Daily 5: Improvement required

Spot on article. Bonzai(the method of lining up, check the defense, call a play) has hurt us way more than helped us. Too many delay of game and jumping offsides penalties.Why not have a good scouting report, call a play according to defensive tendencies, and let the QB check off if we don't get what we want. This keeps us up tempo.
We are not suited for a vertical passing game this year. With great backs and TE's, and a QB that can run, why can't we run more play action, bootlegs, and sprint outs. This also opens up the tunnel and bubble screens to smaller WR's and gets them in space. If we pound them enough, the middle of the field will open up.I guarantee you BE could come in and run this extremely well, if Shaw goes down.
Happy feet becomes eyes at ground level and not down field. Shaw can throw on the run. This also takes pressure off the OL.
Defense played great. One fundamental mistake. Play the man, not the ball, unless you are sure of the int. or break up.
Special teams? Really? They are 30% of the plays in a FB game. Looks like we spend about 5% of practice time on them. Great special teams will win you 1 or 2 a year. Bad special teams will lose you 2 or 3 a year.
We have great coaches and players. I have confidence they will figure it out.

"The offense doesn’t need to move like Tony Stewart, but it needs to move a little bit faster than Robby Gordon."

Great line Whittle.

It just always amazes me at how many faircatches we have on punt returns. Be it poor blocking or great punting I don't know but I would love to see a return every now and then. Maybe we need pull an Urban and give the special team guys special privileges and make it end vogue or something. I still like the idea of running a little hurry up O. Script out a hand full of plays and let Connor make the adjustment or either start holding pictures of Kirk Herbstreit and the aflac duck. LOL. Feel pretty good about Saturday.