The Burrall Blog – Offenses Off

11/2/09 – 10:34 AM

You may have been shocked that the Broncos were knocked from the unbeaten ranks by the Baltimore Ravens, but consider that the Ravens could just as easily be 5-2 or 6-1 as they are 4-3.  Besides, only 200 yards of offense won’t win you very many games in the NFL (unless you have Tony Ginn run back two kicks for touchdowns in the same quarter).

It’s very difficult to go unbeaten in the NFL, and even as good as the Saints are, I don’t expect them to remain unbeaten.  Hey, even the almighty Patriots didn’t do it a couple of years ago.

And Wyoming Cowboy football has hit a little bit of a rough patch, with losses to Air Force and Utah.  The big reason is an offense that has lost its punch over those games.  Look, the only TD against the Utes was on a pass to Austyn Carta-Samuels.  Yes, it was fun, but it also isn’t a good sign when a play like that is the only scoring play.  The Cowboys’ defense fought really hard on Saturday, but was on the field a lot.  UW still must play BYU and TCU, so the offense will need to regain its consistency if it wants to be in a bowl game.