(03-07-2019, 08:14 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(03-07-2019, 08:04 AM)JackCity Wrote: Good post. I think this is the most interesting part of the offseason bar who is actually at QB. 

Marrones teams have been traditionally been pretty bland run first outfits but he's also been handcuffed by arguably the worst collection of QBs an NFL coach has had to deal with over his first 4/5 seasons. But Marrone also has been with Sean Payton in New Orleans, De Filippo is of course pass heavy and Tom himself, whatever influence he has on that we can only guess, is no stranger to high flying offense. 

So what will our philosophy actually be? They've already said it won't be De Filippo purely running his own offense but rather they will all build it together. There's no way De Filippo would sign up to another year of being forced to run the ball right? 

If it's the going to be an attempt to replicate the Eagles offense as best we can for Foles then expect the first noticeable change to be us bringing in RB who can catch passes out of the backfield and take it upfield. James White types (James Williams is a good option in the draft). A large part of Foles success was through the screen game so that should be #1 on the agenda for an offense with him. Give him easy plays to stay in rhythm and beat pressure/blitzs.

My impression is that Philly ran a lot of RPO stuff.  That seems like it would require RBs who can threaten a defense between the tackles.

It was just about as simple of an Offense you could run, is what they ran with Foles. Pretty much all RPO stuff like you said and he hardly had to do anything, which is why he wasn't exposed and actually looked decent at times. They lined him up in a shotgun and told him to read his one of two targets on the play and that's about it.

Problem is, Fournette is completely useless in that kind of Offense because he is garbage in the shotgun formation. He needs to be in the I formation, because that's about the only formation he can run out of without looking lost. If they try and run the same shotgun, RPO offense here with Fournette it's going to fail badly.

Devin Singletary would be the perfect RB for that Offense though.

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