The Football Source - Michael Lombardi

I'm sure every Sports Guy (Simmons) fan is now a Michael Lombardi fan. Simmons has him on probably once a week to talk football. I like Lombardi thanks to the Simmons podcast. Here's a snapshot of the common sense approach Lombardi takes:

I heard all the talk last season about how the Lions were going to go back and be a run team, that getting rid of Martz would allow them to protect the ball, run more and manage the game in a more efficient way. Well, how did that work? The Lions lost all 16 games, but I promise you, had Martz been the offensive coordinator last year, they would have won a game or two. In Detroit, the offensive theory after firing Martz is the same theory now in San Francisco. The team wants to return to a running game, but all they return to is a bad offense. The 49ers don’t want to throw the ball more than 30 times and they want to establish the run. This is the same organization that invented the west coast offense built on the theory that you have to throw the ball to run. Establishing the run only means you are kicking field goals.

You can read the rest of the story at The National Football Post.