Comments on: The Myth of the No. 1 Wide Receiver

By: davedallasfan

davedallasfan — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:33:52 +0000

a comment i made on the landryhat, our cowboy blog was that speaking of a # 1 wr; if your ground game can flourish with westbrook and mccoy, mcnabb can throw 25 tds, does anyone really care who he throws them too? that formula spells victory, who cares if it produces a #1 wr? i’m a huge fantasy footballer and that is the only place i’ve ever seen that a #1 wr matters. you can win a nfl championship withouit one.

By: Scott Tunstall

Scott Tunstall — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:26:25 +0000

Well said, dave. Balance is the key. Big time receivers will help you score points, but a solid run game keeps defenses honest. This has been Philly’s problem under Reid. The offenses have always been high scoring, but the run/pass ratio often gets out of whack. So, when the pass game falters, they have nothing to fall back on. Hopefully, the additions of Peters, S. Andrews and Weaver will make them more physical in the run game.

By: davedallasfan

davedallasfan — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:10:01 +0000

i seriously think that one of the major reasons that owens and mcnabb had the problems were the same that caused his departure in dallas. he wanted the ball…..all the time. this is not the way you win games. you run first, play good D. that gives you strength and time to dictate the rest of your game plan on the football field. that’s not me just blowin smoke out my ass, that is the coaching philosophy of some of the greatest coaches in the history of the league. that is the one aspect of this historic game that has’nt changed? yeah, it’s been tweaked, but that run game never goes away. owens, as great as he is, can’t win games himself. mcnabb loves to spread it around. this caused un-contentment on owens’ part leading to a complete selfish tantrum that lead to his demise in philly. we all know that. alot of so called #1 wrs can develop this attitude. owens just on such a higher level. this is why basically he was let go in dallas as well. he was a great weapon in the offense, but he was also in the same sentence, a distraction to the rest of the talent we have on this team. and now with an emerging dominant running game, who needs a #1 wr screaming for the ball constantly. if your O goes in that direction, fine. dallas is not. we did’nt win that way, so it’s time for a change. nyg won with a run based/D team. pitt did it too. so there you go stats don’t lie. good points scott. mbIII, i see your points as well, but we can win with what we have now, and philly will be a better team without that #1 wr for D’s to focus on. this is THE POINT. if you give a good D-coordinator one thing to take away, he will, leaving your offense one dementional. if you spread it out, they can’t focus on one thing, thus making all your weapons more potent. (ala…jason witten). he’s not a #1 wr type, he’s not even a wr, but look at what he means to our O. see the picture?