(12-21-2023, 09:52 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

(12-21-2023, 09:47 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I'm not saying the play calling is perfect.  What I am saying is the play caller is severely handicapped by the physical weakness of our offensive line.  It's very hard to call pass plays that work consistently when the opposing team can shut down our running game so easily.  We become one-dimensional, the opposing team rushes the passer and covers the checkdown tightly, and play calling becomes really hard.

Yeah. It's like trying to build the rest of your home on a really bad foundation. Sure, you can get away with it for awhile, but, at some point, that foundation will cause something to slip, snap and tumble because it was never properly set to begin with.

There's only so much you can get away with here. Sure, statistically and EPA speaking, yes, we stand to have a better shot at running the football to the left side of the line Vs. the right side of the line. 

However, that eventually gets snuffed out, and, even when we run it over there? We're barely moving the needle. We're expecting Trevor Lawrence and Press Taylor to create this "Miraculous Stair" like they're inside the Loretto Chapel and it's just not happening, because, again, the foundation is just not there.