09-09-2024, 02:07 PM
(09-09-2024, 02:01 PM)Lucius Cincinnatus Wrote: I was told all off-season by folks on this board that our run game is going to be better because we'll be more diverse under center/shotgun/play action, etc. Folks hoped and wished by listening to coach speak, saying the same thing they've said every off-season while ignoring the facts of when Burrow + Taylor are here, it's the same vanilla offense.
Something tells me it's not burrows calf or any other excuse, it's Burrow's preference to play the way the offense is called.
I think what you were told all off-season can still hold true. The problem is we went behind, which typically kills the run game. I can say what we saw from Moss was encouraging. I think we as fans (this at least applies to me) didn't know New England's defense was that good.
A good coach does play to his players strengths, and when you have Joe Burrow you certainly should cater to what works for him. That's how we made it to a SB and two AFCCG's. We can't discount that. Zac knows what he's doing, but that doesn't mean perfect seasons or never losing. Sometimes players just don't have good days. If this becomes a pattern, we should start to worry. But there's plenty of historical data to speak to the contrary.
