Cover 2

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Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz

I find it hard to believe that this is our offenses kryptonite. Do we really not have an answer for it? Why is our offensive playcalling so vanilla?

It's not that I'm impatient for the deep ball, but plenty of other teams seem to find ways to punish Cover 2 and force them to play up further, and we're the only team that somehow can't.

I hardly see us use motion to our advantage like we used to. I hardly see any sort of creative playcalling unless it's some dumb trick play or shovel pass at the goal line.

You'd think running the ball into Cover 2 would gash defenses, but apparently we ****ing suck at that too. And this is all we're gonna see the rest of the season. Deep Cover 2, stop the big play, hope our offense makes mistakes and gets off the field. And so far, it's working. Do we seriously not have any answers for this?

1. I agree.

2. I think there are a number of little factors impacting this. Like, the need for EB to be involved in play calling. Or the need to feed the ball to our first round running back. Or our entirely new and young offensive line. Or demanding that Patrick have better pocket discipline. Or the fact that there are just more distractions this year vis the year we were focused on winning a championship and the repeat year where covid shut everything down.

3. I also think Andy and co believe we are a playoff team, so why try to be perfect in the first part of the season. I think they are saving plenty for games that really matter.