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[QUOTE="OburgCuse, post: 1139462, member: 788"]
I've thought about this also and I agree it's definitely not a hurry up offense in that we are snapping before defense is ready, but as mentioned above we are consistently getting lined up immediately and snapping early in the play clock which does have a good function in not allowing the defense to sub much.  So we may not be catching them off guard but it still can be effective by limiting subbing and either wearing teams down that way or creating personnel mismatches.

The biggest issue I see with us trying to use hurry up is what Millhouse said above about Hunt running so much...he's completely gassed every drive by time we were getting down toward the redzone.  As I was watching on TV I could see him trying to catch his breath before the snap almost every play and I believe this was also the case on the pick 6.  This probably had some effect on his passing accuracy as well (especially on 3rd downs).  As effective of a runner as he is we really need to limit his running as much as possible to keep him fresh.  I am all for his running and scrambling as that's what makes him so effective but ideally we want him doing that on 3rd down plays to extend drives or read option plays to keep the defense honest not scrambling then taking a hit after a 3 yd run on 2nd and 12.
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