Zac's use of shotgun.

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(04-19-2022, 09:29 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: Not these days. Teams (like the Bengals) run under both. 

I don't think its as simple as looking at yards per play and then determining that we work better under shotgun simply because of that. A couple big plays here and there could skew that. A missed tackled by the defense that turns into a 90 yard TD could throw that stat off. Unfortunately football stats are pretty surface level so there isn't much more that we can look at. I will say though, Burrow has openly talked about how he likes running a spread style offense more than being under center - so Im sure that 100% plays into it. 

There are two things I hope to see more out of this offense this year. That is more run pass option out of shotgun and more play action under center. I feel like we didn't take advantage of both nearly enough last year, but I really think that was due to our trash offensive line. 

I wasn't thrilled with some of the stuff we did on offense last year, but I think ZT was handcuffed by a bad OL. Im holding off judgment until the end of this season when it comes to his offensive mind. He has the pieces in place now. 

Nice post Weezy, I agree with everything you say here. We should have a better idea of how good of an Offense Zac and Brian
can run now with a decent OL. I have said it before, doesn't matter how good of a playcaller you are with poor play by the OL.