What kind of offense do you want to see next year?

[Jangler]

@ bleys...But that takes changing week to week and adjusting to the team you play...and that's too much work. Nope much better to have one plan and make the other team bend to it and if it fails...oh well.

[Dpantherman]

oh yea, and doesn't call a draw on 3rd and 24

[bleys]

this question irritates the fug out of me.. not the question itself, but thinking about the things we could do that seem so fuging obvious.. and yet, nothing that shows a competent person is at the helm of the offense..

[Delhommey]

A little more of this plz:

[bleys]

@ bleys...But that takes changing week to week and adjusting to the team you play.

I'm assuming this is sarcasm.. and I agree, wtf are we talking about? adjusting to other teams? my god, I'm still not sold that we had to look as bad this year as we have.. and I'm not even trying to imply adding wins to our record..

[Delhommey]

And to pre empt the "But that iz a college offence. You cannot run a college offence in proz" silliness.

[Jackofalltrades]

I'd be completely happy sticking with a successful version of what we do now, style doesn't mean squat if you can't execute it.

Also depends on who the QB is and what they're best suited for.

[davos]

Personally: utilization of a passing TE, 15-20 yard pass play designs, and an overall more spread offense. Using Goodson as a better version of a Reggie Bush and split backfield formations in the Shotgun that have receiving patterns for our RBs that go up field 5-10 yards before the catch

[2jakefansinva]

started to write quite a bit.. but really the biggest thing I want to see are gameplans that take advantage of mismatches.

there is no reason we haven't put Goodson in the slot with Gettis and Smitty outside and can't find mismatches.. even a bad OLine and incompetent QB could hit Goodson over the middle a couple times a game..

with better coaching, I would expect better strategy rather than "running it 1st, 2nd, and maybe pass on 3rd"..

screen passes being taught and executed more often.. shorter passing is an aspect of a running game.. I don't understand why we don't try to get our QB more in sync, especially if we are having OLine troubles and our QB is a ROOKIE.. shorter routes should more often than not mean getting the ball out faster..

whether it's coryell, west coast, short passing, spread, etc.. bottom line is finding out what we need week to week to take advantage of the defenses weakness and teaching our players how to execute..

Great Post......

[House]

I would like to have an OC that doesn't run it up the gut all year. Until week 12 where he finally runs a stretch play, sees that it works then calls the exact same play 11 times in a row until it no longer works so he goes back to running it up the gut.

Also, everything bleys said.

I now wonder if Fox only had one question when interviewing OC's. "Can you draw a shape with no corners?". If they stared at him blankly then they got the job, if they drew a circle or oval then they were allowed to leave.

[Dpantherman]

I just want to kick some ass next year.

[Actionman0z]

I would like to see our guys like Smith, Guy, Cherry used in short crossing routes. Man the YAC with crossers is something I remember from Henning, that I really liked. We use a more out, Cobb, in and Dig route scheme. I like the 8-9 yard crossing routes in space. With guys like Gettis and Lafell, slants, digs and sail routes would be good. Obv. The fade/fly, post and corner posts on the outside would be helpful as well.

[Actionman0z]

The Pistol is not an offense, its just a formation set. It allows you to run a number of plays out of the same formation. We use it at the high school level. For those who dont know its when the QB is at 4 yards instead of 5 like the SG, with the RB directly behind the QB 1-2 yards. The offense is not called the Pistol, its just the formation set.

[Jackofalltrades]

I want to keep D's guessing, that would be a HUGE difference maker.