JasonB wrote:When you watch that highlight video, watch the QB's helmet. A lot of those plays are designed with a single primary receiver. He is making the pass to the first read a vast majority of the time. There was one play where he did a check down to the back. There are some times when he goes through 2 options, but they are always to the same side of the field. There is one play where he does three options - a prescribed look at the check down, then he looks at the post on the same side, then throws the vertical on the same side. On the other orange bowl link, there is one play early where he does a similar sequence, bluff look to the left flat, then looks at a flag pattern, then hits the guy down the seam. Three options, all the same side of the field, and the first option is really just a bluff.
The June Jone offense: wait for the long routes to develop, see where the safeties move, then either throw that pass or run through progressions until you find an open receiver. Sit in the pocket and read.
The CM offense: Make a quick decision. A lot of plays are a pre-defined pass (bubble, flare). Others it is one quick read, another quick read, and run. Don't waste time switching to the other side of the field because we want a decision made as quick as possible. #tempo even with the QB making decisions on where to go with the ball. Even when the QB is in the pocket, the field is cut in half.
Matt Davis doesn't have the arm of Boyd, but he is a better runner. He can throw the bubble just fine. This is an offense I think he will play well in. It is also an offense a true frosh can pick up pretty quickly, as shown by Clemson this season. So if Davis doesn't work out, the frosh should be ready after going through spring. But I really do think Davis will be fine. The bigger issue is trying to get Lancaster/Walker/Malone/Stewart/Durall/true frosh to play the Watkins role.
The quick decidion looking at maybe just one WR has led to Marcus Mariota at Oregon be questioned for his pro potential, but it sure does seem to work right now. Deshaun Watson showed HCCM can plug in a true freshman. I think Davis may not play with a full playbook but this offense should perform way better than the JJ guru "offense." Maybe people are just warn down by the "takes two years for a qb to learn it" of days past. The future is #tempo
Also will be interesting to see how Gresham and Nlemchi fit in, and which WR steps up.
