re: I hate giving Kevin Sumlin props for anything...

The problem isn’t that Stidham can’t run well, it’s that Gus still uses a lot of concepts developed for an offense with a running QB.

For instance, they run a lot of power read which is one of the plays they spammed with incredible success in 2013 with Marshall (one of most instinctive QB runners maybe ever). If nobody is concerned about the QB pulling that and running for a big gain it’s incredibly easy to defend because a backside defender can negate the numbers advantage you get at the POA with power. In fact, it’s a type of read you really shouldn’t use with an average running QB because you lose a weak side blocker who is pulling and unlike the zone read it almost always requires the QB to beat at least one defender one on one at the second level to get more than a 4-5 yard gain. In a standard zone read you have a keep side tackle or TE blocking at the second level if the QB keeps.

Gus essentially continues to use concepts he wrecked shopped with when he had Cam and Marshall and they don’t work as well because nobody is worried about Stidham breaking off a 70 yard TD run.