(09-21-2019, 10:57 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(09-21-2019, 09:57 AM)WingerDinger Wrote: I can't wait to get Oliver involved in the passing game..

Me too. 

Having seen Minshew for three weeks now and taking note of his ball placement, I think that TE seam route will not be a great challenge for him to drop in accurately. DeFilippo said in preseason he wants to move Oliver all over the formation to create mismatches.  This could add up to some big chunk yardage plays if the rook can get healthy.

I think we should switch to a zone-blocking scheme for running the ball. It's painfully obvious we don't have the requisite power in our Guards to run power/gap schemes (which sucks because that plays directly to Fournettes strengths). We're going to have to manufacture production in the run game and I think a change in approach as far as philosophy may yield results. Fournette was actually really good in college at reading outside zone plays, just make one cut and go.

Everyone that's blaming fournette is putting the cart before the horse. Norwell got WHIPPED by the Tacks front 7, Fournette was hit in the backfield as soon as he took the handoff on about half the running plays we ran, the other times the crease the play was designed to create on power-O was either miniscule or non-existant ... we just dont blow anyone off the ball, if we can't move them off the line of scrimmage we can't call gap plays.

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