The Offense: The 40 Yard TD Pass to Estime

[Orangeman]

Really must be uplifting to both sides of the ball to see the Offense get that play against a top Defense given the personnel issues at QB. Which is obvious, but I say it for this reason:

We obviously have a good Defense. They'll keep us (have kept us) in a lot of games.

For the prior two years, it seemed to me, and it must have seemed to the players too, that our Offense was just a hodge-podge of one-off plays which hoped that a star athlete would make a big play...only our stars were in development mode and couldn't really pull it off. So that must make the 3-and-outs tougher and tougher to swallow.

But then you see this game, where clearly the Offense struggled early (combo of QB situation and a ridiculously good DL), only to break open a bit because some of those zero-negative plays were setting up bigger plays down the road.

What I mean is, that has to feel better than no-hope WR screens that go nowhere and are dispiriting

I guess this is just a follow-on thought to the smarter football people here who've said that Lester's offense has a "flow", but I just think that different angle might matter to the players.

"Stick with us, there's a plan -- Bang"

Might keep the spirits up along the way

 

[Crusty]

Really must be uplifting to both sides of the ball to see the Offense get that play against a top Defense given the personnel issues at QB. Which is obvious, but I say it for this reason:

We obviously have a good Defense. They'll keep us (have kept us) in a lot of games.

For the prior two years, it seemed to me, and it must have seemed to the players too, that our Offense was just a hodge-podge of one-off plays which hoped that a star athlete would make a big play...only our stars were in development mode and couldn't really pull it off. So that must make the 3-and-outs tougher and tougher to swallow.

But then you see this game, where clearly the Offense struggled early (combo of QB situation and a ridiculously good DL), only to break open a bit because some of those zero-negative plays were setting up bigger plays down the road.

What I mean is, that has to feel better than no-hope WR screens that go nowhere and are dispiriting

I guess this is just a follow-on thought to the smarter football people here who've said that Lester's offense has a "flow", but I just think that different angle might matter to the players.

"Stick with us, there's a plan -- Bang"

Might keep the spirits up along the way

Absolutely. I asked a lot of the players what they thought of the new offense at Fan Fest. Everyone did the same thing - they smiled and said that yes, they really liked it and that it was easy to learn. It was at that moment that I knew we would be better.