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So, it does seem that we will be operating somewhat differently than last year under Schotty.
1) A big emphasis on the screen game. We started to see it some in the second half last year which makes me think that it had to do with input by Cig or other offensive coordinators. Much of the screen game revolves around bubble screens and play-action screens.
2) Tavon on the outside. We didn't see him much, if at all, on the outside last year. The jury's still out but I think we'll be able to see more utility out of him on streaks and come-backs (if he hadn't of pushed off on that one play, he would have run a damn good come-back route earlier in the preseason).
3) More run heavy formations. We saw this two years ago before and much more after Bradford went down. It doesn't look like we've necessarily used unbalanced lines but it looks like we will use more single WR, multi-TE formations outside of the red-zone.
4) Someone help me on this one but it does seem that we have more backs leaving on pass-routes than staying in to block than last year. Additionally, it doesn't seem like we will be using as much two-back shotgun backfields as we did last season, probably too small a sample size to really know this.
5) Zone-blocking. I think we rarely zone-blocked last year if at all. Lots of zone-blocking this year. Seems integral to the play-action and screen game. I'm guessing we're 60-40 power blocking vs zone blocking now where we were maybe 90-10 last year. Need help from others to certify this. I think there seems to be more zone-blocking too on short yardage but need to check it. Could be really helpful as Schotty used to run really slow-developing pulls near the goal-line sometimes.
5) The Jet sweep has been conspicuously missing. I doubt it's gone from the playbook, I just don't think they gain anything from running it in the preseason.
1) A big emphasis on the screen game. We started to see it some in the second half last year which makes me think that it had to do with input by Cig or other offensive coordinators. Much of the screen game revolves around bubble screens and play-action screens.
2) Tavon on the outside. We didn't see him much, if at all, on the outside last year. The jury's still out but I think we'll be able to see more utility out of him on streaks and come-backs (if he hadn't of pushed off on that one play, he would have run a damn good come-back route earlier in the preseason).
3) More run heavy formations. We saw this two years ago before and much more after Bradford went down. It doesn't look like we've necessarily used unbalanced lines but it looks like we will use more single WR, multi-TE formations outside of the red-zone.
4) Someone help me on this one but it does seem that we have more backs leaving on pass-routes than staying in to block than last year. Additionally, it doesn't seem like we will be using as much two-back shotgun backfields as we did last season, probably too small a sample size to really know this.
5) Zone-blocking. I think we rarely zone-blocked last year if at all. Lots of zone-blocking this year. Seems integral to the play-action and screen game. I'm guessing we're 60-40 power blocking vs zone blocking now where we were maybe 90-10 last year. Need help from others to certify this. I think there seems to be more zone-blocking too on short yardage but need to check it. Could be really helpful as Schotty used to run really slow-developing pulls near the goal-line sometimes.
5) The Jet sweep has been conspicuously missing. I doubt it's gone from the playbook, I just don't think they gain anything from running it in the preseason.
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