crazybuckfan40
Head Coach
There have been many questions about the offense after the first 3 games, and I am putting some thoughts out there that I have seen and heard alot of and seeing what you guys think.
1. Todd is turning himself into a very solid starting QB
- Agree - He has had his moments where he has struggled locking onto receivers, forcing balls, and underthrowing guys, but his progression from the first half to the second of the Washington game really showed me something. He really seems to have the team behind him, and with the running game he has behind him, it will allow the passing game to open up and with Small back on the field, I think he will only continue to improve his overall game.
2. Henton should be the backup
- Agree - I have seen this posted in many places, and I have also seen that Henton should take over as the starter. I think that is crazy, but what I have seen from Robbie and Henton, I do believe that Henton just seems more calm and collected out there...Robbie tries to take off too often, his ball always seems to dive into the ground, and he struggles to go thru his reads.
3. Saine should be the starter
- Disagree - I have seen this posted and stated in quite a few places and I really think this is crazy as well...Yes Saine is going to be a very good back here, and yes he is a homerun threat, but Beanie is the pounder, he wears guys down, he can take mroe of the beating, and that allows Saine and Mo Wells to come in and take advantage of the tired defenders...Also Beanie since the second half of Akron has been a different back after he shook the rust off from not practicing that much in the fall.
4. Our WR's can't stretch the field
- Disagree - I have also seen this stated elsewhere. I just think that we werent doing any of this in the first 2 games...Hartline and Robo both got deep against Washington, and while they may not have the speed of Teddy to get deep, they have the size that allows them to go up and get jump balls and shield off the defenders and that coupled with Todd's ability to throw the deep ball, when the safties start cheating up to take away the run, I think we are going to see more and more of this...Also I wouldnt be suprised if we didnt see Saine split out of the backfield and let him use his speed to get deep.
5. Our Oline is not very good
- Disagree - Once again I have seen this all over after the first two games, saying that they don't know how to block, they can't get any push, and yadda yadda, but I think those questions were answered after last weekend...There will still be times when our vanilla offense will come into play and it will look like we arent getting a push, and we are letting teams stack the box, and not take advantage of it, but that is just Tress setting up things for later games...I also would think the TE's need alot of credit here, and they have been hooking the end and getting down field to the LB's and S's very well to help spring some runs...Also we didnt get sacked once last week...
Thoughts...
1. Todd is turning himself into a very solid starting QB
- Agree - He has had his moments where he has struggled locking onto receivers, forcing balls, and underthrowing guys, but his progression from the first half to the second of the Washington game really showed me something. He really seems to have the team behind him, and with the running game he has behind him, it will allow the passing game to open up and with Small back on the field, I think he will only continue to improve his overall game.
2. Henton should be the backup
- Agree - I have seen this posted in many places, and I have also seen that Henton should take over as the starter. I think that is crazy, but what I have seen from Robbie and Henton, I do believe that Henton just seems more calm and collected out there...Robbie tries to take off too often, his ball always seems to dive into the ground, and he struggles to go thru his reads.
3. Saine should be the starter
- Disagree - I have seen this posted and stated in quite a few places and I really think this is crazy as well...Yes Saine is going to be a very good back here, and yes he is a homerun threat, but Beanie is the pounder, he wears guys down, he can take mroe of the beating, and that allows Saine and Mo Wells to come in and take advantage of the tired defenders...Also Beanie since the second half of Akron has been a different back after he shook the rust off from not practicing that much in the fall.
4. Our WR's can't stretch the field
- Disagree - I have also seen this stated elsewhere. I just think that we werent doing any of this in the first 2 games...Hartline and Robo both got deep against Washington, and while they may not have the speed of Teddy to get deep, they have the size that allows them to go up and get jump balls and shield off the defenders and that coupled with Todd's ability to throw the deep ball, when the safties start cheating up to take away the run, I think we are going to see more and more of this...Also I wouldnt be suprised if we didnt see Saine split out of the backfield and let him use his speed to get deep.
5. Our Oline is not very good
- Disagree - Once again I have seen this all over after the first two games, saying that they don't know how to block, they can't get any push, and yadda yadda, but I think those questions were answered after last weekend...There will still be times when our vanilla offense will come into play and it will look like we arent getting a push, and we are letting teams stack the box, and not take advantage of it, but that is just Tress setting up things for later games...I also would think the TE's need alot of credit here, and they have been hooking the end and getting down field to the LB's and S's very well to help spring some runs...Also we didnt get sacked once last week...
Thoughts...