Offensive philosophy

[oaken1]

Philosophies vary in football. I have coached and known and or talked with coaches at every level. One thing they all tend to agree on is that they will take 3rd and 1 all day long. Some even 3rd and 2 if they have a strong running game.
This is where my philosophy comes in. If a coach will take 3rd and 1 all day.... what do you do on 2nd and 1? In my eyes it’s a free down and you should go over the top every single time. Go for the score. Throw behind the defense and the worst that can happen is you get 3rd and 1 .... but lots of good things can happen.
This is what frustrates me the most about kliff.... he plays for the sticks. It’s a losers mentality.... first downs are good but the team with the most first downs doesn’t win... the team with the most touchdowns wins.
Everyone knows the closer you get to the end zone the harder it is to score.... the 40 yard line is a great sweet spot to shoot for the end zone... plenty of room for the wr to get behind the defense and still get hit in stride.
We have a qb who made his name hitting deep balls outside the hash marks..... and now we have a guy with legit 4.3 speed and hands.
Seems to me taking advantage of free downs would be an easy decision to make.
Not to mention everyone running deep opens up a lot of running room for a squirrelly qb with wheels.

2nd and 1.... a free down with so many possibilities.... I can’t count how many times my teams have scored in that situation.
I would love to see the Redbirds adopt that philosophy

 

[Goldfield]

I am all for KK having a philosophy

 

[slanidrac16]

Playing for the sticks is the perfect way to describe this offense.
It is designed to produce mostly 10-11 play drives and devour time off the clock.
Two problems with this. We are obsessed with no huddle/up tempo play calling which doesn’t take time off the clock AND we don’t appear to be able to go 3-4 plays without a penalty.

 

[Krangodnzr]

Playing for the sticks is the perfect way to describe this offense.
It is designed to produce mostly 10-11 play drives and devour time off the clock.
Two problems with this. We are obsessed with no huddle/up tempo play calling which doesn’t take time off the clock AND we don’t appear to be able to go 3-4 plays without a penalty.

What will annoy me at times with Kliff's offense isn't that they play for the sticks, it's that they too often play short of the sticks and defenders know that if the receiver catches the ball, drop the receiver on the spot and the Cardinals will be short.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

What will annoy me at times with Kliff's offense isn't that they play for the sticks, it's that they too often play short of the sticks and defenders know that if the receiver catches the ball, drop the receiver on the spot and the Cardinals will be short.

This

We need 5 so throw for 2?

 

[Cardsfaninlouky]

I'm hoping we can gain some chunk plays by throwing to the flats in 10 personnel with 4 vertical routes. Put Rondale Moore in the backfield some with Hopkins, Green, Kirk & Isabella running go routes. Moore can make people miss trust me & he has the speed to take it to the house. IDK exactly how KK will run his offense this year but I do know drafting Moore put a total different dimension to it. I just hope everyone stays reasonably healthy?

 

[oaken1]

I'm hoping we can gain some chunk plays by throwing to the flats in 10 personnel with 4 vertical routes. Put Rondale Moore in the backfield some with Hopkins, Green, Kirk & Isabella running go routes. Moore can make people miss trust me & he has the speed to take it to the house. IDK exactly how KK will run his offense this year but I do know drafting Moore put a total different dimension to it. I just hope everyone stays reasonably healthy?

Yeah I would like to see that too. I honestly would like to see some legit RB plays for Moore... pitches and screens for the most part.... I know the kid is a wr but I just can’t shake that he reminds me of Barry sanders... lol

 

[Stout]

Yeah I would like to see that too. I honestly would like to see some legit RB plays for Moore... pitches and screens for the most part.... I know the kid is a wr but I just can’t shake that he reminds me of Barry sanders... lol

He doesn't have the durability to play as a RB. Some misdirection pitches and screens would be great, I agree, putting him out there in space, but that's as far as I want to go. Nothing that puts him at risk as a RB like running up the middle. That way would be madness.

 

[Red on White]

Pretty new to the game overall but read plenty of coaches talking about "chunk plays" - getting them and not giving them up.

The death by a thousand cuts offense we run seems more about minimising turnovers than scoring.

It has seemed at times that our offense operates best when we are behind and with time running out - left with little choice we throw caution to the wind and attempt passes we hadn't been previously.

Haven't seen us use that sort of approach up front. Seems to be an element of fear holding us back

 

[slanidrac16]

Pretty new to the game overall but read plenty of coaches talking about "chunk plays" - getting them and not giving them up.

The death by a thousand cuts offense we run seems more about minimising turnovers than scoring.

It has seemed at times that our offense operates best when we are behind and with time running out - left with little choice we throw caution to the wind and attempt passes we hadn't been previously.

Haven't seen us use that sort of approach up front. Seems to be an element of fear holding us back

Agree. And the problem with the death by a thousand cut offense is we can’t go 4 plays in a row without a penalty.