Let The Scoring Begin !

Herman has run out of excuses. Two years ago, the season was blamed on Ted Cottrell and his defensive. So, he got the boot and was replaced by Donnie Henderson. The defensive was much improved. (There was also a bunch of player changes as well).

Now for the 2nd year in a row (well, really 4 years), we had a pathetic offensive. So, the next coordinator to go was Paul Hackett. Yes…there is a lord. It's time to put up some points.
In comes Mike Heimerdinger from the Titans. Now, it is time to open up this offensive. Here are the steps to get the offensive moving.

Step #1: Sign Lamont Jordan and promise him that he will be a big part of the offensive.

Step #2: USE Lamont Jordan. He does us no good being on the sideline. He should be getting at least 12 to 15 touches per game because he can break the big one. This also gives Curtis more rest on his legs that are now one year older.

Step #3: Implement a Shot Gun play into the offensive scheme. We were the ONLY team in the league NOT to run a shot gun all year. If we did maybe ONE, I definitely missed it. This will give Chad an extra second or two to find the open receiver.

Step #4: Use your tight ends. Anthony Becht may not be around but whoever is here, you MUST get this person involved. We can not have a tight end that is solely a blocker. We need one that can make the tough catch and then maybe run for a few yards instead of falling right down. Free Agent Bubba Franks would be a great addition.

Step #5: Be more aggressive and less conservative. From what I am reading about Heimerdinger, this is a given. There should be no more plays on 3rd & 8 where you pass the ball for 2 yards to the side line.

Step #6: Open up the field. You MUST take a few shots per game at the BIG PLAY. Look what happened in the San Diego game. Chad goes back to pass and hits Moss for a beautiful pass for a TD. That was pretty.

Step #6: Get McCariens his 100 yard game already. He still has not had one of these days in his NFL Career. Use him across the middle for the tough catch.

Step #7: Hit Santana Moss on crossing patterns in stride. It would be nice to have him catch the ball at FULL SPEED and see what he can do.

Step #8: It looks like Chrebet will not be back. We will need either a new 3rd Down Receiver OR we must sign / draft a big STUD wide receiver already.

Step #9: Stop being so predictable. Our new Offensive Coordinator needs to mix it up. When we can sit in the seats and know the play (yupppp…Curtis with the draw for 2 yards or the 2 yard out to Moss), something is wrong. Worse, is when John Madden, who sees 1 or 2 Jets games a year knows what play we are going to run.

Step #10: Use the fullback a bit more like we did in the Richie Anderson days. Sowell is a great FB when they use him.

I've been waiting for Hackett to be gone for 4 years already. This is a great change and I just can't wait until August to see how it works. Let the SCORING begin !