(09-17-2024, 10:44 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

(09-17-2024, 10:34 AM)Cleatwood Wrote: Here's the problem. We don't know what "us" looks like.

Are the Jags a running team with PA pass? Are they a pass first to set up the run later team? Are they a deep ball team? Are they a west coast quick hitter type of team?

They're none of those teams. They don't have an identity.

Agreed. It's also too easy to pin it all on one unit on this team when they're capable of doing enough to get this offense in a position to score, only to fall short due to mental errors for the second week in a row.

I think many things can be true at once. The offensive line is not good, this can be said for many NFL teams, including the actual good offenses in the NFL that score points.

I also think it can be true that this coaching staff cannot figure out how to call a consistent offense that utilizes everybody to the best of their abilities. There's evidence to support this because they show consistently with their inconsistency and their tendencies.

I still feel this offense is missing the obvious elements that would enable Lawrence to excel. I also feel Doug's unwillingness to adopt what made him successful in Philadelphia with his TE room and RPO concepts here is also hindering the team.

The short yardage run game needs to go away for awhile until they can convert those situations with other concepts, personnel packages and play designs. They need an ego death to move forward.

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C'mon man, a team that can't run in short yardage isn't going to be successful, that's just the bottom line. Either they figure out a way to do it or the team suffers the same critical flaw that killed last season. Maybe it's putting in Tugboat to either lead or as an End on blocking plays. Maybe it's shift Scherff out entirely and put him in at RG. I dunno how to manage it with these people, but if the people suck the rest doesn't matter.

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