is it both. I lean more to the system and in the right system you can put up Hall of Fame statistics. I believe Eli is a great QB in his own right, but the Alex Smith's of the League can be made out to be Pro Bowlers in the right system. In Gilbride's system( which won 2 SB's) was high risk high reward
and interceptions
his numbers in the other 27 games, in that frame are 43 TD's 15 ints.
It is a combination of the system and Eli
How many times in 18 games played in McAdoo's offense have we seen the WR go one way Eli throw the other? NONE. The difference is you have Eli running a system where he would have had 9 picks last year sans the weird SF cluster flunk. And this year he isn't throwing a pick.
And you have all timer Rodgers running a mirror scheme at a 4:1 TD ratio, and 50 TD and 4 INT in his last like 20+ games in GB at home.
A great QB in a great system makes for great results.
And stupid systems created stupid outcomes, no matter the operator. Eli made Gilbride's offense look about as good as it could have looked, which most times was inconsistent at best, but in the 5% of the time it hummed along, it was difficult to stop -- and for that, there's something to be said -- but the inconsistency and bonehead mistakes it creates was beyond maddening. A lesser QB would have been chewed up and spit out of the NFL, and I remain adamant even Peyton would look like shit in the Coughbride offense.
IMO if Eli is in the GB offense his whole career he's at minimum a 30 TD 10-12 INT QB his entire career, with even a decent supporting cast. It is not shocking he's doing this at all, for those paying attention.
When the offensive line failed, the offense was dead in the water.
We could have adjusted. We didn't utilize more 3 step drops until we were like 0-4 or 0-5. We kept trying to run our 5 and 7 step drops and we were getting killed doing that.
I liked Gilbride and respected what he brought. I prefered him over Hufangel, but I am glad we changed to this system.
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and the plays took time to develop for the WR's to get downfield.
When the offensive line failed, the offense was dead in the water.
We could have adjusted. We didn't utilize more 3 step drops until we were like 0-4 or 0-5. We kept trying to run our 5 and 7 step drops and we were getting killed doing that.
I liked Gilbride and respected what he brought. I prefered him over Hufangel, but I am glad we changed to this system.
I'm not sure exactly how much they could have adjusted on the fly, as that would have meant a complete change of philosophy.
Eli had to relearn new footwork as part of the switch to this system. No small feat I'm sure (pun intened).
I like this offense and I still want to see what happens when people are all healthy.
I like this offense and I still want to see what happens when people are all healthy.
I like it too, and I wanted to see Eli in another system before it was said and done.
That said, if Reese had done his job and kept a viable offensive line together, we still could have continued our roll, IMO.
That was one of the things I wanted to see as well. I would have been pissed if Eli would have been in the previous system for his whole career. Iam glad to see him in this system.
I think for Eli to add to his resume to get into the HOF, another SB win will seal it, but compiling stats will help him too. I don't think we have a talented team to win a SB, so hopefully in the meantime he can add yards, and Tds to his resume.
That was one of the things I wanted to see as well. I would have been pissed if Eli would have been in the previous system for his whole career. Iam glad to see him in this system.
I think for Eli to add to his resume to get into the HOF, another SB win will seal it, but compiling stats will help him too. I don't think we have a talented team to win a SB, so hopefully in the meantime he can add yards, and Tds to his resume.
But that's where they really failed. The cracks started to show as early as 2009. Diehl and O'hara specifically really started to decline. Snee and McKenzie were on the verge.
The line was failing across the board and it was neglected way before the SB year. 3 of our 5 starting linemen were drafted or signed by Accorsi in that SB.
And if you think about it like that, and that it took us until 2014 to legitimately address it, to me, that's the type of failure that costs you your job.
Neither here nor there. Here we are, and I like what I'm seeing so far. Even though the line is still a problem.
I'm happy to see a new system, but was disappointed it cost Gilbride his job. Like Britt, I blame management for taking too long to address it with the necessary FA/draft pick investment. IIRC, we allocated the second most cap dollars to the line in 2013 - but it was on older, past their prime players who never should have been counted on.
I'd argue that 2011 (which had an absolutely awful line until the playoffs) fed into that thinking as well.
I don't know that's the case definitively either...
But it's Reese's job to aquire the players, and Coughlin's job to coach them.
To me, we weren't aquiring adequete players.