(08-03-2024, 12:07 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(08-03-2024, 07:17 AM)rpr52121 Wrote: I do wonder if we give Doug too much of a free pass on these aspects.

Yes Doug won a SB in 2018, but that 6 seasons ago. Offense styles, schemes, and play calls change quickly in the league and often become less successful in a few years. Even after the finishing stretch with Jags and Trevor in 2022. Teams adjusted and took away the intermediate passing game. Sure the WR injuries and bad OL play made it close to impossible to overcome that, but I've heard a number of film people say the Jags offense, especially the running game, has been predictable under Doug & Press. The league is too good to just do the same stuff you did last week much less last month or last year unless you just have All Pro's at multiple positions, which the Jags do not have on offense. 

Not saying he will be "the problem" if this season fails, it really depends on how that happens to know if it will affect DP's job.

Doug runs the Reid offense which is a variant of the Holmgren offense which is a variant of the Walsh offense; they are all forms of the West Coast offense that's a staple of the NFL. The schemes haven't changed in almost 50 years, they just get run by either good players or bad players.

I disagree with this to some extent.  A good example is how the Shanahan offense has started to take over the league.  First it was just Denver, then it spread to Houston, Rams, 49ers, Detroit, and finally back to Houston.  New Orleans will run it this year with Klint Kubiak.  

I think West Coast is similar to 4-3, in the sense that it is a big descriptor but there are many different ways to run it.

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