Taylor did well today

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(10-05-2020, 09:58 AM)Wyche Wrote: You nailed it when you mentioned blocking. That has been holding this team back for years. What you saw yesterday was how the offense is supposed to look when you can run the ball and protect. The play calling all the sudden looks brilliant. The fact is, play calling hasn't been as bad as folks have been saying, it just doesn't matter much when the blocking is so horrible you can't let plays develop, or run play action due to lack of a run game.

If the blocking is bad the playbook becomes extremely limited.  There are four plays you can run:

1.  Run through A- or B-gap.
2.  Play action.
3.  Bubble screen.
4.  Slant.

That's basically it. The other plays are not possible.

With better run and pass blocking the entire playbook is open.  Yesterday we saw jet sweeps, a Lombardi sweep with Jonah Williams pulling, some delayed handoffs, dig routes, wheel routes, deeper slants, and even some deep shots thrown downfield.  Joe Mixon ran for 158 yards and the difference was proper directional blocking.