BOL Round Table

I have thought the very same things myself, and i could not agree more about our inability to stretch the field. Everyone was freaking out about losing Julio Jones, but really, I am sure we can find someone else to catch a 5 yard out pattern. Not that it was Julio's fault, he just runs the routes he is coached to run (whether it be through play call or check down). JMO.

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Alot of it has to do with qb play. GMac never looked down field. I remember numerous times the past two years reciever would be open down field and he would dump it off to Trent or Ingram. HE didnt scare nobody. But our offense as a whole did. I can assure you of that. McElwain has worked with what he has. No matter who the qb is this year, I believe we take more shots down field.

Do me a favor and go play in traffic.

One dumbass response deserves another I suppose.

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Can we please throw the ball down the field this year? Im so tired of seeing 10 yd stop and out routes. We have the speed to get vertical this year. Hopefully we can work some routes 20yds or more into our game plan this year.

2 reasons that teams put up such large numbers compared to us.

1)Pace---Our offense snaps the ball with about 5-10 seconds left on the playclock even when we go no huddle.

2)Scheme---Our scheme results in a lot more 3-5 yard runs, 6 yard and less passes. The pro style offense is all about bringing a defense up or pushing the defense back and taking advantage of what they give you. AU and Oregon run spreads which seek to find mismatches, get the ball into that player's hands quicker, and then throw misdirection at you so that the mismatch is truly 1 on 1 as a safety or the containing linebacker will be out of position with all the misdirection.

We ranked in the top-30 in all statisical categories. The two areas we need to do better in is what i call Green Zone efficiency (within the opponents 40 yard line where you're in scoring range) and we need to do better at 3rd and short. In 09 we were awesome at 3rd and short, average in the red zone but great in the "green zone" as Tiffin had like 35 field goals. If we do both, it puts more pressure on opposing offenses to be 1 dimensional passing teams and it lets us have the ball more which weakens defenses against the run.

None of the offensive play calling is CNS.. That would be the one and only Jimmy Mac we have in our booth.. I think he is great and doesnt get us into alot of trouble but I hate that if we are not in a good flow that we can just open a game up. I think that the OP makes some good points but CNS love Jim and dont expect our O to be killing the statistical sheets against top qualtiy opponets.. Which is why we win alot of games too.. We have the D to keep it close and we pound them. High octane O's get in trouble alot.. Its 6 in one hand and half a dozen in the other.