West Coast Offense

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(02-13-2019, 10:43 AM)Au165 Wrote: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/02/13/zac-taylor-calls-rams-offense-the-starting-point-for-bengals-playbook/

The Rams offense will be our starting point according to the interview with PFT. It's a zone blocking scheme up front with a one cut theme which should work well for Mixon. Their play action all comes off the same tow or three running concepts. They don't run "RPO" so not sure where that came from above, but they do rely on everything looking the same. They have some "Sell it" run actions that may look like an RPO but they are actually passing plays 100%. They love mesh concepts to create natural picks and when Kupp was around atleast they liked to used the slot WR out of tight formations to split the seam.

It's a very efficient offense, but got exposed later in the year because they were so play action dependent. I think the biggest difference will be we will be able to move the ball without needing play action to suck the LB's down. Dalton is capable of dropping back and distributing the ball which should make a similar offense more effective...assuming the blocking holds up.

That's going to be the key to early success for Zac, IMO.  I think our skill players will do very well in this scheme, provided that blocking is sufficient.