So is the way to go in hiring an OC to find one who has an offensive scheme that will utilize the strengths of your franchise quarterback or do you look for one who has had positive results elsewhere but with no regard to whether your current quarterback can efficiently run this scheme?

 

It seems to me that Blake, for all his upside, is going to need time to work on his throwing problems. All other factors aside (such as a weak o-line) Blake is the biggest limiting factor in the offense getting better, not the 'scheme' of a new OC. Our line can be somewhat improved quickly with the addition of more experience (veterans), but there is no cure for BB2's issues except lots and lots of repetitions under close scrutiny to correct some of his fundamental footwork issues (that seem to flare up the most when he's under pressure) that are the root cause of the accuracy problems. 

 

The combination of a questionable o-line, a questionable quarterback, and a questionable OC just seems to me to be the 'perfect storm' situation that we just experienced. Fisch was no doubt a part of the problem, but firing him also just exacerbated an already existing one; namely, players not really being experienced with his play book. 

 

Therefore, if the saying, 'as the quarterback goes, so goes the team' could be excepted as a 'truism', then it would seem that whoever gets hired as OC needs to be someone who can take advantage of BB2's strengths while minimizing his current weaknesses.

 

I dunno'. It seems to me like we might have to endure some more 'three yards and a cloud of dust' until BB2 has fixed his issues and is able to fully run a new scheme. Until then, I don't know if it will really matter that much who we get for a new OC.

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