Quote:Not yet no. But he wants to talk stats, so statistically our 1st team offense is on track to score 24 PPG. If you average 24, who cares how you score it is the issue. Points are points.


Yes we need to score more tds, but my point is he's upset about the lack of preseason tds, but we're scoring a pretty good amount of points... Statistically.

Not to mention the whole "further along" comment is about the install and grasp of plays...

 

I was going to point this out as well.  You could assume he is talking about success when he says further along, but it is far more likely he is referring to implementation.  This is the first year in this new offense, and both Gus and Greg talked about installing the offense in stages.  If the players are understanding their routes and responsibilities ahead of schedule, then the offense is further along.  It makes more sense to view his statement in that context.  In the first 2 games this year, we saw JT fail to look back on a pass and Greene run an incorrect route, which means there are implementation issues still, but they are pretty minor.  

 

I do agree we need touchdowns this year, but I don't think that's what Gus is talking about when he says the offense is further along than anticipated.  

 

That said, I do have hope for this team this year.  The biggest thing that has been different from the previous years is that we are actually moving the ball against other teams.  In years past, we got all this hype during the practices and training camp, but it was non-existent when the lights came on.  As long as we are converting third downs and getting in the red zone, I think we can have hope the errors will get cleaned up, especially once the players can play with out thinking about the x's and o's.

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