Usually when a team is struggling, much of the fan criticism will focus on the play calling.  Mostly,  fans will complain about it being too conservative, but so far this year, it's gone to the other extreme...that the team isn't running enough and that there's too many low percentage deep passes.  While I believe there is legitimacy to this critique, I  saw a video that makes me wonder if that complaint fully encapsulates the problems with the offense.

J.T. O Sullivan was a former NFL backup QB who does a feature on YouTube called QB School, where he breaks down film of QBs and offers analysis.  He broke down all of the first round QB prospects in this past draft.  A couple of days ago, he reviewed Trevor Lawrence's game against Denver.

Watch the part where he discusses the first INT...the attempt to Farrell.

Here's the link.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gAWkYBVWyzg

I am not sure what to think.

On that play, Farrell was wide open initially, and Trevor seemed late with the pass enabling the S to come over to make the pick.  However, O Sullivan points out a route like the one Farrell ran is often accompanied by the receiver to that side threatening the S with a post.  On the play, the Jaguars  WR ran an underneath route and never occupied that S, enabling him to break on the ball.

If play design is a problem on that play, how many other plays are we running that are poorly or otherwise not optimally designed? If we are running the occasional poorly designed play, what other issues could they cause over the course of a series or game?

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