Brian Callahan going OFF on the offense

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"Would consider going under center more."

I really don't like this idea. We suck running from the I formation. Defenses know it's going to be a run and stop it most of the time.
Sunday we had a 3rd and 1 and tried to run from the I formation and it got stuffed.
Burrow had a look like he wished he would have audibled to a pass.
It's too predictable.

We did a great job last year when we switched to shotgun as our base and ran the ball very effectively out of shotgun because it kept the defense off balance.
This year we are struggling throwing the ball and we don't have a quick back like Perine that can also block well.

In general they need to get more creative on offense--but not with slow-developing plays (and defintinely not bringing Chase into the backfield).

Throwing the ball to the running back.
Quick hitters.
Quick runs on downs and formations the defense may not expect a run.
Using motion.

The biggest issue with the offense is it's stale and predictable.
The bye is a good time to blow it up and look at what works--and what other teams are doing well also.

I think we need to run more often too. Need to find ways to run even out the run/pass percentage.
This will be tought against the 9ers because they are great against the run.
Hopefully we can do it creatively when they don't expect it to give us an edge.