Do we have to make a choice between effectively running the ball or getting more pass production?

[CincyBillsFan]

12 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

And that's why most college quarterbacks never adjust to the NFL game because it's a complete shotgun spread in college 

 

You can count on two hands the amount of teams that are playing pro style football under center consistently 

 

It's a massive learning curve to the NFL.. even when you went three or four wide 25 years ago in the NFL a lot of teams were doing it under center not shotgun

 

I can't believe a 7th grade team is going heavy shotgun? Are they throwing the ball consistently or just read options 

I'm very confident that the best college QB's are having a much easier time adjusting to the NFL then their predecessors ever did.  I've watched NFL football for 60 years and can't think of a time with more high quality young QB's. Hell, every year guys from college show up and tear the league a new one. IMO we are seeing the best and most productive QBing in the history of the NFL and it has a lot to do with the high quality training these guys are getting in youth & college football.

 

Down here in Cincinnati the youth & high school football is very advanced.  My grandson is a WR and his team mostly was in 3 & 4 wide out sets.  They all had to look to the sideline to see what hand signals the offensive coordinator (yes they had an offensive coordinator in 7th grade) was using to call the play.  They routinely moved back and forth from spread to tight formations based on the call.  They employed motion on a 3rd of their plays.  They played 11 games inducing 2 playoff games and 10 of those teams were heavy shotgun users.

 

 

[AKC]

10 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

Nearly identical to last year when he had a passer rating of 110.1 from shotgun and 83.6 under center.    However, with play action he had a 108.4 passer rating.  

 

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That probably indicates we run play action as often out of shotgun as we do under center. The big question is how much is our run game diminished when it starts from shotgun? Cook shows statistical improvement of over a yard per carry under center. Josh is a better passer from shotgun. Its complicated for the coaches gameplanning because the prevailing wisdom has to be to do everything to maximize your best weapon and play to the MVPs strength. At the same time that may not be the most important strength on a game to game basis if you feel forcing another team to submit to our running game is the better strategy?

 

[Jimmy Harris 69]

11 hours ago, vincec said:

If you think the Bills are going to build a pass first offense around Josh Allen then you weren’t watching what happened when Daboll and Dorsey were here. This offense is one big, physical #1 WR away from being exactly what McDermott wants.

I agree, they have moved away from pass first. Their passing offense still needs to be effective. Unless this ground chuck method wins a SB, it could be Sean’s undoing. The best qb in football won’t stick around or back this coach while his talent is wasted. 

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

11 hours ago, vincec said:

If you think the Bills are going to build a pass first offense around Josh Allen then you weren’t watching what happened when Daboll and Dorsey were here. This offense is one big, physical #1 WR away from being exactly what McDermott wants.

It's crazy isn't it? All Beane needed to do was get this correct. He should've doubled up on it and one would have panned out-instead he bet on Coleman. Brutal