Scripted Drives

I think scripted drives could definitely help. That doesn't mean that they will actually help, however. Execution, how well the drives are devised for the opponent, how good a job Gase does of mixing up plays, how well Sam reads the D and makes the right decisions, etc.

 

Speaking of scripted plays, last year under Gase was the first time in forever that we got to enjoy game opening TD drives during 1st series. And multiple opening scoring drives too. Without an O-Line as well.

Great sign moving forward.

 

It's an impossibility. I think if you asked any coach at any level if they could incorporate more scripted drives into each game, they would say absolutely. But its impossible.

You can't tell what is going to happen in the future and the players are human beings with a limited capacity to be scripted.

 

agree with original post. For all the criticism Gase took (and i won't say he was above it) he should get credit for that

Had me remembering Bill Walsh and 49ers. Personally i think it could be a tremendous advantage. Would like to see similar success in 2 minute drills

 

I think Sam's knowledge of the offense will help more on the unscripted drives in 2020. He has to be the leader and command the offense with so many new pieces.

 

You can't script drives mid game after defenses have shuffled out of their base and adjusted to your good opening game script.

But what will help this offense a lot will be 2nd and 6's rather than 2nd and 11's. A 3 or 4 yard stop route on 2nd and 6 brings the threat of a run play alive on 3rd and 3 or less and doesn't let the defense sit in zones or the ends to pin their ears back.

If we can effectively run the ball early in the downs, this offense is going to be middle of the pack. If the running game is anywhere near the debacle it was last year, especially in terms of blocking, we'll win 4-5 games.

 

Could be. But I don't think the lack of preseason is going to effect the schemes too much in terms of play calling. What will be affected the most is going to be tackling. It's going to be horrible early on in the season (it usually is with the past two new CBA's scaling back contact in camp but this will be especially bad).

You're going to see a lot of runners get to the edge because of broken contain and a lot of free runners in blitz pickups by the offensive line. It's going to be a sloppy game.

As a whole, the teams that can just play in their base defense have a good front four pass rush. Teams can mix and match coverages a lot more with that flexibility because they can play a Tampa 2 in obvious passing situations. We'll have to blitz.

 

Your first sentence is what absolutely killed us (and Gase) last year. We would look so good on the first drive and the D would make an adjustment and we just got stuck in the mud. We can't have that...

 

You're right. He was bad at adjusting. I hope he gets better at it and it was a symptom of being so bad on first down and being forced into second and third & longs so frequently because of it.

If it's not, we're going to lose a lot of games and he'll be gone anyways.

 

everything you say is true; i think their season will go as their running game goes. it will help set up the passing game, result in better protection for Sam as he won't be in long yardage situations so much, better field position helping our defense to boot. Hopefully the OL delivers. Also hopefully Bell rebounds and if he doesn't there are two other options to consider

but it is still a key advantage to have that first march and get some points or at worst start establishing field position. I hope that they can continue to open well

I would also like to see this scripting turn into better 2 minute execution which i think of as somewhat similar

 

and

Could Gase and Williams not discuss how teams are likely to adjust, come up with 2-3 likely scenarios/ways in which the opposing D would adjust, and then Gase create ways to attack those adjustments with scripted drives in those scenarios?

 

You would think that would be something most teams do, right? "Hey, we are going to attack this with this scheme, if they adjust to this, how would we counter that?" .. Seems like a super simple concept but I don't know.

 

It definitely seems like that's what they do, but I think the HC's or OC's ego gets in the way. I know that I've seen plenty of games where the D was giving the offense something all game that the offense didn't want to do or refused to do. Instead, the offense was determined to impose their will upon the D and do what they wanted to do, and then they wound up losing. Teams that adjust and take what the other team is giving them often win.

 

If it were as simple as "script more drives" wouldn't Gase have done this last year? And if he couldn't figure it out last year why would he put it together this year?

 

Yea, it would be a great year to have a lot of experienced, returning starters on the offensive side of the ball. I’m wondering if we see some college like final scores to start the season.

 

Scriptin the 1st 10 means the O ran those 10 in practice, in sequence, at least once. The whole O was on the same page. But once Gase ' goes to the PlayBook half the team didnt know wtf 2do, including Sammy half the time. Yr2 with the same PB will do wonders, esp with near-zero TC.