09-16-2020, 04:06 PM
(09-16-2020, 03:17 PM)SHRacerX Wrote: Couldn't disagree more. They came out throwing the ball instead of focusing on what should have helped play to the offensive line's strength (oxymoron if there ever was one): running the ball. Putting the team behind the chains time and time again with sacks, penalties, etc. Absolutely horrible script to open the game (and season).
If ZT wants to come out throwing the ball and thinks he is Andy Reid, he needs to put Burrow on misdirections and bootlegs. He did none of that. Sitting duck.
Horrible scheme. Pathetic design. Absolutely stupid. 100 yards of offense TOTAL in the first half, and 2 of that was an AUDIBLE QB scramble that Burow ran for a TD. I guess if I want to be optimistic I could say that there is no where to go but up from that pathetic display.
This whole response feels like a judgement on the outcome rather than any sort of football discussion around the actual scheme. In reality, most people here don't actually know what a "scheme" is. Your one note about there being "None" in terms of bootlegs and misdirections is actually false so the one real "schematic" complaint isn't even a real complaint.
Being mad about playcalling is an exercise in "hindsight is 20/20". A little over 2/3rd of teams last year chose to throw the ball on 1st down 60% of the time or more. The idea you need to run on early downs is an archaic view of football that is a preference not necessarily "good scheme". Most teams have replaced those early down rushes with short passing as an extension of the run game. We did that but even those plays were being blown up by rush, however, that said in the 1st half our YPC rushing was 3.0 so it essentially wasn't cutting it either. Before you complain about the "running scheme" it was the same pin and pull blocking with heavy pitch emphasis that saved Mixon's season last year. Box count is the #1 check for most plays. If a run play is called and Joe checks because of box count does that make the scheme bad?
In the end, when fans complain about the scheme they really complain about execution. If he passed on 1st down every time and completed 60% and was lighting it up people would love the "scheme". If he ran on 1st and 2nd down at 2.5 YPC they call the scheme conservative and sophomoric. As the season goes, and the actual scheme doesn't change, you will see better execution and people will complain when we look bad and rave about it when we look good.
