Walsh was obviously a genius, there is no dispute there.. but look at recent teams who have used west coast offense, as i said before the St louis rams.. they had marshall faulk as there running back, which made it plenty easy to pass or run with the threats they had.. this type of offense hasn't been done succesfully in years.. well at least a true west coast offense.. but you're finally catching on to what i've been trying to say.. when you mentioned a running game that is SUBPAR.. look at the patriots roster, and look at who made the pro-bowls the years that they won, or even had good seasons.. it was Brady a few times, corey dillon recently, maybe troy brown (haha) in 2001, and probably 2-3 defensive players, that's it.. POINT it that the pats were effective with SUBPAR players, with the exception of when dillon finally came along.. Belichick made his offense work with average joe receivers and average runners.. as much as the screen pass is boring and simple as hell, WHY FIX WHAT ISNT BROKEN.. it worked for them, and you can't talk negative about it cause it worked..

It's funny cause you'll have conversations with your friends, and they'll say wow Kurt Warner on the Ram's must've been good, but heck you could've thrown any average QB in that offense 'the greatest show on turf' and throw the ball downfield and you'd look damn good yourself.. Not to take anything away from manning cause he is brilliant, but if you had his receivers then you'd throw for touchdowns too.. and with the exception of this year, 2007, you could NEVER say that for Brady, and he still got the job done.. they were able to win with average talent, and it had to do with play calling.