High Powered Offense?

[dcm3w]

Is this the year we have a high powered balanced offense and a good defense? I think so. Obviously, we lack depth but our starters are pretty solid. Here are some of the reasons we have the potential to be a high powered offense.
1. A good defense, our last potent offense was Bray's last year but we couldn't win with that terrible defense
2. Balanced running attack. Hurd and Kamara bring the balance needed to wear down defenses
3. Josh Dobbs playmaking ability with his feet and intelligence
4. An experienced young line with a little more depth than last year

This all leads to number 5, what we've been missing for a while (besides Bray's last year)

5. The Deep Ball!!! All of those things I mentioned above affect the deep ball. Worley had a good touch but no time to throw. Our defenses haven't been good enough to give us opportunities besides last year. Our ground game the past 3-5 years hasnt been a factor. Now since we have two dynamic backs that have to be accounted for, it opens up the passing game. Also, defenses have to plan for Dobb's feet. This all means the deep ball will be there this year and we have the speed at WR to make it happen. I believe that it will be a major factor in winning against these "bigger/better" teams.

 

[Chilmonty]

If the Oline has improved, everything else will take care of itself.

If they can block, we can run the ball and if we can run we can darn sure throw it!

It is the Line that has to be the first Domino! JMO




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[dduncan4163]

If the O-Line has turned the corner then we will be very fun to watch this year. We have the talent to be an ELITE offense this season.

 

[TheNoiseofCook]

I want to see us picking up 5+ yards on first down consistently. I'm curious to see where our strengths are on 3rd & 3-4 situations. I also hope to see a little more PA from under center. But I agree, we definitely have the potential to put up some great numbers on offense again!

 

[LittleVol]

Is this the year we have a high powered balanced offense and a good defense? I think so. Obviously, we lack depth but our starters are pretty solid. Here are some of the reasons we have the potential to be a high powered offense.
1. A good defense, our last potent offense was Bray's last year but we couldn't win with that terrible defense
2. Balanced running attack. Hurd and Kamara bring the balance needed to wear down defenses
3. Josh Dobbs playmaking ability with his feet and intelligence
4. An experienced young line with a little more depth than last year

This all leads to number 5, what we've been missing for a while (besides Bray's last year)

5. The Deep Ball!!! All of those things I mentioned above affect the deep ball. Worley had a good touch but no time to throw. Our defenses haven't been good enough to give us opportunities besides last year. Our ground game the past 3-5 years hasnt been a factor. Now since we have two dynamic backs that have to be accounted for, it opens up the passing game. Also, defenses have to plan for Dobb's feet. This all means the deep ball will be there this year and we have the speed at WR to make it happen. I believe that it will be a major factor in winning against these "bigger/better" teams.

We'll be a dangerous offense. I don't know about high powered.
I just want us to be efficient and time controlling.

Josh Smith is the only receiver that has shown the ability to stretch the field. Perhaps Preston Williams can help with that as well. Justin Martin might see sone snaps at WR...

 

[66volfan]

I don't know a lot about X's and O's, but it looks good on paper. I'm in!

 

[Darth_Shiveman]

Honestly I still worry about #5. IMO Dobbs still has some work to do on his deep ball accuracy.

Of course, it didn't help last season that it seemed like Bajakian would call for our deep balls to be thrown to Pig on the outside instead of any of our bigger WRs.

 

[NashVOL93]

Honestly I still worry about #5. IMO Dobbs still has some work to do on his deep ball accuracy.

Of course, it didn't help last season that it seemed like Bajakian would call for our deep balls to be thrown to Pig on the outside instead of any of our bigger WRs.

In fairness to Pig he was pretty clutch on a lot of those deeper routes, but yeah, that was a questionable decision

 

[OrangeCavalry]

This Offense is not even comparable to Bray's. Plus, if I remember correctly, the running game was not very good either.

 

[Mick]

Curious about the nuances DeBord will bring to the offense.

 

[KBVol]

Honestly I still worry about #5. IMO Dobbs still has some work to do on his deep ball accuracy.

Of course, it didn't help last season that it seemed like Bajakian would call for our deep balls to be thrown to Pig on the outside instead of any of our bigger WRs.

Agree. Dobbs has to get better throwing the deep ball. Also agree that Pig is not the guy to be throwing 9 routes to. Last year he was great over the middle on seam routes as was Dobbs. It's gotta be pretty much anybody but Pig on 9 and fade routes, especially in the endzone.

 

[supersmo18]

Curious about the nuances DeBord will bring to the offense.

Probably won't notice much difference, he's still running CBJ's offense. My understanding is he didn't bring in his own like a new up & comer may have done.

 

[Darth_Shiveman]

Probably won't notice much difference, he's still running CBJ's offense. My understanding is he didn't bring in his own like a new up & comer may have done.

I'm just interested to see how the play calling changes.

Bajakian showed a few flashes of brilliance play calling wise here (like the second half of the 2013 UGA game when everything he seemed to have the perfect play for every big situation), but more often he'd leave everyone scratching their heads wondering what in the world he was thinking.

 

[Nocleats]

Curious about the nuances DeBord will bring to the offense.

