I’ve listened to a lot of interviews with former players and they all say Pete structures how the offense should run each week but the offensive coaching staff creates the weekly gameplan/philosophy. Pete also does not call any plays during the game but can certainly influence it. So Pete dictates what he wants and it’s up to the OC to implement and counter during the game, something Waldron has been downright terrible at.
At this point it’s clear the shell of what Pete wants to run hasn’t changed much since he got here. It’s very basic and we’ve only seen a handful of wrinkles by the crew of OC’s. Schotty stretched the shell more than any of the others and got fired once Russ cooking flamed out. The worst part of this season is the core structure needs a functioning run game that creates boots/PA so the deep shots Pete desires get favorable looks and Waldron has entirely abandoned it.
At this point I think the entire offensive structure has imploded and they need to burn it down. Obviously can’t happen mid season but the Seahawks have a lot of talent underutilized. DK, Lockett, and JSN should be match up nightmares and instead are routinely blanketed with ease while DB’s run their routes. This offense needs a new OC who can design/implement an innovative offense without Pete forcing a certain structure. There are plenty of sources to use around the NFL for a new template. At this point in his career I don’t know if it’ll happen, the closest we got was chef Russ - as soon as he had a two week speed bump Pete shut it down and had Russ running basically his rookie offense without read option and Russ was gone (deserved or not).
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