09-16-2020, 12:12 PM
(09-16-2020, 12:07 PM)Synric Wrote: Im not a fan. The scripted plays were ugly especially the pitches that had a ton of moving parts. I don't mind mixing in pitches but opening with your first two runs that way meh. Zac used empty sets early on first and second downs and often with zero motion. Also I didn't like the tempo and constant shifting of personnel which allowed the Chargers defense to stay fresh.
To me it looked more like week 1 or 2 of the pre-season.
The pitches didn't really have any more moving parts than most today, or than when they used the second half last year. When you pitch from that bunch set you normally pin and pull, so it was all standard. They had great success doing that exact scheme for Mixon in the second half of the year, it was literally the play that saved Mixon's season. Empty sets are there to create spacing and force guys to declare early, that is I'm sure a comfort level for Burrow. Not having motions in them is more of a nitpicky thing based on what is in vogue right now, but a lot of teams do little in terms of motioning on 5 wide outside a couple of main teams. The tempo is what it is, I think everyone loves tempo until you go 3 and out and your defense is right back on the field. I prefer tempo late in games not early for that reason.
We will have to agree to disagree here, even though we usually agree.
Edit:
Here is a quote from Mixon last year when he was feasting on the new scheme and why they are running so many pitches and why they work.
"That’s what gives me that separation and break through, the vision that I’ve been displaying," said Mixon.
We can't simply say because of the results we hate something, when just last year, we were heralding both the blocking scheme change and the move to getting him on the edge as a great adjustment.
