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

I'm not sure that Lawrence is the right style of QB for designed runs.  He's mobile, but I think he's a bit too tall and has long legs that make him more of a loper than a quick-twitch type of guy.  I imagine him taking big shots to his ribs, repeatedly, and nothing good comes of that.  

Aside from RPO, I agree that the offensive scheme needs to get a little more creative.  I mean Doug runs his own style of the west-coast offense, but I don't see all of the quick WR hits/slants/buttons that used to be called 'west-coast running.'  Passes that get 4-5 yards on a 3-step drop, starts to pull the secondary forward and opens up the stop-and-go deep routes.

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