That offense was 50/50 and had an amazing screen game. Also far more formations and actually played off previous play calls. As for as selling a reverse like they'd ran earlier then throwing downfield off fake . Or out and ups or slant and go's because they were eating people up underneath. Teams respected speed so much the slants, drags , hitches and outs were money. Then pulled the rug when teams started sitting in those routes.
Revisionist history.
What does 50/50 have to do with predictability?
It was I-form all the time and we ran lead, blast, counter.
Or we threw off play-action.
It was as predictable as you could imagine.
And people like you whined about it.
But it worked so it was considered brilliant by the simpletons.
First off we didn't line up in I all game you clueless twit.
Second of all its not about the formations , it's about showing different looks off the same action. Or scheming to find mismatches then exploiting, winning the battle before the ball is even snapped.
The 2001 team had reverses off your I formations , then would run
moss around on a simple Iso to Portis,but the d remembered the reverse earlier.
They also ran the short intermediate game to nauseam then made you pay when you finally came up. There was also used the rb/fb in the passing game. Wheel routes and angles to fb/rb matched up on a lb.
There was nothing predictable about that O, it was truly 50/50 with a mixture so balanced you couldn't sit on the run or pass.
Just something simple as a reverse or jet sweep look a few times a game outs a second of doubt in a defenders head . It also holds the de for a split second. It took 5-6 games to see that , which is insanity with a guy like JT out there.
We run rpo/ bubble screens to death but have yet to sell the bubble then play off that. Teams don't even think about that, they just fly downhill to the bubble with no regard. Why wouldn't you send the blocker towards wr then just go deep. Its stealing. Air raid offenses kill with this every game.
That's the gripe with the no creativity or imagination complaint , and it's fair criticism. Except to a dufus like you.