Slow starts on offense

[cali315phan]

Our offense has a plethora of weapons. We do great in the second half. People that are smarter than me, what's happening where we basically are bland nothingness in the first half and especially in the first quarter? To come out so awful every week, what is that?

 

[syrBossHogg]

Our inability to run the ball consistently is a problem and is a main contributor to the slow starts IMO

 

[cali315phan]

Our inability to run the ball consistently is a problem and is a main contributor to the slow starts IMO

I don't disagree but wouldn't that make it so that our passing game would be easier to defend as the game goes on? Or are teams just going to a prevent style in the pass game because they know we have to pass?

 

[phil77]

Still waiting on our defense to actually start

 

[syrBossHogg]

I don't disagree but wouldn't that make it so that our passing game would be easier to defend as the game goes on? Or are teams just going to a prevent style in the pass game because they know we have to pass?

We get into too many 3rd and longs for my liking because we can't the run the ball, even against light boxes like you said.

 

[dwilmont44]

We get into too many 3rd and longs for my liking because we can't the run the ball, even against light boxes like you said.

Yep people won't want to hear it but our high 3rd down % is mostly luck.

 

[Crusty]

I hate to say this and at the risk of overreacting, the team seems poorly prepared all too often. Yes, the oline can't run block but it seems we get out schemed and are worthless until we have time to adjust in the 2nd half.
Can't think of any other reason.

 

[upperdeck]

We need an AVG oline. not an awful one.

 

[tino]

Our inability to run the ball consistently is a problem and is a main contributor to the slow starts IMO

Well when you always run on first down, always doing the same thing

 

[Crusty]

Yep people won't want to hear it but our high 3rd down % is mostly luck.

When your QB has such a high completion percentage it isn't luck just the averages.

 

[tino]

Our inability to run the ball consistently is a problem and is a main contributor to the slow starts IMO

They run the same run plays. Juke it up

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I wonder how it would go if we went no huddle on our first drive.

 

[dollarbill44]

Yep people won't want to hear it but our high 3rd down % is mostly luck.

I don't mind hearing it because there's no support to the claim after 9 games.

 

[SmilinBob]

Slow of late but in the beginning of the season weren't they jumping out early and getting good leads? Interesting that this has shifted to extremes.

 

[wfschrec]

Slow of late but in the beginning of the season weren't they jumping out early and getting good leads? Interesting that this has shifted to extremes.

Sluggish out of the gate vs Ohio and Stanford 0 points in first quarter. IMHO the only game they were really great out of the gate was UNLV.

 

[MikeSU02]

Our offense has a plethora of weapons. We do great in the second half. People that are smarter than me, what's happening where we basically are bland nothingness in the first half and especially in the first quarter? To come out so awful every week, what is that?

Got to remember, as djcon57 has posted, we haven’t played four good quarters of football in a game.

I agree with your concern (I’d actually like to see a gadget play used off the bat if we have ok field position), but it’s a symptom of a larger issue.

 

[baggerbob]

Got to remember, as djcon57 has posted, we haven’t played four good quarters of football in a game.

I agree with your concern (I’d actually like to see a gadget play used off the bat if we have ok field position), but it’s a symptom of a larger issue.

I get sick of every 1st down play to start a drive handoff to Allen for 1 or 2 yards up the middle.
How about McCord under center quick pop to Allen or Pena in the flat.

 

[JKinPhilly]

Got to remember, as djcon57 has posted, we haven’t played four good quarters of football in a game.

To be fair I haven't seen a lot of teams put together a full 4 quarters of good football this season. We aren't an anomaly in that regard.

 

[upperdeck]

some of the issue is that we still do a ton of RPO and when we see light boxes that we should be able to run against we still try and fail.

 

[shu 49]

some of the issue is that we still do a ton of RPO and when we see light boxes that we should be able to run against we still try and fail.

Also Mccord looks to me like he wants pass rpo more than run cause 2 times i saw Allen going left and its wide open Mccord keeps ball and threw it away. Either he has a predetermend assignmentor he would just rather throw ball.