thundercleetz Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 The offense still greatly concerns me. What is Trestman's fascination with the shotgun? Yes, Flacco played exclusively in the shotgun in college, but Kubiak (and Zorn to an extent) proved Flacco operates best under center where he can get into a rhythm with his drop backs, mechanics and can utilize play action for shots downfield. Flacco's mechanics out of the gun were lazy and he failed to plant on his throws. Run plays out of shotgun are lazy and a concession of a few yards to the defense. You lose the running start with the runningback and he has less options when making his cuts and looking for holes. When the offense isn't moving the ball, running the ball out of the gun becomes even more difficult. Not to mention the play action is worthless and the defense will not honor it because they have the time to recover against the run if necessary. We hardly ran play action, and as a result, no shots downfield. Kubiak had the right formula for Flacco. If Trestman continues playing him out of the gun so much, this offense will struggle and we will have a terrible run game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsylvester Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Well said Cleetz. This offense, dating back to last year, is very, very predictable. This year, and I do not know if it is a running back issue or set up by Trestman, the back seems to be far deeper set, but only on sweeps, it is quite obvious, not only from our view, but also from the view from the line backers & safeties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmax Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 Well...last night Williams gained 144 yards and 2 td's running out of the shotgun.But I get everybody's point. Good insight cleetz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldno82 Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 The offense still greatly concerns me. What is Trestman's fascination with the shotgun? Yes, Flacco played exclusively in the shotgun in college, but Kubiak (and Zorn to an extent) proved Flacco operates best under center where he can get into a rhythm with his drop backs, mechanics and can utilize play action for shots downfield. Flacco's mechanics out of the gun were lazy and he failed to plant on his throws. Run plays out of shotgun are lazy and a concession of a few yards to the defense. You lose the running start with the runningback and he has less options when making his cuts and looking for holes. When the offense isn't moving the ball, running the ball out of the gun becomes even more difficult. Not to mention the play action is worthless and the defense will not honor it because they have the time to recover against the run if necessary. We hardly ran play action, and as a result, no shots downfield. Kubiak had the right formula for Flacco. If Trestman continues playing him out of the gun so much, this offense will struggle and we will have a terrible run game. Excellent analysis! I don't think Trestman knows or cares about developing a running game. You're also right about Joe being better dropping back instead of using the shotgun. Trestman's trying to establish a pass first mentality. But the run sets up the pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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