Quote:I'm more interested in the Titans 1983 style offense. For years they have reminded me of the Jags, but a few years behind in their rebuild. They are going to try and be a smash mouth football team, like we were when MM was here.


2 things. 1- Can you think of anyone that still wins with this style? (I'm being serious with that question)


2- if they really think Mariota is as good as they say, why are they looking like they are going to run the ball 45+ times a game?


I'm not saying they can't be good, I just don't see how this style translates into the modern NFL

Seattle wins by pounding the ball like that.  Granted, they incorporate read options that weren't utilized in 1983, but they have won by being a relatively run heavy team.  The year SF and Baltimore played in the SB, both teams ran the ball frequently.

 

As to your second question, you can have a good QB with a run heavy attack.  The Steelers had such an identity early in Big Ben's career.  The 1990s Cowboys were another team like that, with Aikman and Emmitt Smith and that great run blocking OL.  The on stretch where Jeff Fisher actually had any sort of sustained success is when he had a run heavy attack with Steve McNair.

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