Interesting Burrow Comments...

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(06-12-2025, 11:52 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: The offense should NEVER be dictated by the defense. They are the ones that start the play. They are the ones that dictate the response. They are the ones that should control the game. If the defense reacts to what they're doing, they should be able to adjust and force the defense to try something else. 

If you come out aggressive, with the mindset to score early and often, there's no need for this ridiculous "feeling out" process and less of a chance you have to rally and score more at the end of the game to catch up or take the lead. 

Do you think Sam Wyche was worried about feeling out the defense when he incorporated the hurry up or the sugar huddle? No. He was dictating the flow of the game by forcing the defense to adjust to everything they were doing. 

Zac is too passive in moments of the game where he does not NEED to be passive. Adjusting your offense to respond to what the defense is doing is the most bass ackwards way for an offense to operate. 

As an offense, you dictate. When the defense adjusts, you react and force them to have to try something else. 

Uhhh...reacting when the defense adjusts and making them do something different is the exact same thing as adjusting your offense to what the defense is doing....

The only way you don't have to adjust to what the defense is doing is if such a wide talent disparity exists that you can just do whatever, but such talent gaps don't exist at the NFL level.  If you're like Ohio State in a tune up game against some MAC school, then yeah.

But all Joe is saying is that if it's a close, low scoring game where points are at a premium, he's going to be more conservative in his  decisions because a turnover can be a backbreaker.  If it's a high scoring game, he's gonna take more chances because there's more pressure to get points on every drive.