05-07-2020, 06:33 PM
I for one miss the halcyon days of the run, run, curl, punt routine. Man, that system was a thing of beauty. Running straight into the teeth of a loaded box, wearing out the LB who was sent on a run blitz to just the right gap, and capping it off with a short route just short of the sticks. Ahhh. Those were the good 'ol days.
Without looking at a lot of data, I can't offer a serious critique of the play calling aside from stating the obvious: it didn't work. Many of the short routes were sat on and long developing plays were blown up before they could develop. There didn't seem to be a lot of misdirection, pocket movement, or element of surprise in most games. The run game had some good moments, but lacked a steady "4 yards and a cloud of dust" quality on first downs. The TEs didn't seem to be utilized for much aside from being decoys.
Without looking at a lot of data, I can't offer a serious critique of the play calling aside from stating the obvious: it didn't work. Many of the short routes were sat on and long developing plays were blown up before they could develop. There didn't seem to be a lot of misdirection, pocket movement, or element of surprise in most games. The run game had some good moments, but lacked a steady "4 yards and a cloud of dust" quality on first downs. The TEs didn't seem to be utilized for much aside from being decoys.
