Which offense was better through 3 games?
Tampa beat only 1 team with a winning record – and that was because the Saints in the last game of the season decided to pull Brees and sent Chase Daniels in while at the Tampa 37 after a fumble recovery. Something that would never happen if the game was important.
Beating bottom of the draft order teams – with injured QBs or backup QBs or getting a 1pt win because of a missed extra point does not scream a GOOD OFFENSE.
The proof the “2010 form” wasn’t ever good – 2009 and 2011. Don’t be blinded by cheap Wins.

So we have a QB that can change plays. Can run. And has the brains to call a run play on 3rd and long. I really don’t think any other QB in the NFL would have called that play.

This is why I said earlier this week that I’m not worried. I KNOW this offense will start to “click” at some point. Offense is more complicated to learn than defense.

Both Schiano and Sullivan said they were going to rebuild from the ground up. It’s not their fault the “win now” fans chose to ignore that warning.

Freeman needs to perform better, period.

We would’ve won those games if our offense was in 2010 form to say the least.

@Joe
I swear you and the majority of Tampa fans are now expecting a top-level playoff-caliber team right off the bat. Losing by a touchdown on the road to the Giants and Cowboys – and being in the games till the very end is
Tampa experiencing growing pains. From the roster, to roles, to understanding how to play.
You need to look at the Giants to understand what Sullivan is doing with Tampa. It’s the most complicated offense in the NFL. There are pre- and post-snap reads and adjustments. It is not the Dallas “Run exactly 7 yards then turn” timing style offense. The QB and receivers have to be on the exact same page with how they are seeing the defense and make the same decisions.
It can take receivers on the Giants two or more years to understand it.

Eli is given several plays, and based on what he sees the defense doing, will choose one of them. Obviously, Freeman is not comfortable yet in his newest offense. At Dallas, with headset problems and in a time crunch he called a run play while the game was on the line on a 3rd and long. Hopefully he learns from that and starts thinking about what plays to call on his own if he has to do it again.
Another thing the Giants do is on run plays, the QB reads the defensive alignments, identifies the Mike, makes run checks, etc. It’s not “hand the ball off and let the rb make a play”.
Freeman is having to handle more responsibility than he had in previous seasons. It takes time to be completely comfortable.

What will happen is suddenly everything will CLICK, and you’ll be writing how everything was changed to produce the result when it was nothing but repitition until it was done right.

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