(08-15-2021, 06:18 AM)rpr52121 Wrote: Why are people making such a big deal out of things like run pass balance and play calling. No one gameplays for Preseason Game 1. Most of the time the plays are scripted with minimal deviation even if they defense is giving look that would normal result in a check or audible to different play.

Unless we know what the Jaguars were trying to work on for each play and series, we will have not way to judge much of what was seen other than basically awareness and if players won doing their job verses the Browns personnel.

On top of all that, Meyer has never had a real preseason before "where everything is made up and the points don't matter", because for the semi-equivalent games in college, the points still matter in those games.

Of course nobody game plans for preseason.

Nevertheless, one of the goals of the preseason is to get through the preseason healthy.  Having an imbalanced approach when you have an OL not adept at pass blocking invariably increases the risk to the QB.

Furthermore, I still don't know what offensive approach the team will take during the regular season.  I don't know if the imbalance will continue into the regular season, or if the imbalance in this case was attributable to the team trying to achieve particular evaluation objectives.

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