Lafell on Lazor

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(05-09-2018, 10:12 AM)BengalChris Wrote: There is a place for 10-12 play drives, but to have that be our norm is koo-koo. It gives the defense that many chances to stop you.

Stretching the field and scoring quickly will open up things so that when we need a 12 play, 7 minute drive to close our a game the defense will have to play it more straight up and if they don't you just push it down field anyways and score.

I like it. I didn't know the team was shooting for 10-12 play drives as the norm. Of course, that approach sounds like Marvin Lewis.

That is part of the design of the West Coast Offense.   It is a ball control offense.  The obvious risk as you point out is that it gives the defense more chances to stop you.  But its success is predicated on a high volume of high percentage plays.   There guys out there now (don't ask me who cuz I heard it on a podcast and didn't write it down) who talk about the stronger likelihood of getting first downs by running the ball on 2nd and 3rd down more often - but again, high percentage plays.   The long ball is an awesome tool - if you're good at it.  And it is typically a low percentage play.  So the risk of using it more often is that you end up with more 3 and outs and your defense gets gassed really quickly.

So it really is not a Marvin thing.  It really had been our MO since Gruden was the OC.

Lazor seems really bright.   Hopefully he doesn't swing the pendulum too far the other way.   I'm not sure our O line is up to the task.