New Offense formation?

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Re: New Offense formation?

Feb 22, 2020, 12:47 PM

There's nothing new in that idea, but it'll probably happen and could be helpful. Unless we develop a slot receiver or a dependable TE (or both), we'll continue to struggle on 3rd down in the offense we ran last year.

A couple of years ago, we needed to throw the ball downfield and we adjusted to that when Trevor started playing QB. When we missed downfield, we had Renfrow on 3rd down. We also were able to run pretty well on 3rd down because the back 7 of defenses had to cover deep AND Renfrow, which opened the gaps for running plays. The OL also helped a lot to make us versatile.

Last year, teams (LSU in particular) recognized that if they could cover the deep sideline routes, they could take their chances getting to and on 3rd down, because we didn't run many routes into the middle of the field. So, they kept us from taking off the top of the defense and didn't have to worry too much about 3rd down. Our running game saw a stacked box or a nickle/dime defense a lot.

So, our need for this year (in my opinion) is to develop a couple of receivers that can run slants from the outside and the slot. We also need a TE with good hands who can run good short routes with separation. Those improvements will open up the short middle areas of the secondary and allow a running game to work, so long as we have some blockers on the OL, which I think we'll have.

I'd like to see a 21 and 22 personnel scheme, particularly on 3rd down and in the red zone, with the ability to run some go, slant and sluggo routes. The 2-back, 1 or 2-TE set should allow plenty of protection, while also allowing for 1 or 2 WRs to get loose and do some damage. If the running game can be good enough with this scheme, the result would be similar to the success that GaTech had with the occasional pass - total and devastating surprise.

I wouldn't want to completely go to this sort of running game, but it's a look that if added to the mix could be used to set up defensive alignments and confuse the read of our offensive tendencies, particularly if we have 2 TEs who can line up in the slot or as a 3-Back..... would make offensive shifts brutal to a defense.

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