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The most important aspect of this offense IMO will be the run game. In order for us to have a successful season we have to run the ball at a high level. We gotta get back to having a real rushing attack that can control the time of possession & can also be a game breaker for us.

Our run game under Richt was incredibly predictable & easily stuffed, we had no variations at all & put our backs at a disadvantage on a regular basis with how quickly diagnosable our sequences were.

The passing attack was historically bad, literally one of the worst ever in school history, but if we hope to see a major increase in our efficiency in the pass game, having a respectable run game will allow for more versatility in the play calling for our pass attack. If Defenses don't respect our run game, they'll crowd the box with 8-9 man fronts daring us to beat them through the air.

A legit run game will back those Safeties off & open up the field more, plus you can make Defenses pay with spacing.

Enos's biggest task will be to get this Offense to establish an identity. We're going to have to manufacture productivity by exploiting & creating mismatches in opposing Defenses & that can done with pace/tempo catching Defenses off guard while also forcing them to pick their poison.

The key is to actually have 2 different kinds of venom, we have to make them respect the run game if we want to see an improved passing game.
 
I think it's a given we'll see a completely different offense than what we saw last year. Enos will surely put the guys in situations to succeed and keep the opposing D on it's heels. It'll be interesting to see how much of the offense he let's loose game 1. Won't be surprised if it evolves as the season progresses based on what the guys show they can handle.

I also believe we shouldn't discount the impact Coach Barry and Coach Feeley will have on the OL. Technique and strength should be much improved and Enos calling plays that play to the strengths of the 5 big fellas up front will surely help as well.
 
Liberty City El said:
The most important aspect of this offense IMO will be the run game. In order for us to have a successful season we have to run the ball at a high level. We gotta get back to having a real rushing attack that can control the time of possession & can also be a game breaker for us.

Our run game under Richt was incredibly predictable & easily stuffed, we had no variations at all & put our backs at a disadvantage on a regular basis with how quickly diagnosable our sequences were.

The passing attack was historically bad, literally one of the worst ever in school history, but if we hope to see a major increase in our efficiency in the pass game, having a respectable run game will allow for more versatility in the play calling for our pass attack. If Defenses don't respect our run game, they'll crowd the box with 8-9 man fronts daring us to beat them through the air.

A legit run game will back those Safeties off & open up the field more, plus you can make Defenses pay with spacing.

Enos's biggest task will be to get this Offense to establish an identity. We're going to have to manufacture productivity by exploiting & creating mismatches in opposing Defenses & that can done with pace/tempo catching Defenses off guard while also forcing them to pick their poison.

The key is to actually have 2 different kinds of venom, we have to make them respect the run game if we want to see an improved passing game.
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I think Our passing game was far more of an issue than the running game last year. We averaged 190 yards a game with the 26th highest yards per carry in the country. We do however need to improve on 3rd and short and goaline plays where running is assuredly needed.
 
423Hurricane said:
I think it's a given we'll see a completely different offense than what we saw last year. Enos will surely put the guys in situations to succeed and keep the opposing D on it's heels. It'll be interesting to see how much of the offense he let's loose game 1. Won't be surprised if it evolves as the season progresses based on what the guys show they can handle.

I also believe we shouldn't discount the impact Coach Barry and Coach Feeley will have on the OL. Technique and strength should be much improved and Enos calling plays that play to the strengths of the 5 big fellas up front will surely help as well.
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We should throw the kitchen sink at UF.

They have an aggressive Defense & we have a brand new offense, we should come out completely unorthodox & show them looks they haven't seen, especially early on in the first quarter.

If we come out conservative & tenative trying not to make a mistake they'll feed off it, we need to be creative & hit them with everything we got & more. The way to neutralize SEC Defenses is with speed, aggression & fearlessness, you have to go right at them & keep them on their heels from the word go.

If we wanna win we gotta hit the ground running 100mph & buzzsaw these fckers, a close game down to the wire will not bode well for us.
 
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brock said:
I think Our passing game was far more of an issue than the running game last year. We averaged 190 yards a game with the 26th highest yards per carry in the country. We do however need to improve on 3rd and short and goaline plays where running is assuredly needed.
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The passing game was obviously worse, but that's not what I'm getting at.

My point is if we're not balanced & don't have a good rushing attack our passing game will continue to struggle.
 
We need good balance. The old spread/pro style argument is moot nowadays because pro systems all implement spread concepts now. I love the idea of getting playmakers in space but I've always been lukewarm on the whole hurry-up super fast tempo style. I feel like a lot of these "we gotta run 90 plays a game" teams are just trying to mask their defenses and attempting to outscore everyone will eventually come back to bite you one day if your offense is off. I think Enos' use of multiple formations and personnel groups will be a lot tougher to defend than using the same personnel groups in a limited number of formations trying to go as fast as you can. It's 2019 and the stuff that was mind boggling ten years ago is already outdated and good defenses can stop it. Gotta be on the cutting edge.
 
