(09-19-2023, 03:00 PM)AnOldBrownie Wrote:

(09-19-2023, 02:55 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: I'd be looking to get ETN 16 carries or more ~20+ touches this Sunday

We tend to win when he gets hot. Gotta get him going.

Knock off half of the over-the-top clever stuff and gimmick/gadget plays.
Our more standard pass plays give defenses plenty to worry about and as folks are saying - utilize the TEs in the run game instead of a bunch of smoke and mirrors.

This offense can produce without needing a ton of flea-flicker-no-look-behind-the-back-pump-fake to-the-decoy-shovel-pass-to-the-kick-returner nonsense. Just line up and beat the damn guy across from you.

I don't think the coaching staff believes this with Harrison and Scherff on the right?   Trick plays need to be dialed up because the O-line is losing when it comes to man to man blocking.

If they didn't believe in them then why did the design razzle dazzle play go to their side of the field, not once, but, twice? The trick play with Kirk to Agnew was designed to be on the right side of the formation. Same for the backdoor screen they were looking to set up with Etienne that got shutdown by Jones with a batted pass. 

Why would you also risk a trick play with an already struggling offensive line? It takes even more time to get that to work and it leaves plenty of time for their front four to react and attack collectively. They just need to get back to the fundamentals and start overloading and stacking in one area of the field with their best personnel. 

Think of it as the exact same way a defense tries to attack our line. If they stack or send their blitzes predominately up the middle or to the right? They should be deliberately stacking, motioning, pulling and scheming right back to that point of attack to wear it down or get them to back off. 

You're not going to feel as comfortable sending or stacking two defenders over Fortner, Scherff and Harrison if I have a split backfield with Etienne, Strange and Engram all leaning towards that very same side of the formation. You could also make a case for stacking Kirk and Ridley together more often on one side of the field.

Those are your two best route runners on the team. Let them work actual razzle dazzle with their route running and make plays downfield or underneath. There's a lot of potential here. It's really looking like a case of maybe TOO much at their disposal. Kind of like when you buy too many cool gadgets and gizmos for your three year old for Christmas and his room is just a cluttered mess all over the floor.

Get back to some of the bread and butter plays. Simplifying the gameplan by overloading it to one side of the field to shorten the read and react time from snap to execution. It'll go a long way as the season progresses.

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