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Message: [QUOTE="CbusCuse, post: 4039548, member: 507"] I don't think it is a style that works at all against superior teams. You do not want to try to make more possessions against a superior opponent. You want to limit the possessions as there is a larger likelihood that you come out on top. More possessions for each team causes a larger likelihood of a regression to the mean which you don't want. I think the offense exists and can be effective for teams that couldn't maybe recruit the same as the big boys and have maybe less talent but could maybe recruit smaller athletic OL and play more receivers, who are all in great shape and playing a quick paced game with spreading the ball all over. If you have an advantage in the conditioning department, then playing the Orange is the new Fast style type of offense would be a benefit. It is also better used in a passing game to me as I feel like in the trenches pass rushing is much harder on the Defense than it is on the OL play after play. It was also more effective when teams were not used to it. I still like the offense as a change of pace to throw at teams to change things up and give them something else to think about if it makes sense for your team. But I think it has absolutely no place right now with our current personnel and playbook. First, while we are good we are not superior to other teams. If we were, increasing the total number of possessions for each team would be to our advantage. We have a running QB and a one man do it all RB that run the show. We are not spreading the ball around and having each of our WR's take one play hear and there, then the RB some other plays. These two guys are our entire offense. We need to keep them as fresh as possible through out the game to make our offense more productive per play. We don't want them dead at the end of the game. Also we don't have fast mobile OL right now, we have maulers which is actually pretty nice right now. I doubt that there conditioning is excellent compared to the Defense. And if our OL is tired it will lead to more false starts and holding penalties puting us in a hole which our offense would have a hard time digging out of. I think we have a solid defense and an effective ball control offense and that is why we are now playing old school. [/QUOTE]

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