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Originally Posted by 'Hummus' Jenkins
Running off tackle isn't misdirection. Shields and Wiegmann both operate best in space. Using them on occasional stretch plays helps open up the middle. FWIW, we've been largely stonewalled up the gut by teams who run 3-4's this year (San Diego last week, Pitt, etc.)
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Misdirection plays do not work unless you get the stretch play working. We've been stonewalled on the outside this year. So, if you follow the train of logic there, it's very, very difficult to get any kind of misdirection going when the stretch play doesn't work. And we've been stonewalled by 3-4 teams this year in ALL phases, not just up the middle. We still get the vast majority of our rushing yards up the middle, and it's not even a contest.
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Getting beat on a one step drop isn't the O-line's fault...the D had his candence down to a T. No one in the NFL is that fast unless they know what is coming from the snap count.
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They anticipated the snap count, but they also were not blocked or touched. They just ran straight through.
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We didn't and haven't run very many counters or screens this year. It's a fact that is readily visible by observation of any Chiefs game. If you can't see that, then you have much larger issues to deal with...like blindness.
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No, we haven't. But it's deeper than just playcalling. Maybe playcalling is part of it, but you have to be able to physically execute the plays against the other team, and that's just not something that's happened much this year.
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And FWIW, the spread isn't so that you can execute 7 step drops...
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Duh?
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it's so that you can get more favorable matchups for Tony, Wilson and Kennison on shorter routes. It also opens up running lanes for LJ. We obviously can't run 20 yard square-ins w/ this o-line, but that doesn't mean that we can't spread out the D to ensure they attack from the edges rather than right up our gut as happened last week.
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Look, we got creamed by good defenses for a reason. It's execution, and we're just not doing that on offense right now, in any phase. Neither the Ravens nor the Chargers had to blitz to get pressure on our QB. They were able to generate pressure with their line. Blitzes just made the play over more quickly. Now, I agree that we should spread it out some more, but that's just a bandaid, and it won't work every single time. The problem is much deeper than that.