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Originally Posted by HolyLandSkinsFan
What do you guys think about us learning to run from the shotgun? Who does that successfully now? What do think the offensive solution is over the next 2 years?
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I agree. I wish we used the shotgun more often. Zorn doesn't like it that much, but JC seems to be more comfortable and more productive from the shotgun. Zorn said something to the effect that he doesn't use it too much because it disrupts the rhythm of some passing plays and it removes the threat of the run. I would figure that if they focus on shotgun is practice then they could develop that rhythm. Although i think Zorn is a good coach I thought that
he removed the threat of the run from the shotgun with his playcalling. If you only run from shotgun a handful of times over the course of a season and usually go to shotgun on 3rd down or 2 minute offense. Then yeah, teams will think you're one dimensional. IMO part of the solution would be to use shotgun more, use the shotgun on 1st and 2nd down not just 3rd down, and run from shotgun more often.
We have run a few times from the shotgun, but i would guess it was only around 5 times during the season. I'm not sure how you would measure success but off the top of my head i recall the Eagles, Patriots and Colts run from shotgun more then we do, actually most teams that use the shotgun run from it more then we do.
I don't think the offensive 'solution' is very complicated. The most obvious answer is time the coaches and players will have another year in the WCO which takes time to master, most experts say it takes 3 years. A major factor is focus in the
redzone. I know that everyone hates this but i think its partly lack of
execution. Reduce the penalities, false starts, holding and delay of games. Then its scheme/coaching getting the plays in quicker, maintaining or picking up the tempo, being more aggresive in the play-calling, get the ball to Cooley.
I think if we improve on those things the redzone scoring will increase which i thought was the biggest problem with the offense.
Second, a few more explosive plays per game would also help. This would require better protection from the offensive line, more aggresive downfield playcalling and better execution from the QB/Receivers.