My understanding is CBJ wants a run first power run game that is done from more of a spread formation than a power type backfield.. He wants dangerous WRs tha wont allow a defense to play too much man to man pass coverage, thus allowing for some numbers mismatches to allow for quality 4 to 10 yard runs, that are ran at an extremely fast pace.. CMD has a strong background in fundamentals of running offenses that punish with power runs but can quickly find open WRs and TEs when the defense hedges up to stop the run.. One supports the other but it is a run first mentality.. CMD should provide a solid dose of fundamentals..

 

[24/7vol]

My understanding is CBJ wants a run first power run game that is done from more of a spread formation than a power type backfield.. He wants dangerous WRs tha wont allow a defense to play too much man to man pass coverage, thus allowing for some numbers mismatches to allow for quality 4 to 10 yard runs, that are ran at an extremely fast pace.. CMD has a strong background in fundamentals of running offenses that punish with power runs but can quickly find open WRs and TEs when the defense hedges up to stop the run.. One supports the other but it is a run first mentality.. CMD should provide a solid dose of fundamentals..

Ditto.

 

[butchna]

Probably won't notice much difference, he's still running CBJ's offense. My understanding is he didn't bring in his own like a new up & comer may have done.

Or may not have. :dunno:

 

[vols72]

If the O-Line has turned the corner then we will be very fun to watch this year. We have the talent to be an ELITE offense this season.

We saw a glimpse of it in the bowl game. I think we take the next step and begin to impose our will on offense and just take over and control the game late

 

[Mick]

My understanding is CBJ wants a run first power run game that is done from more of a spread formation than a power type backfield.. He wants dangerous WRs tha wont allow a defense to play too much man to man pass coverage, thus allowing for some numbers mismatches to allow for quality 4 to 10 yard runs, that are ran at an extremely fast pace.. CMD has a strong background in fundamentals of running offenses that punish with power runs but can quickly find open WRs and TEs when the defense hedges up to stop the run.. One supports the other but it is a run first mentality.. CMD should provide a solid dose of fundamentals..

That is the philosophy. Running that reverse play during the O/W Game may be an example of nuance. How often is he going to make us say "WTH was he thinking" or "What a play"? You can't always win with philosophy and talent. Sometimes it takes; a brilliant play call, a wrinkle the defense was not expecting, or being a master at scoring TD's in the red zone not field goals, to win games. I'm hopeful he can do this but he could be the opposite.

 

[joevol33]

If our oline plays good, this offense will be great.

 

[kiddiedoc]

If our oline plays good, this offense will be great.

Agree

 

[dcm3w]

That is the philosophy. Running that reverse play during the O/W Game may be an example of nuance. How often is he going to make us say "WTH was he thinking" or "What a play"? You can't always win with philosophy and talent. Sometimes it takes; a brilliant play call, a wrinkle the defense was not expecting, or being a master at scoring TD's in the red zone not field goals, to win games. I'm hopeful he can do this but he could be the opposite.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Debord say he wasn't really going to call any new installments or show his stuff during the OW game? I guess because they were still installing it and they don't want to give opposing D's a glimpse.

 

[dcm3w]

This Offense is not even comparable to Bray's. Plus, if I remember correctly, the running game was not very good either.

No the run game wasn't that affective. Neal broke a 1000 his senior year but it never seemed to matter against bigger teams. Bray had the arm strength and deep threats but a horrid defense and questionable calling held them back.

 

[Titan&Volfan4life]

I believe that buTch and DeBord are installing some new things and will continue to install new plays as the season goes along.

I also believe they won't show any or much at all until they're absolutely forced to open the new bad of tricks.

They'll play as vanilla as they can as long as they can, even against Oklahoma and Florida, if they can still get the WIN and keep some of the new tricks in the bag.

If it's late in a game and we have to open the bag a little to get the WIN they'll do it but they will NOT want anything on tape for the other D coordinator to plan for, they want as many surprises still in the bag when we get to the toughest SEC meat like bama, Arky, UGa and Mizzou.

Once a play is out of the bad and on tape the surprise effect is gone.

2 back set with Hurd and AK in at the same time...Yep.

Same 2 back set with Pig coming across the middle...Hey, who has the ball?

Yep.

Same 2 back set with Pig across the middle but a G suddenly pulls and Pig has a G, Hurd, Dobbs and AK in front blocking to spring him loose...yep.

Get ready folks, this is going to be a fun season to watch!

#BrickbyBrick...VFL...GBO!!!

 

[eskimovol]

For those that want a good look at what CBJ's offense is like when its broke down here is a really good article to read, its old and its original intent was to show that what CBJ and Brian Kelley do are actually different. Just something I thought y'all may enjoy. Theres 3 parts to it fyi.

The Difference Between Butch Jones and Brian Kelly: Part 1 - Down The Drive

The Difference Between Butch Jones and Brian Kelly: Part 2 - Down The Drive

The Difference Between Butch Jones and Brian Kelly: Part 3 - Down The Drive

Edit: Part 1 is mainly just about Brian Kelly and 2 is about CBJ. Part 3 is about the the type of players each prefers. And it should be noted that the author def prefers Kelly over CBJ, but this was right after CBJ's 4-8 season I believe so I can see why he would sound like he does.

 

[VolsnRavens]

I don't know a lot about X's and O's, but it looks good on paper. I'm in!

Umm, wouldn't that be Tic Tac Toe?