I get amused by the notion that the O-line will benefit from better play calling.

Wouldn't a QB who threw an incompletion benefit from better play calling, like a handoff or a pass play he can hit? I think that's wishful thinking and excuse making.

That's not the way O-lines work. In the critical short yardage situations your play selection is reduced anyway. Its still becomes a matter of lining up, firing off and beating the guy across from you (more often than not) and creating enough space to convert those 1-3 yards. And, we weren't very good at that last year on 3rd down over the entire season

It also wasn't play calling when it started that caused the O-Line not to pick up a-gap blitzs against LSU to save their lives. That was O-linemen not knowing their assignments or executing.

I'm hoping the O-line gets better because a couple younger guys got some playing time. That they bought in to the TNM, know the playbook and worked harder in the weight room.

But just like last season, we won't really know until they show us they can sustain drives against an SEC-built front 7.
 
Liberty City El said:
The passing game was obviously worse, but that's not what I'm getting at.

My point is if we're not balanced & don't have a good rushing attack our passing game will continue to struggle.
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With enos balance is going to come,In 2015 and 2016, Arkansas were one of two FBS teams with a 3,000-yard passer and 1,300-yard rusher featuring a different quarterback and different running back in each season.
 
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Silver King said:
I get amused by the notion that the O-line will benefit from better play calling.

Wouldn't a QB who threw an incompletion benefit from better play calling, like a handoff or a pass play he can hit? I think that's wishful thinking and excuse making.

That's not the way O-lines work. In the critical short yardage situations your play selection is reduced anyway. Its still becomes a matter of lining up, firing off and beating the guy across from you (more often than not) and creating enough space to convert those 1-3 yards. And, we weren't very good at that last year on 3rd down over the entire season

It also wasn't play calling when it started that caused the O-Line not to pick up a-gap blitzs against LSU to save their lives. That was O-linemen not knowing their assignments or executing.

I'm hoping the O-line gets better because a couple younger guys got some playing time. That they bought in to the TNM, know the playbook and worked harder in the weight room.

But just like last season, we won't really know until they show us they can sustain drives against an SEC-built front 7.
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What is a sec built front 7?
 
Silver King said:
I get amused by the notion that the O-line will benefit from better play calling.

Wouldn't a QB who threw an incompletion benefit from better play calling, like a handoff or a pass play he can hit? I think that's wishful thinking and excuse making.

That's not the way O-lines work. In the critical short yardage situations your play selection is reduced anyway. Its still becomes a matter of lining up, firing off and beating the guy across from you (more often than not) and creating enough space to convert those 1-3 yards. And, we weren't very good at that last year on 3rd down over the entire season

It also wasn't play calling when it started that caused the O-Line not to pick up a-gap blitzs against LSU to save their lives. That was O-linemen not knowing their assignments or executing.

I'm hoping the O-line gets better because a couple younger guys got some playing time. That they bought in to the TNM, know the playbook and worked harder in the weight room.

But just like last season, we won't really know until they show us they can sustain drives against an SEC-built front 7.
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Football is not as simplistic as you are insinuating. Is Oklahoma or even the chiefs in the nfl JUST lining up and firing and beating the man in front of you on short yardage situations? No they have varied formations to create space within the context of the play whether it be motion to unclog defenders from the middle or just create unfavorable mismatches. They certainly aren’t just calling a fb dive on every single 3rd down play that everyone know is coming that’s for **** sure which is what richt did. These defenses and dcs knew Miami’s tendencies and it was easy to scheme against that so of course that makes the oline look bad if the defenses knew exactly what was coming
 
brock said:
Football is not as simplistic as you are insinuating. Is Oklahoma or even the chiefs in the nfl JUST lining up and firing and beating the man in front of you on short yardage situations? No they have varied formations to create space within the context of the play whether it be motion to unclog defenders from the middle or just create unfavorable mismatches. They certainly aren’t just calling a fb dive on every single 3rd down play that everyone know is coming that’s for **** sure which is what richt did. These defenses and dcs knew Miami’s tendencies and it was easy to scheme against that so of course that makes the oline look bad if the defenses knew exactly what was coming
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Exactly and the same concept applies to the entire offense tbh . When you have receivers running the same mirrored routes and RBs running the same dive plays in critical situations it makes it hard for those players on to succeed when the defense already knows what’s coming . Thats literally giving the defense a head start . That’s what film study is about . Just the fact our offense will be so less predictable will help everyone across the board
 
Liberty City El said:
The passing game was obviously worse, but that's not what I'm getting at.

