12-05-2023, 02:42 PM
(12-05-2023, 10:27 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: I know its only one game and this will be a SLIGHT over reaction...but I think it's becoming a bit more clear how this offense operates.
It's basically a system in which Burrow wants it to all run through him. Line up in spread, diagnose, make the play. He wants it ALL to fall on him and his big brain. He wants to throw it 50 times a game and HE wants to beat you.
It's worked and it's been fine to an extent, but man...it might be time for Joe to look himself in the mirror and maybe say "yeah, this doesn't have to be THAT hard and ALL fall on me".
Running the ball is the absolute key to opening this offense up and relieving some pressure off Burrow (or whoever is at QB)...he needs to be open to that, and other ways to make it easier on himself.
I think a lot of us have gotten it twisted that ZT want the offense to be a certain way, but in the end, I think it's Joe.
Again, this isn't a criticism of Joe (because he's amazing), but just pointing out how it could be better.
I don't want to over react either, but yeah. I do think Zac caters to Joe a ton and Joe loves empty sets and the Shotgun so
Zac trusts him and who can blame him? But Joe needs to understand that unpredictability and a running game will only help
him and the team.
I want to see some games where Joe just hands the ball off to his RB's 30 times and throws the ball 20 times and we win
in astonishing fashion. I was saying yesterday that more balance is what this team needs as OL like to run block and it gets
them settled in instead of always having to pass protect in Shotgun sets.
