Spin Doctor
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Pete Carroll, Pete Carroll, when are you going to trust your Quarterback? This is a reoccurring theme under the Carroll regime. I don't think this is the fault of Russell Wilson, this falls on our head coach. This game was not only a monumental game planning disaster, but it also showcased the lack of trust Carroll has in his QBs. I have no doubt that if we had Peyton Manning in his prime we'd get this same kind of offense.
I understand, Pete Carroll's main goal is to keep turnovers down, and passing usually holds a bigger potential for turnovers. Unfortunately constant three and outs can have a similar effect to turning the ball over in some instances. The offense itself is designed to limit what the QB can and can't do. We're missing timing routes, and passes such as slants. It seems as if the playbook was created for the sole purpose of limiting turnovers. We don't use huge swaths of the field in our offense, and most of the routes concepts are overly simplistic. Many of the bread and butter plays that most offenses utilize are missing from our offense.
What Pete needs to understand is that the passing game, and running game complement each other. A passing game that stretches defenses horizontally (something our offense doesn't do) as well as vertically open up the running game. Holmgren used to do this with Matt Hasselbeck. He would stretch defenses out horizontally, and then switch it up with at least one long pass per quarter. When defenses hard committed to the pass he would then send in Alexander to gash the defense. When they started to key in on the run, he would then call in Hasselbeck to open up the run game again. The run game and passing game play off of each other.
What we saw today was a demonstration of a lack of knowledge on the offensive side of the ball. Lining up, and broadcasting what you're going to do doesn't work against top tier defenses. It isn't like the defense. Carroll needs to start trust his Quarterback to make plays, and to run a conventional NFL offense. I'm not talking about passing 500 times a year either. I'm more speaking about concepts. NFL defenses strive to make the opposing offense one dimensional, we're taking away that responsibility from the defense, because our one sided nature is self-imposed. Just like an offense that relies on the pass too much, a team that does nothing but run also has similar downsides.
I just hope that next year Pete Carroll realizes that there needs to be a balance, a yin to the yang.
I understand, Pete Carroll's main goal is to keep turnovers down, and passing usually holds a bigger potential for turnovers. Unfortunately constant three and outs can have a similar effect to turning the ball over in some instances. The offense itself is designed to limit what the QB can and can't do. We're missing timing routes, and passes such as slants. It seems as if the playbook was created for the sole purpose of limiting turnovers. We don't use huge swaths of the field in our offense, and most of the routes concepts are overly simplistic. Many of the bread and butter plays that most offenses utilize are missing from our offense.
What Pete needs to understand is that the passing game, and running game complement each other. A passing game that stretches defenses horizontally (something our offense doesn't do) as well as vertically open up the running game. Holmgren used to do this with Matt Hasselbeck. He would stretch defenses out horizontally, and then switch it up with at least one long pass per quarter. When defenses hard committed to the pass he would then send in Alexander to gash the defense. When they started to key in on the run, he would then call in Hasselbeck to open up the run game again. The run game and passing game play off of each other.
What we saw today was a demonstration of a lack of knowledge on the offensive side of the ball. Lining up, and broadcasting what you're going to do doesn't work against top tier defenses. It isn't like the defense. Carroll needs to start trust his Quarterback to make plays, and to run a conventional NFL offense. I'm not talking about passing 500 times a year either. I'm more speaking about concepts. NFL defenses strive to make the opposing offense one dimensional, we're taking away that responsibility from the defense, because our one sided nature is self-imposed. Just like an offense that relies on the pass too much, a team that does nothing but run also has similar downsides.
I just hope that next year Pete Carroll realizes that there needs to be a balance, a yin to the yang.
