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Even if you have a maxim of "throwing as much as possible while still maintaining efficiency", it doesn't suggest any fixed ratio of run/pass. Given the multiplicity of factors within a game (roster/matchup/situation/weather/etc) it's virtually impossible to make a determination about what the right ratio might be with any real confidence.

It's a reasonable principle, but it's no basis for criticism unless you assume you have perfect information and knowledge of the unknowable (what might have occurred had something else happened). 

Mularkey might be running the perfect run/pass ratio for this team and you couldn't possibly prove otherwise.

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1 minute ago, Cyrus said:

Mularkey might be running the perfect run/pass ratio for this team and you couldn't possibly prove otherwise.

If you can't attack the efficiency and production the volume of passes is all that's left, regardless of how hollow and meaningless

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Here are the top 10 QBs by passer rating along with their attempts per game, points per game and overall record.

Obviously Prescott shows you can have the 4th best passer rating and best record in the league while averaging the least attempts of the QBs included.

Brees shows you can have the 3rd best passer rating and most attempts per game while having the worst record of the bunch.

 

Our offense is top 7 in the league or better in yards per game, points per game and 3rd down efficiency.  Sure, there is room for improvement and I see no reason it won't continue to improve as Marcus gets more experience and we add additional players, etc.  However, to win more games, the defense and ST are going to have to improve.  Throwing more isn't going to do it by itself.  

 

Player                    Attempts/G    Rating    Points/G     Record
Brady                        36.6            116.7        26.6            9 - 2
Ryan                         34.5            114.3        32.5            7 - 4
Brees                        41.5            109.1        30.4            5 - 6
Prescott                    30.9            108.6        28.7           10 - 1
Mariota                     31.5            101.9        25.7            6 - 6
Cousins                    39.7            101.4        25.5            6 - 4 - 1
Carr                          38.5            100.5        27.9            9 - 2
Roethlisberger         37.3               99.5        24.2            6 - 5
Stafford                    35.5               99.3        22.5            7 - 4
Bradford                   34.8              98.3        19.8             6 - 5


 

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This is why the defense has to be fixed and built into a strength:

But one dynasty loomed larger than the rest.

Three teams in the top seven belonged to Bill Walsh. This cluster of San Francisco teams proves that the great genius Walshwas not that he popularized the West Coast offense. No, the great genius of Walsh was that he popularized the West Coast offense while creating arguably the greatest (and certainly most underappreciated) defensive dynasty in history.

For 17 straight years, the 49ers never surrendered more than 300 points in a season and they consistently produced very low Defensive Passer Ratings, usually among the very best in the NFL.

Let's put it into statistical context: the 49ers won five titles not because they had Joe Montana and Steve Young. The 49ers won five titles because they had Montana and Young and consistently paired these great passers with the best pass defenses in football.

 

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53 minutes ago, Jonboy said:

Wow this debate is really still ongoing? 

Man, the bye week sucks. 

If you block or ignore Jamal's posts it's actually a pretty good discussion

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