I'm guessing they'll probably use him sparingly for this first game. But who knows, he might come right in and make an impact and play the majority of the frickin game. So exciting! [Reply]
Originally Posted by lcarus:
I'm guessing they'll probably use him sparingly for this first game. But who knows, he might come right in and make an impact and play the majority of the frickin game. So exciting!
Typically it takes two years to learn Reid’s system. He has a little bit of an edge having Childress as on OC previously. I’m guessing it starts out he has a few packages and is maybe told what route to run a few plays. He’ll start to play more and more each game though. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
So while I hope he helps and makes an impact, how much better can the offense really be or get?
The other team will need to be extremely lucky to not allow a touchdown on every drive. Puts more pressure on their offense, which our defense doesn't seem to be interested in doing themselves.
Even with as awful as the D has been, both losses would have been wins if we had a Gordon type guy to help close things out. Now we have one. [Reply]
Originally Posted by carcosa:
The other team will need to be extremely lucky to not allow a touchdown on every drive. Puts more pressure on their offense, which our defense doesn't seem to be interested in doing themselves..
Teams already go for it on 4th against us now anyway. But I get your point. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TEX:
Teams already go for it on 4th against us now anyway. But I get your point.
True. I just think it'll put opposing teams on edge, especially late in games. Maybe make them more prone to bad playcalls and mistakes.
The defense will still need to improve to "merely bad" for this team to get back to the Super Bowl, of course, but I really think Gordon's impact could be huge even though the offense is already historically good. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
And Philly absolutely cannot stop the run.
We have run the ball great two games in a row...it will be interesting to see how they grind against the Bills...didnt we smashmouth them last year? [Reply]
Promoting straight to 53 when he could have been called up for games from practice squad under the COVID rules is a strong sign that dude is really fit and ready to go. [Reply]