So Dak started his career running Garrett's offense with Garret as playcaller, a run heavy attack to open up playaction and the occasional deep shot...until Moore shows up, who runs Garrett's offense with more emphasis on the passing attack....until McCarthy cans Moore, and runs his offense with a WCO twist....and now we get Schottenheimer running McCarthy's offense without the WCO twist with more emphasis on the run and playaction....which means we're back to what we had under Garrett....which means we've improved? Schottenheimer had success in Seattle and has been here awhile. I won't knock his offense until I see it in practice, but this really feels like we're chasing our tail.
Many problems with harking back to 2016 and trying to replicate it in 2025, namely:
- We had Zeke (fair enough we're going to draft an upgrade on the Dowdle/Zeke combo)
- O-Line in 2025 is nowhere near as dominant as in 2016.
- Dak no longer provides an additional running factor.
- As soon as teams go ahead, they will revert to The Blueprint, even sacrifice the run yards, in exchange for not surrendering chunk plays and the Cover-2. As soon as they get to 3rd and mid/long they know there's a good chance there's a "composure throw" is possibly coming
Trying subterfuge doesnt work when opposition teams can see the reasoning behind it.
On WCO/TCO, wasnt that installed as it eradicates Dak's problem with progressions, post snap moving defenses and that he struggles if he doesnt stare down his receiver (possibly due to his inability to read the post-snap defensive pattern.....and so he's throwing into the unknown).
If we want to improve Dak, we need a Defense that's can lock down the score and ensure Dak doesnt have to initiate a comeback.....dont allow teams to sit in coverage.
