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He wasn't too inaccurate. And, he didn't throw a whole lot of INT's. You are making him out to be a cross between Favre and Tebow.
And, that was Tom Landry's offense, not Reeves. Steve Watson referred to that system as the Edsel system. He said something about how Reeves was more concerned with protection than attacking a defense, and there would be times where only three receivers would go out into the pattern.
In the Sept. 2, 1984 issue of SI (in the extra points section), Ex-49er TE Eason Ramson (traded to Denver in the off-season) basically said how confusing the Dallas system was. Another Bronco player (unidentified) said that there was no rhyme or reason to the offense, and that it was too much memorization. Also, Ronnie Lott said something about how Elway would be one of the passing leaders in the NFL if he was in their offense.
Also, here are the offensive rankings in points and scoring for those Giant and Falcon teams he coached:
Giants
1993: 288 points (18th), 5,145 yards (10th)
1994: 279 points (22nd), 4, 316 yards (28th, or last)
1995: 290 points (24th), 4,483 yards (29th)
1996: 242 points (28th), 3,942 yards (30th)
Falcons
1997: 320 points (18th), 4,716 yards (23rd)
1998: 442 points (4th), 5,487 yards (7th)
1999: 285 points (23rd), 4,542 yards (27th)-J
2000: 252 points (27th), 3,994 yards (30th)
2001: 291 points (23rd), 5,070 yards (15th)
2002: 402 points (5th), 5,535 yards (14th)
2003: 299 points (20th), 4,357 yards (29th)-V
J-Lost Jamal Anderson for season
V-Lost Vick for 12 games
As you can see, not a pretty picture.