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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 330909, member: 27"] I didn't word that paragraph well. Let me try and elaborate a little. From my perspective... We spent last year milking the clock every possession on offense, trying to shorten the game We used formations with 2 TEs an alarming percentage of the time We used a FB an alarming percentage of the time When we passed, we rarely passed downfield, and often times, we only had 1 or 2 receivers even running routes. I think ignoring the whole change in tempo thing is ill advised. Going with a quick tempo, even for brief periods, can force defenses to play with the wrong package, is more likely to cause confusion and force mistakes to occur. I think playing 2 TEs who run 4.7 or 4.8 40s, and a FB who runs a 4.7 40, and doing this on a regular basis, even in passing situations, is ill advised. These guys struggle to get open, if they get open it is at or near the LOS and even if you can get the ball to them, they don't have the ability to beat anyone in the open field. I think playing a RB who can't beat anyone in the open field, and basing a large part of your offense on getting the ball to that RB in the open field is ill advised. I want to see more playmakers on the field. Don't really care if they are FBs, TEs or WRs but I want to see people who when they get the ball can beat a linebacker or a defensive back and consistently get yards after the catch. We had Lemon last year and no one after him (Provo in my opinion was a decent TE but not the kind of athlete you need at that position, at least not if you want to play a TE a lot and want to have an effective offense). In passing situations, I want to see 4 or 5 receivers running around trying to get open. Receivers who can run, can catch, physical and athletic enough to get open and get yards after the catch. My problems are not with the run-pass breakdown. They are with formations, skill levels, basic approaches and basic offensive philosophies. I believe that the way our offense is currently structured, it plays directly into the hands of defenses. It is almost as if we are trying to make ourselves as easy to defend as possible. [/QUOTE]

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