Kaiser
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You can have your car in any colour you want, as long as it's black"
- Henry Ford, 1920
“You can run any pattern you want, as long as it’s a comeback route”
- Scott Linehan, 2018
One of the biggest problems with the offense last year IMO was Linehan’s predictability. Way too many pass routes were comebacks and with the OL injuries, defenses ignored the deep routes to run blitz and sit on the short routes. Linehan was fired, then Kellen Moore was clearly hired to bring more innovation and unpredictability to the offense.
The best example was Amari Cooper’s 75 yard TD against the Eagles where he publicly said this after the game:
“It’s interesting because I actually had another stop route on that play and they were, if you were watching, really sitting on those stop routes,” Cooper said. “And I was like, this is ridiculous. So when I broke the huddle I was kind of mad and I was like, Dak, come on. And he was just like, just run it bro. And I guess he thought about it again and he kind of signaled a go route and I was elated when he did that. And I took off, caught the ball, and scored.”
Going into the offseason, the team replaced Beasley in the slot with Cobb, who has been a deep threat his entire career. Amari and Gallup are already deep threats.
Reading the news from the OTA’s, its clear the backup WR candidates this year could add a ton of deep speed to the team. Tavon Austin might be the fastest player on the team. Devin Smith was a 2nd round pick because of his deep speed but was injured with the Jets. Jon’Vea Johnson is described as having electric deep speed. Reggie Davis has bounced around but ran a 4.31 at his combine. Even Cedric Wilson is a deceptively fast deep threat.
So question for the board – if Zeke and Witten are the short game, then you have 6 WRs (and Jarwin) who can beat you deep, what does Kellen Moore’s offense look like?
- Henry Ford, 1920
“You can run any pattern you want, as long as it’s a comeback route”
- Scott Linehan, 2018
One of the biggest problems with the offense last year IMO was Linehan’s predictability. Way too many pass routes were comebacks and with the OL injuries, defenses ignored the deep routes to run blitz and sit on the short routes. Linehan was fired, then Kellen Moore was clearly hired to bring more innovation and unpredictability to the offense.
The best example was Amari Cooper’s 75 yard TD against the Eagles where he publicly said this after the game:
“It’s interesting because I actually had another stop route on that play and they were, if you were watching, really sitting on those stop routes,” Cooper said. “And I was like, this is ridiculous. So when I broke the huddle I was kind of mad and I was like, Dak, come on. And he was just like, just run it bro. And I guess he thought about it again and he kind of signaled a go route and I was elated when he did that. And I took off, caught the ball, and scored.”
Going into the offseason, the team replaced Beasley in the slot with Cobb, who has been a deep threat his entire career. Amari and Gallup are already deep threats.
Reading the news from the OTA’s, its clear the backup WR candidates this year could add a ton of deep speed to the team. Tavon Austin might be the fastest player on the team. Devin Smith was a 2nd round pick because of his deep speed but was injured with the Jets. Jon’Vea Johnson is described as having electric deep speed. Reggie Davis has bounced around but ran a 4.31 at his combine. Even Cedric Wilson is a deceptively fast deep threat.
So question for the board – if Zeke and Witten are the short game, then you have 6 WRs (and Jarwin) who can beat you deep, what does Kellen Moore’s offense look like?
