Is the Todd Haley offense finally coming to life?

Does it appear that Todd Haley's offensive system is finally starting to gel? I didn't get to watch the game today but by all accounts it seems like there was a definitive strategy with regard to offensive gameplanning. Even though Bell didn't have a great day, 22 carries would indicate that we continued to pound the rock to keep the defense honest and I like the fact that several players, including Johnson and Cotchery, can be found in the stat line. And Ben and AB were apparently clicking today.

I'd be interested to hear from those who watched the game. Is the Haley system finally developing into an effective offensive machine?

 

Eh...some of it might be his play calling...some of it Ben...who knows...but its nowhere near a complete package at this point. The first few drives were great...then they sucked for a while and then showed some better plays at the end. Meh! hahah

 

Who designed today's game plan ... Haley, Ben, or Tomlin ??

 

Mostly hurry up which also helped the O bog down in my opinion. Still not enough mixing things up, but a win is a win. I would like to see more of a setting them up style which is what we did when it looked looked like a wr screen but cotchery turned it upfield and saw some misleading in other spots. Need to get Will more involved... Need more of some keep em guessing coming. I'd also like to see the O line drop anchor push people back for a change in obvious run situations. Sure they are a rag tag bunch, but need to hammer it home now and then!

 

Not until they can run the ball. though it would be nice if the D was playing as well as the O

 

I had a gut feeling a good bit of the no huddle was on Ben. Hey...maybe they can just get an OC to organize stuff, create a playbook with Ben and company and let Ben call a lot of the plays...kinda like Manning does in Denver for the most part. Then the majority won't complain about the OC...hahaha!

 

I kept saying during the game where is Will Johnson at...he can be part of the passing game...and help open up lanes in the running game. And that TD to Cotchery I think is a variation of that "Fall Asleep Fade" that they did I think it was last week...where they did the same formation twice...first time run...second time when the DB looked in the backfield (once Cotchy was starting to block) Cotch took off and caught the TD. 2 nice little plays.

 

Maybe Harold from the mailroom?

 

We had some good plays. We bog down for a minute there. But the first and goal when we came away with a field goal made me almost lose my tv.

I was calling that fake wr screen to the receiver then to the other receiver on the 4th down play. But I guess I'm glad they did it for a touchdown.

 

No running game and our red zone efficiency is awful. Until those things improve, we're still going to struggle to outscore some teams in the league, especially with our defensive problems

 

It's Whiz's offense

 

say goodbye to haley

 

I'm still trying to figure out why it has to be one or the other. If Haley isn't performing up to task, then yes, he needs to go, but why is it Ben or Haley? Is there some reason they can't co-exist? Players shouldn't be able to run coaches out of town, ever!

 

I still say if you give Ben more control of the offense, the more interested and manning like he will become when he gets away from the facility and coaches. And I mean manning like as in peyton studying and film watching all the time...

 

Not sure what makes you think that was the case. Even when BA was here, Ben didn't put in a lot film time, according to BA.

 

I saw a shot of Haley talking to Ben on the sidelines and it looked to me like he said something to the effect of "Let's do...". There was another shot of Ben coming out to the huddle later on and he looked back to the sidelines with a "are you kidding me" look and then called the play.

 

True.

 

I remember that. Me and the other Steelers fan in the bar were chuckling because we thought it was a run play on 3rd and long.