IMO this worked because with these new guys we just didn't do what we usually do. Every te pass, every shakir play, and nearly every run was something we obviously ran before that tb was ready for, which is why it sucked the bag. They knew Allen wanted to stand tall and throw to the middle, which he did to a fault at times. He missed the back to the left on the 4th and short pick, and on some scrambles he looked passed guys to miss everyone.
Similarly on d, the zone void to the left WAS ALWAYS TARGETED IN CONVERSION DOWNS. Either behind 7 or 58, who failed to get depth. A couple times poyer saw this and raced in to fill it in, but it was a consistent issue
We have player issues, but we are simply too arrogant as a team at times. We run the same ish thinking one one knows it. We need to retool the run game and run the same play out of different formations and different plays out of the same formation way more.
During our bad offensive stretch, our EPA was still good generally, we just got figured out from time to time. We need to be less of an open book