:Shakes Head:
The line is part of the problem.. but the problem is deeper IMO.
You have a team that telegraphs the play well ahead of the snap.. by sets. Although we seen some adjustments last week to that. When we run.. it is very clear that we are going to run, by set. Two backs.. Tight end heavy to the run side.. sometimes set, sometimes motions in.
Then we go to spread sets.. and they know we are going to pass...
This gives the pass rush the advantage, they can jump the snap and apply even more pressure to our aging tackles and they can set up the blitzes without much concern of the run.. draw or run from those sets to pause that pass rush and give the DC a thing or two to worry about in his blitz calls.
What else are the defenses doing.. watch Orakpo from Sunday.. they line up wide to put even more pressure on the tackles to get out of the stance, get deeper and more often than not; because they are aging and can't move their feet well enough then reach, put them in poor leverage positions.. making the rushers job easier as well. An occasional draw or run from those sets would help that as well.. forcing them to respect the defensive gaps and pull them in.. or watch us run up that split all day long. Doubt that.. watch the more athletic Bulaga handle that drop effectively verse Clifton.
We have tackles outside that are aging (starters), we have a left guard that at times has a loss of focus.. why give the defense any advantage over something we control.. play calling.
I have yipped about this for weeks.. we need not become a 50/50 club in run verse pass.. but we need to have it called enough to help balance it up some and assist our offensive line out. It is the art of when and out of similar sets that, in my opinion, is lacking.
The games within the games, utilizing your playcalling on offense to assist your weaknesses on a club.
"pack93z" wrote:
This is true.
I shouldn't be able to sit next to my friend, watch the game, and predict pass vs run with a 80% success rate.
Next to the packages, the personel shifts are so obvious, as well.
We go from a 3-wide set with Jennings - Jones - Driver - Jackson - Finley on one play to a 2 WR set with Nelson - Jones - Lee - Grant - Kuhn the next. And it's as good as never to catch them off guard. We don't throw out of that second formation and we don't run out of that first.
This team has so much potential to do creative stuff on offense. Why not empty box by going 4-wide, under center, with Jackson 5 yard deep.
They'll think twice before getting cute with the safeties. You don't let your safeties sneak up with Jennings going one on one on one side and Driver on the other. Especially not if your 3 and 4 are Nelson and Jones (Or Finley, when healthy). Take advantage of that receiving group and your great QB in more ways that just when passing. If the o-line is just halfway decent there, we should get some good yardage.
Take the inverted wishbone and pass out of it a couple of times. Just don't make it so fricken' predictable.