I'll make this short and sweet.
OFFENSE: We finally have the offense I've been dreaming of for years. Shotgun, shotgun, shotgun.. put a player in motion, hand the ball off, or play-action, throw down field, QB-RUN-PASS-OPTION, QB draw with an athletic QB, hurry up, do it again. This offense is so elite and simple. The days of QBs under center are numbered. A 5-step drop, 3-step drop, that's all wasted time for a QB when he could just stand behind center and receive a direct snap. Being in shotgun makes it WAY more simple for the QB. Look at Lee last year; when he succeeded throwing down field, he was in shotgun. It was extremely obvious he struggled under center. Not only was that on him but it puts a lot more pressure on the OL when a QB is under center because you have to block longer, blitzes come in faster... and when you have a bad OL... well, we saw what happened. 1st play our offense ran yesterday? Just a 40 yard seamer down field. Gone are the days of "oh, it's 1st & 10, lets run straight". How many times did Riley and Co come out and run straight on 1st down? It had to have been around 90% throughout the year. That's predictable and puts you in a hole immediately. This offense keeps the defense guessing! Iowa and Wisky and the entire West, your days are numbered with your slow defenses.
Defense: Not much stood out, really. Players seemed to attack the ball and tackle well. They did in last years spring game too, I thought. Neal stood out for sure. I'm going to be really disappointed if he can't make an impact this year.
Special Teams: Meh. I'm not worried about this at all. We won't be punting or kicking much. Gone are the days of 4th & 4 from the opponents 45 yard line, lets punt. NO, you go for it. You have an offense that can score a TD on 4th n 4, so you don't punt. ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK instead of kicking a field goal or punting to the other team.
September can't get here soon enough! GBR!
OFFENSE: We finally have the offense I've been dreaming of for years. Shotgun, shotgun, shotgun.. put a player in motion, hand the ball off, or play-action, throw down field, QB-RUN-PASS-OPTION, QB draw with an athletic QB, hurry up, do it again. This offense is so elite and simple. The days of QBs under center are numbered. A 5-step drop, 3-step drop, that's all wasted time for a QB when he could just stand behind center and receive a direct snap. Being in shotgun makes it WAY more simple for the QB. Look at Lee last year; when he succeeded throwing down field, he was in shotgun. It was extremely obvious he struggled under center. Not only was that on him but it puts a lot more pressure on the OL when a QB is under center because you have to block longer, blitzes come in faster... and when you have a bad OL... well, we saw what happened. 1st play our offense ran yesterday? Just a 40 yard seamer down field. Gone are the days of "oh, it's 1st & 10, lets run straight". How many times did Riley and Co come out and run straight on 1st down? It had to have been around 90% throughout the year. That's predictable and puts you in a hole immediately. This offense keeps the defense guessing! Iowa and Wisky and the entire West, your days are numbered with your slow defenses.
Defense: Not much stood out, really. Players seemed to attack the ball and tackle well. They did in last years spring game too, I thought. Neal stood out for sure. I'm going to be really disappointed if he can't make an impact this year.
Special Teams: Meh. I'm not worried about this at all. We won't be punting or kicking much. Gone are the days of 4th & 4 from the opponents 45 yard line, lets punt. NO, you go for it. You have an offense that can score a TD on 4th n 4, so you don't punt. ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK instead of kicking a field goal or punting to the other team.
September can't get here soon enough! GBR!
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