to? Obviously it would be great if he does throw for those kind of yards but if you can play ball control offense and score while eating clock and keeping the ball away from the opponent isn't that still a good way to win?

Seems to be that with good corners and safteys we should be able to keep the opposition mostly under control if they want to pass all day. Sure you'll have a big play now and then... but overall it seems we have the personnel to keep that in check for the most part. Maybe I'm wrong.

If our db's can do their job most of the time and we can control the ball throught the running game and score touchdowns more often than field goals then Cassel doesn't need to be great.

Excuse the overly-simplistic viewpoint.