****** but still better than Lashlee's. Gained more yards rushing than Lashlee's one year with TVD, had same ypc (3.7), and had absolutely NO passing game to take pressure off the run game which is a huge factor.
While true, you cant keep trying to jam a 180 lb RB right into the middle of a VERY weak line over and over again, which is exactly what he did. No gaps, no space created. Just slam a little guy into a pile of big guys that were already shoved 1-2 yards into the backfield by the time Knighton got the handoff.
Boring to a lot of our fan base involves anything that isn’t a go route getting housed for 65 yards. Is what it is…
I do think there’s “innovative” & that’s just taking different concepts and play styles and making your own style. But true innovation is something that’s not always seen before and changes the game. Football’s is forever changing w that’s a good thing imo.
You sure about that? Gattis averaged fewer yards per game than Lashlee in 2021 and fewer yards per carry. Even if you want to use your numbers, all that means is Gattis called more running plays. They weren't any more successful. Not to mention, Gattis had Parrish to carry a majority of the load and got another 200+ yards from a backup quarterback. Whereas Lashlee had Knighton and nobody else for the entire second half of the 2021 season. Prior to Cam Harris' injury they were averaging 160 yards per game.
Agree that it was a losing proposition but you're really left with no other option. There was no other running back to give the ball to and you can't just call a bunch of sweeps and tosses, especially when your line can't block the most basic fundamental running plays. Everything in a zone blocking scheme runs off two plays. inside zone and outside zone. From there, you can change things up by adding the zone read element, a buck sweep or the counter. If you can't block inside zone, you can't block any of those other things. Also, the zone read game with TVD is really only something you call once in a while as a changeup. you can't really expect him to carry your running game with his legs.
It depends. It's not quite like the NFL where everything revolves around the pass and you only run to keep the defense honest. In college you can still have a dominant offense that runs more than it passes. The thing is, it's not like it was 30 years ago where you ran the ball to set up the pass. Now you use the threat of a pass out of spread formations to give you more space to run the ball. Pretty much every top rushing offense that's not a service academy plays almost exclusively from spread formations. The old 'lineup in the I formation with an extra tight end" is non-existent today and nobody outside of fans who still think it's 1995 still care about using it.
I will watch it again.
It's not fair to compare Lashlee to Gattis because of injuries to QB and OL, but it's fair to assess Lashlee against . . . Bama? Seriously?
