01-04-2018, 04:32 PM
(01-03-2018, 11:25 PM)Joelist Wrote: Just some thoughts on things from the press conference...
First, I think it was either Marvin himself or Lazor as a condition of staying that got Paul Alexander to not be offered a new contract.
Second, it sounded like the blocking scheme change that occurred near the end of the season and revived the ground game came from Lazor. If yes, that would have really put the nails in Piano Man's coffin as it is pretty ridiculous when the OC has to get involved in line blocking philosophy.
Third (and this is really speculating), some of both Marvin's and Lazor's comments made it sound like they are going to be using more rollouts and designed throws on the run and less timing passes next season. If this is true I would be thrilled, as our receivers are not the type of exacting route runners that excel in a timing offense. It also sounded like they feel Tyler Boyd is ready to step up.
Lazor also made comments to the effect that the present playbook comes across like it was written by three different OCs. Again the language was not as blunt as I would like but he really seemed to be saying the playbook was going to get surgery with an eye to having an actual core offensive philosophy.
There was more, but this stuff stood out to me.
Well thought out Joelist. I took from it mostly the same things, especially about Lazor being the major force in changing
from that zone blocking scheme to something more aggressive. Whether it is more directional blocking or what it clearly
helped the O-line as a whole and gave them a little confidence in the run game. PA never adjusted midseason before.
This alone makes me feel good about bringing back Lazor. He was put in a tough situation and handcuffed for much of
the year. With an entire Offseason i sure hope he is given full reign and not sabotaged in the 2nd halfs by Marv.
With a good O-line coach that knows how to coach up run blocking we will be much better in Play action.
