Is our offensive play calling too predictable?

And why do we so rarely deploy "hot" routes to burn opponents who are blitzing us like crazy? Too often our route trees fail to get guys open and Bryce can't find a good target. Add in an empty backfield with no RB to help counter stunts/blitzes.

We are running a lot of 4/5 man route combos.We usually have a WR or TE in the concepts who are having a hard time getting open or getting any separation.We have had a lot of key drops(Cost us a ballgame,among other things),We are playing 2 guys at RT and C who are having some issues.We are getting blitzed a lot(Red Dogs..Green Dogs..etc)for 2 basic reasons.#1)We fail to have or recognize any Built-in Hots too many times.When we do recognize and go Hot, and Bryce gets the ball out of hands?..Opponents pay and pay hard.#2Reason)We dont have a Devonta..or a healthy Waddle...Or Ruggs..Or Jerry Jeudys walking through the door who can take it to the house anytime on a simple Hot route. Or a simple go route or fade.Teams were kind of unwilling to say the least,to bring pressures.Jamo and Metchie are starting to make some plays,and I believe Holden,JoJo,and maybe even the other youngsters could emerge before it is all said and done.I still hold out hope for JBill to get his head out of his arse and be a man.And I like Roydell catching the football in trying to replace JMcC..BRob has been solid.

Yep. Our OC and DC are both repeatedly making calls that do the opposite of helping our players succeed.

Yeah, we're too predictable and we have WRs who struggle to get separation.

We have a OC who likes longer developing plays combined with WRs who don't always read the defense an Check their route (run a hot during a blitz).

Sometimes when they do run the hot they drop it or we miss the pass.

In the end we're too predictable because we don't do enough to disguise pre-snap (movement of WRs to create depth then snap the ball to take advantage of mismatch).

It's also easier on defenses because they're all playing up and not really bothering about the long ball because they know that is Bryce's one true weakness. This means they break on our short passes easier and keep things in front, hence why our drives are usually long struggles.

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mean, we currently have the #2 scoring offense through 8 games

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Well because our QB is from another world minus his deep balls.

I keep seeing people say this but I haven't noticed Bama being run heavy on first down outside of trash time.

Maybe SoG can pop in with some numbers showing first down selection outside the red zone (or maybe inside the 10) and outside of trash time. I know against Tennessee we were in no way run heavy on first down. In fact, Bama punted (or tried to) 3 times against the Vols. Two of those possessions were 3 and outs - in both cases the first down play was a pass. On the third one, the first down play on the last series of downs before the punt was a called pass that ended up being a scramble run by Bryce.

I think so. He follows a pretty clear script for putting together drives. First down he's looking to pick up 4-6 yards regardless of whether it's a run or a pass. If we gain less than that then we tend to go empty or 4 wide on second down and look for something intermediate over the middle or run some sort of WR screen. If we gain 7-9 on first down we will be aggressive down the field on second down because we'll be looking at third and short anyway.

It's all very conventional NFL stuff in terms of strategy.

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I mean we kinda knew that when he was coming in. We're not getting some innovative offensive prodigy. We're getting an old NFL coach who's been around. I mean it's not bad, but it's not Sark or Kiffin.

That being said, we haven't seen anybody really shut us down. The vast majority of our offensive mishaps had more to do with bad execution than bad playcalling imo

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The thing for me is that because it's pretty conventional NFL thinking then the whole consistent execution thing is pretty much assumed. But we're talking about college kids here not pros. They're going to make mistakes. Our big play offense has showed up a bit more the last two weeks, but we still don't seem willing or able to truly light anyone up with 3-4 consecutive 3-7 play TD drives the way we have in the past. I have serious concerns about our ability to go on sustained drives against a team like UGA, if we end up making it that far.

ive been complaining to my brother about his playcalling since right after we went up 21 on florida. his early game scripted plays has a much better flavor than anything he calls afterward. he settles into the same old pecking order, run, mostly run, try to pass for the first down. his playcalling is a far cry from either kiffen or sark. sheesh, dabol was a better playcaller especially with tua

Overall I think our offense is doing well. Drops have been a HUGE issue.

The only thing I would ask of BOB is for him to open up some more quick-developing downfield passing with simpler routes. Our QB is money. Let's open it up more. This isn't the NFL where you have to meticulously scheme something open - you can pretty much call anything, and you'll get someone open on a bust or bad coverage - at least that's the case with our defense

I know things aren't perfect with the offense but my goodness, guys. Get a grip. We lost the following off of our offense from last year:

Jaylen Waddle, WR - 1st rounder
DeVonta Smith, WR - 1st rounder
Mac Jones, QB - 1st rounder
Najee Harris, RB - 1st rounder
Alex Leatherwood, OL - 1st rounder
Landon Dickerson, OL - 2nd rounder
Deonte Brown, OL - 6th rounder

That's over half the offense lost to the NFL Draft. Three of those guys finished in the Top 5 in Heisman voting and one of them actually won the Heisman. That's not even mentioning the fact that our OC from last year is now the head coach at Texas.

Despite losing so much talent on the offensive side of the ball, we are currently 10th in the FBS in total offense and 2nd in the FBS in scoring offense. I know things could always be better but good grief.