(01-12-2024, 08:18 AM)Jags32250 Wrote:

(01-12-2024, 12:46 AM)Jag88 Wrote: If you call plays better, you can fool the defense which is what you are trying to do. That helps the running game. I’ve watched some of the best offenses going back to the redskins when they had monk, sanders, and Clark. I know offenses. I’ve watched the fun and gun with the gators and the great ball coach. This garbage play calling might fool some of you, but it’s not good enough or the jags would have made the play offs. When this team played with the lead, the wins were stacking up. That helped the defense. You have to score touch downs. I guess the 1000 wr screens a game that mostly didn’t work were more examples of great play calling. You have to pass the ball in the mid range. I understand the problems with the offense interior line. For some reason, the jags were able to overcome that in 2022 but not in 2023. Smh

Blocking helps the running game, period. When the other team knows you can’t run the ball, all your deep thinking above goes out the window. This is professional football, you aren’t fooling a pro D with “mid range” passing when you can’t run, how is this not obvious to you?

It's amazing how people cannot mentally absorb this very straightforward and simple idea- not being able to run kills everything on offense.  The response seems to be, "well, why don't they throw the ball instead?"  And then when that doesn't work, it's "why didn't they throw it better?"

I'll try again.   The difference between running successfully and not running successfully is 2nd and 6 vs 2nd and 12.  When 2nd and 12 happens over and over, we have to do something else.  But the defense knows this.  So they pin their ears back and rush the passer.  Now, when they do that, there's a lot less time for pass patterns to develop downfield, or for the QB to go through progressions.  It's going to be one read and throw it.  Because the QB has no time to do anything else.  And because the defense knows this, they don't need to give any cushion to the WRs.  They can cover tight.  And they make sure to cover the checkdown, because they know the QB is going to have to check it down.  At this point, can't run the ball, and WRs aren't getting open.  Checkmate.  All because we can't run the ball.  It's like boxing with one hand tied behind your back.  

And at this point, there's nothing the play caller can do.  The offense has no balance, and they can't set up play action, and when they do try to run the ball, they wind up with 2nd and long.  

Weak Center and OGs = handcuffed play caller.  

This is a really simple concept, but a lot of people on this message board can't seem to grasp it.

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