Did we finally open the playbook?

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We are 5 games in. When we started it seemed like we called many conservative/vanilla plays.

Maybe it's me, but all I've seen is kinda of the same since the first game.

Is this our offense? Is it good/bad? Or are we just making silly mistakes?
 
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Haha, I think they get the playbook out of the drawer in the second half, kind of a ritual at this point. Spot the other team 14-21 points....then start. Vols love a challenge.
 
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I think what you see is what we have. May have a few stashed trick plays, but other than that, what you see is what you get imo.
 
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Did we finally open the playbook?

Yes Debord was going through some old files and found it! He and Butch have been reading through it and they both think its going to help the offense a lot. :)
 
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Dougie_D said:
We are 5 games in. When we started it seemed like we called many conservative/vanilla plays.

Maybe it's me, but all I've seen is kinda of the same since the first game.

Is this our offense? Is it good/bad? Or are we just making silly mistakes?
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This is pretty much our offense. We're executing better in the passing game due to a couple of factors IMO. One, the pass protection seems to be improving some. Two, Dobbs looks to me like he's gaining more confidence. I would still like to see Dobbs keep it more on the read. It just opens up the rest of the offense.
 
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We are a fairly vanilla offense, and especially early in games and when games are close. And our games are close partly because we're vanilla.
 
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If we don't get agressive (like down 21 at the half agressive) coming out of the gates we won't compete in either of the next 2 and stand a chance of dropping 1 of our last few season cleanup games.
 
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Dougie_D said:
We are 5 games in. When we started it seemed like we called many conservative/vanilla plays.

Maybe it's me, but all I've seen is kinda of the same since the first game.

Is this our offense? Is it good/bad? Or are we just making silly mistakes?
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How meany New plays can you call. when our receivers don't catch the ball half the time.
 
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I don't think we come out vanilla this week. I think we see something that resembles the OU first half last year. I think Dobbs run game will be more involved early.
 
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Catbone said:
It's more of an execution thing. Not playcalling
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This.


I was just talking about this with my wife. If it works it looks amazing and is fast action football. If it fails it looks ridiculous and like a terrible call. I think this is because we all grew up on smash mouth or pro-style and when those fail it looks like what we have always seen, a wr off a step or the hole wasn't there....with this it is kind of different.
 
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Dobbs has only ran it more than 15 times in a game and that was against Florida...and it got all cylinders of the offense clicking. 11 times against UGA....14 times against VaTech and Ohio each. DeBord will unleash Dobbs legs this weekend....and next...he has no choice with the next 2 defensive lines we are about to face.
 
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I definitely agree Dobbs needs to keep it on five to ten more reads a game. It also seems to me that it's best when his read is up the gut and the rb read is going to the sideline. I thought he was the best between the tackles runner in the uf game
 
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I don't see the play call being vanilla the last two games. We are using the middle of the field much more and I think I recall seeing two run plays I've never seen before against Georgia. Not counting the use of our rb's down the field in the passing game
 
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IMO I think the passing game has improved since last season. Dobbs is throwing better and our wide receivers have improved. Malone and Jennings have solidified themselves as our best wide receivers. Our WR's seem to be getting open a lot this year. If we can just catch the ball more consistent then...
 
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Dougie_D said:
We are 5 games in. When we started it seemed like we called many conservative/vanilla plays.

Maybe it's me, but all I've seen is kinda of the same since the first game.

Is this our offense? Is it good/bad? Or are we just making silly mistakes?
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Silly mistakes. One leads to another. And it seems to start with different people. If you were the OC with that going on, what would you do up in the box? Stick with the low risk vanilla stuff until the sideline coaches tell you their heads are right? Or do you go high risk/ high reward with players you know are in panic mode?

Luckily, it seems to have slowly gotten better as the schedule has gotten tougher. It may be Hell for those with ulcers, but so far, they are finding ways to finish. In the end, we can dominate, or rely on luck. We are still 5-0. It is not how you play the game that matters. Just whether or not you win.
 
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Settling on a OLine rotation will help Debord expand the play calling as much as anything
 
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armchair said:
We are a fairly vanilla offense, and especially early in games and when games are close. And our games are close partly because we're vanilla.
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Kind of like I'm sad because I eat and I eat because I'm sad?
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