Man, I loved the Run-n-Gun Oilers. They were a joy to watch. But they seemd to be snakebit in the playoffs. The other time they lost to the Broncos - if Heywood Jeffries would have caught that ball in the end zone instead of dropping it they would have advanced.
A team whose standard offensive set includes four wide receivers, no tight ends and one running back is not geared to do the one thing that is absolutely necessary come playoff time (particularly if they play on the road outside in cold weather) . . . RUN THE BALL.
Even if such a team is capable of mounting successful drives in poor weather conditions, they are pretty much incapable of doing something else that is key in any NFL game . . . RUN OUT THE CLOCK BY KEEPING THE BALL ON THE GROUND. It's no coincidence that this "run & gun" offense is most vividly remembered for blowing an enormous second-half lead in a playoff game.
You ain’t kidding. The Run & Shoot. Moon, Jeffries, Givens, White, Roser, Highsmith. With heart breaking playoff losses agains the Broncos (2), Bills (2), Steelers, Seahawks and Chiefs. Every year we where in the playoffs and every year it was a heartbreaking loss, whether it was the final freaking drive (ala Elway) or that cluste %$&* of a game against Buffalo. If I ever see that SOB Jim Eddie he better run, and I don’t mean the prevent freak’n defense, I mean he better run for his life.