Bowles isn't Rex. I guess we'll see, but I have faith in his ability to allow (or attempt to allow) the offense to flourish and to not let a dominant D get in the way of that.
It has to be better for wideouts to fact anybody but Revis. He is renowned for the way his game carries over to the practice field. I would think a QB would get some relief from facing a different guy on game day,too. Our O Line is not a premier group so they are going to lose the trenches most practice days.
Well they have 7 on 7 reps and they do have reps with mismatches that favor offenses. So it's not like there's no path to consistency.
thats how i always saw it as well. even growing up and in high school ball, the majority of setting up the offense was done against a d that was just "going through the motions" so to speak. they reacted to the play, but didnt break it up, as to give the offense a feel for where the D would be on the field as well. we didnt go live for a bit, except for the basics. the D was ALWAYS ready first, but held back in the beginining to let the offense click
I think it'll help them they're seeing the best they'll see in 2015 every day when they face other teams for real they should be ready for anything. For the O it'll come down to how improved the QB play is and what Bowles standards at QB are. If it's the same cr@p we've seen since 2009 not much will change. I believe things got so bad under Rex that there's only one way to go.
I think the inverse is true too. Look at last season with Geno throwing against scurbs in practice. Come game day he threw for 500 yards almost every game. I think...right?
I think this happened with Rex Ryan. He loved coaching his defense so much that he shell shocked his QBs. His QBs would play well against teams that had similar aggressive defenses, but make mind boggling mental errors in low pressure situations. If you look at the stats, it's kind of backed up. Geno Smith and Mark Sanchez gave about the exact same rookie performance overall and against Rob Ryan and Mike Pettine they both did well. I wrote about this on Medium: But I'm less concerned that this type of problem will occur now that Todd Bowles is at the helm.
I think the answer to the question lies in the character of the men taking the field on the offensive side of the ball.
I don't think so. I've also read mostly that the offense has won a few battles, so I'm not sure it's true that the D has been THAT much better than the O. End of day, it comes down to the offense either has talent or doesn't. How good the defense is in practice doesn't matter.
OTA's mean nothing. When they start to hit and block and rush and whatnot in camp it'll be a different story. Hopefully the offense steps up and doesn't get swallowed otherwise I find it hard to see them recover from that so hopefully it will be balanced with the offense winning more than just a couple battles.
