OkieHawk":35231rii said:
CodeWarrior":35231rii said:
To answer your question: the offense is playing poorly so far this year as well. Fewer sacks or not this offense doesn't scare anyone. Or if you think it does I'd be interested to hear where you think this offense shows potency.
Oh, the offense is putrid. I'm merely saying that I feel that the OL isn't as bad as we all think for pass pro is all. We used to be the exact opposite and I'm wondering how and when the shift happened.
Pass protection hasn't been the issue as in years past. We're not letting immediate penetration up the middle, which is what killed our offense in the first half of last year. Our Tackle play is poor, but Carolina showed how to over come that with a mobile QB and crushing running game last year.
The problem with our offense is that we aren't running well which means teams don't have to stack the box and have an extra defender in coverage. We still use PA, but it's useless as teams don't believe it and we're not hitting defenses over the top like we're used to. Which means secondaries don't get stretched out, and sit on the short passing game, which we need to establish because our Tackles are weak and Wilson gets pressured fairly quickly. Also, running right at pass rushers slows them down and tires them out.
So to summarize: our run game sucks, it effects the passing game and we haven't been able to make adjustments in the passing game because most of our route trees are rudimentary. Which has been said for 3 or 4 years now.