My point is if we're not balanced & don't have a good rushing attack our passing game will continue to struggle.
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On the other side, if we can't complete forward passes, the run game won't have anywhere to go. We do need balance, but if we don't get better QB play, and a better plan from the OC, we are in trouble. Teams will dare us to beat them in the passing game, because they will stack up to stop the run.
 
If your opponent knows what play you're going to run, the best offensive line in the world isn't going to help you. I don't think some people realize just how laughably pathetic Richt's play calling was last year. Everyone knew what was coming and how to defend it.
 
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brock said:
Football is not as simplistic as you are insinuating. Is Oklahoma or even the chiefs in the nfl JUST lining up and firing and beating the man in front of you on short yardage situations? No they have varied formations to create space within the context of the play whether it be motion to unclog defenders from the middle or just create unfavorable mismatches. They certainly aren’t just calling a fb dive on every single 3rd down play that everyone know is coming that’s for **** sure which is what richt did. These defenses and dcs knew Miami’s tendencies and it was easy to scheme against that so of course that makes the oline look bad if the defenses knew exactly what was coming
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Thanks for the lesson, you know they also have splits, double teams, cross blocking, traps, etc...

I blocked for 4 different thousand yard backs in college, and two before that in high school.

You can get as technical (or as Madden) as you want to get, real football is still a game of eleven guys that all have assignments and have to execute. Fronts, motions, whatever. It comes down to at the snap of the ball if your asisgned guy is owning you, you're not going to run the ball very effectively in your area.

Again, play calling had nothing to do with giving up hurries or sacks against LSU - that was an underperforming O-Line and coaching, that never adjusted.
 
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I think a lot of the fan base a skewed expectation of how the O will look this up coming season. A lot of ppl here and throughout the fan base has been clamoring for a spread, high tempo, high number of plays attack. Enos is not bringing that here.

In the the link was all offensive highlights. And as you can see his offense is a pro multiple..very similar to what jedd Fisch ran while he was here. The thing I loved about Jedds attack was the different ways he would create deep shots & and when he chose to do so. Depending on field position and momentum in the game..

Other than the looks Enos and the bama staff presented the one thing that popped off the screen immediately is the execution up front. That line created constant movement and never got pushed back. This brings me to my conclusion, if we don’t get the execution up front that we need this multiple offense can get very stagnant.

Skill position wise we stack up against anybody. This seasons offens will live or die with the production we get up front. Personally I prefer a multiple offense over a spread because the principles within are hard to game plan for and stop unlike a spread. In a spread if you can just out talent a team your good, but from week to week that is not a realistic formula
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Watch the Arkansas-Bama game from 2016.

Arkansas’ ol was obliterated the entire game. They couldn’t run the ball at all and the quarterback was running for his life the entire game.They still put up 30 on the nation’s best defense and got a lot of yards.

This is what has me so excited about Enos. The way he calls plays can get yards and points even when soundly losing the line of scrimmage.

If we get average play from the left tackle, it is all over. We will score a lot of points.

The MOST important thing going into the season is ball protection, poise, and accuracy from the qb position.

The run blocking will be much better and Scaife will control the rt position. Get someone to step up at lt and the offense will be explosive even if there is some slow, inconsistent moments. Just can’t have the qb be a turnover machine.
 
Silver King said:
I get amused by the notion that the O-line will benefit from better play calling.

Wouldn't a QB who threw an incompletion benefit from better play calling, like a handoff or a pass play he can hit? I think that's wishful thinking and excuse making.

That's not the way O-lines work. In the critical short yardage situations your play selection is reduced anyway. Its still becomes a matter of lining up, firing off and beating the guy across from you (more often than not) and creating enough space to convert those 1-3 yards. And, we weren't very good at that last year on 3rd down over the entire season

It also wasn't play calling when it started that caused the O-Line not to pick up a-gap blitzs against LSU to save their lives. That was O-linemen not knowing their assignments or executing.

I'm hoping the O-line gets better because a couple younger guys got some playing time. That they bought in to the TNM, know the playbook and worked harder in the weight room.

But just like last season, we won't really know until they show us they can sustain drives against an SEC-built front 7.
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One thing I noticed under Richt was the more time we had to prepare, the worse the team looked.

Playcalling in itself isn’t a cure all, but it goes a LONG, LONG WAY toward building the team’s confidence and momentum.

The entire offense looked unprepared against LSU and there was no reason to look like that with nine months to get ready.

Some would say “execution” is an excuse for bad coaching, whether in practice or a game.

Our oline got beat a lot of plays, but our d line beat their o line a lot of plays too. Field position and mistakes were a huge key.

But when your plan is to move the ball with Rosier throwing deep all game, it’s gonna be an uphill climb.
 
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