(09-11-2024, 01:50 PM)Caldrac Wrote:

(09-11-2024, 12:54 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: I agree with what DeLugo said today about the oline.  I think they are good enough when they are ballanced but we dont have a good enough oline if the D knows what we are going to run.  We cant just line up and try to run it down the opposing teams throat when they know we are going to run it.  If we have the defense guessing between run and pass we have a good enough oline.

Basically, play calling once again has to be perfect, Lawrence has to be on the money with every pass attempt, and his skill position options on the outside cannot drop the football. In other words, we're a rhythm football team that cannot afford to get out of rhythm at all. 

We'll see how it shakes out down the road. It's clear this team doesn't have power in it's DNA. It's all about dancing with bears instead of mauling like bears and that goofy [BLEEP] FB run play with Bigsby is a prime example as to what I mean. 

Going to be fun all year with this offense. I guess they're going to have to get creative as a team and get over the short yardage hump of last year. If Doug's going to gamble on 4th and short? They need to be a lot more creative than just running it back-to-back for a half an inch or a loss in those scenarios. 

You drafted Strange in the 2nd RD of last year. When does he start becoming more of a factor in the passing game? When do you start using him as a move TE with H-back formations and flexibility? Lawrence and this offense has RPO in it's background and DNA. When does Lawrence's legs become an actual factor in this offense beyond him just buying time when [BLEEP] breaks down in obvious passing situations?

Time to get creative folks.

Eh, just don't be predictable.  There are a lot of play callers in the league that can do this.

  As far as Strange, that was Doug's guy or Doug had a big say in drafting him.  The way Doug talked about him is everything Doug wants out of a TE, with that said Strange hasn't been close to what they thought he was going to be. 

 Up to this point it has been a swing and a miss.  Hopefully he can do something Sunday, anything.  A block, a catch, something. Anything but a drop, a fumble, or a missed block would be nice.

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