Gilbert seems to have slipped under the radar. As I watched our offense the past few weeks, I can't help but notice how basic and predictable it is. NCS ran at least two screens that went for around 15 yards and we can't even run a true screen? Especially with the pass rushes we have been getting? I have to admit I am tired of throwing two yard out passes with no hope of getting WR blocking to get a big gain. You can't tell me a creative OC wouldn't find a way to neutralize some of the pressure. Why not send GS out on a pattern after a pitch. He's big and he's fast. A little bit of trickery and unpredictability couldn't possible be worse, could it? We are beyond bland.
What plays you want to run?
You mention, the pass rushes have been getting there, that the WR's can't block. So, you can't run any long developing routes (pass rush, without even getting into WR separation and QB down field ability) and you can't run short routes because you can't block them on the outside.
And your solution, is to send Shrader out on a pass pattern? Didn't we just mention above that the pass rush has been getting home? How is that going to have time to work?
Sometimes, its a talent issue. This team has to pound the ball and essentially never look to pass with the current personnel (OL much better at run blocking, QB that can't throw, WR that can't create after the catch).
Scheme isn't great, but talent and execution are the much bigger problems when it comes to the passing game. Gilbert still schemed WR's open against NC State, QB just missed.
What Gilbert had done was use Elmore to seal the edge on the rollouts to Shrader's right. Elmore and Vetterello going down has made that an issue. Mang isn't the blocker Elmore is and a guard is playing tackle. Hard to trust Tisdale in space.
Last point, this isn't the NFL. Scheme has already had to change due to the QB change. Takes time to get those changes completed and you don't have 8 hours of meetings and practice to get it implemented comfortably each day.