I don't know guys. Things are starting to look a lot better offensively than many of us thought a couple months ago. The interior of this OL could be a real force in the run game. Trey Smith and Calbert are massive humans with freakish strength. Kennedy looks a lot stronger as well and he is a 6th year college guy.
You add this to the equation of Gray and Chandler being able to share the bulk of the carries and we have some big play guys finally at RB again. Then when Chaney starts using DWA and Jennings in the middle of the field this will help with hot reads and safety valves for JG plus they will help a lot with play action, RPO's and their mere presence in the short middle zones will cause the LB's to have to sit on their heals for a second and not just sell out on the run like teams have been doing on early downs against us for the past 3 years.
Also, if teams start to blitz our OL a lot because they suspect that stunts, overloads and sending extra guys will confuse our OL and JG; i suspect Chaney can use quick slants, TE stick routes, naked bootlegs to DWA on a quick out, and screens to make defenses pay. Having RB's that can catch and are great out in space is going to give this offense an element we have not had or used in a long time. This is just in base offensive sets. If Chaney is planning on using some 2 RB sets and motioning Chandler to WR, again a lot of mismatches.
If we get a running game going, this offense could be nasty. We know we have the talent at WR, and we know JG can sling the ball when given time, but one of the biggest issues has been the OL. Pass blocking has been awful, run blocking has been awful, which in turn has not helped JG out much. We all know JG has struggled with holding the ball too long and struggling with pre-snap reads and getting the OL and running backs into the ideal plays. From the sound of things, a lot of these issues are being solved thanks to Chaney, Martin, and staff.
I am pretty bullish on this offense. If the OL starts to gel by game 4, this offense could potentially be a 30 ppg offense. If this offense turns out to be as good as I think they can potentially be, then our defensive line concerns are not nearly as big of an issue and the offensive firepower would allow Pruitt to be more aggressive with his defense and he may try to create more turnovers and TFL plays trying to flip the field more, giving our offense more possessions. This could be a very interesting and surprising season.
Plus it will be fun to see the young talent grow as the season moves on. If we are playing meaningful games towards the latter part of our season, we may see some real growth in year 2.
