The offense had no chance

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(09-13-2024, 02:11 PM)jj22 Wrote: I've rewatched the game and it wasn't as devastating a loss as initially thought. Still an embarrassing and humiliating loss, and there was some unsettling signs (the number of checkdowns and lack of urgency or confidence on Offense).

After further review, things did look correctable. However I do still think this is Burrows offense, and the calls for the things we would like to see in it the last 3 years just isn't going to happen consistently. While calling Burrow "limited" was too harsh, don't let my dramatics take away from the point. The Offense doesn't have much flexibility or ability to adapt much from what the base is, and while I stan Burrow like the rest of us, some of this is due to the QB (willingness or inability).

Eventually if the Offense remains stagnant in it's development and / or remains relatively predictable and unimaginative after 4 years of Burrow we have to consider it being on the QB.

Peyton was "limited", and thus ran the offense he built and was comfortable with. He took it with him to Denver and it never changed under any new OC's there or at Indy. So you can have success but Manning was comfortable with more things than Burrow seems to be (leaning on a run game, play action).

One of the key successes of the playoff runs were the flip of the offense to a run heavy attack. They lean on the run more than ever in the playoff's and only lean on Burrow when he's needed.

I still think Zac's preferred system is a run heavy / play action attack. The system we see in SF, LAR, GB, Detroit. Those are Zac's system. What we see here I maintain is Burrows'.

I think there's quite a bit of truth here.....