[RealRam]

Originally Posted by Nick

...Did the system suddenly just disappear into thin air?

Because last season, Marc Bulger threw for a career high 4,301 yards and 24 TDs with a QB rating of 92.9. Steven Jackson broke out into a star by leading the league and ranking fifth all time in all-purpose yards. Both Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce eclipsed the 1,000 yard mark.

I simply have a hard time believing they did all this without a capable system or in spite of a poor one. It would seem to me that we were able to achieve quite a bit of offensive efficiency in Linehan's system last year when we weren't ravaged by all of these injuries. Now we're practically fielding a new offensive line every week with skill position players in and out of the line-up, and the system is failing. Is that really all that surprising?

...The results of last season lead me to believe that there is something here that can work when we have the players to execute it.

A-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y! I concur 100% with this factual observation. No doubt the Rams offense players struggled at first to get 'the feel' before becoming productive but as Nick pointed out -- well justified I might add -- the accomplishments of our main players are directly related to the system.

...And not only as a result of their individual talent. Which simply makes me reject the idea that their achievements were mostly based on their skills and merits:

I would attribute the offense's success more to the fact that it was anchored by extremely talented skill position players, rather than a particular system. -- AvengerRam

No, no, no -- I don't think so.