Quote:Red Zone Offense - I remember reading several times in articles written by Ketchman that Tom Moore, the Indianapolis OC during the Peyton Manning hey days had two plays, and two plays only in the Red Zone. It was either a Zone run to the right or a Play Action pass off of the Zone look to the right. If I'm remembering correctly, Moore decided that he wasn't going to muddy the waters in such a critical situation and he gave Manning the option of running either one depending on what he saw. This is the kind of approach I would take if I was an Offensive Coach with this team. Take away the confusion as much as possible and put more emphasis on perfecting the little things than trying to develop a situational play call. I don't know if this is the answer for this team's Red Zone woes, but something needs to change there.

 

I can understand that approach here if the team were willing and able to you know...actually run the ball.

 

But for whatever reason, a coach that said he wants to run the ball seemingly refuses to run the ball.  Too often the team was spread out on the field with 3 and 4 WRs.  In such a small area as inside the ten, that leaves little room for error, especially when teams know you are reluctant to run.

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