Well take away the 4 loses and we are undefeated..... What if's don't mean much. We have had two very winable games against so-so teams. We should be at 8-2, but we are 6-4 and 1/2 game out of the division lead instead of 2 games in the lead.
Exactly. And IF we ran the ball more, we don't know what happens. We may just get obvious and let the LBers crowd the box and force us into 3rd and longs. Maybe we get Deuce hurt more - he's still not 100%. What has all this pounding done for KC? Priest Holmes is gone and soon Larry Johnson will be gone. Payton's offense keeps Deuce healthy longer.
I'm not going to comment on the "why aren't we doing this" game. To the point, I comment on what I see. And what I saw was a great gameplan, great playcalling, but horrendous quarterback execution at the absolute worst time. Brees didn't check for the LB playing the hook-zone and got schooled, period. You don't just change your offensive philisophy 180 in the middle of the season, especially when you've established yourself as one of the most potent offenses in the league...