Something's gotta give....

First off...still baffled by the playcalling.

On our very first offensive snap, zone stretch to right side. Teller, Wang, and Conte dominated the middle of the line of scrimmage...I'm looking forward to seeing this on film. However, the playcall was for a slow developing outside zone that got sniffed out by Miami's fast linebackers.

Because of the push our G-C-G combo got on that first snap, I was optimistic we would have success with a heavy doze of Marshawn power inside zone stuff....except we hardly ran any plays of that nature. The few times we did were with succes...Even Jerome Wright's first offensive snap got 4 yards on an inside zone action...

We NEVER push the ball downfield anymore in the passing game. And I have no idea why. What happened to our TE stick route combo stuff? My only rationale is that Michael Brewer is not healthy and Loefler does not trust him to throw the ball into tight spaces.

On several occasions...we had 3 WRs lined up against a CB and an outside LB, with a safety playing back. "YES, IT'S 3-ON-2, let's run a WR screen". Except that deep safety was flying forward at the snap, as Miami was expecting the same exact thing. But we did it over, and over, and over again. Watch it on film...Miami was baiting a WR screen with their alignment, and then flying to the ball at the snap..and we tested it over, and over again with no success.

Michael Brewer can't throw the ball accurately or with power anymore. I'm convinced he is hurt, and that injury is to his back or core area, which would imhibit his ability to twist into his throwing motion. He is a completly different QB than he was vs OSU. No one is mentioning this, but he did have major back issues at Texas Tech. Are they resurfacing, after the beating he has taken this year?

Our running game has no identify. I'm still convinced our G-C-G can get a push, but we hardly run any power, quick hitting inside zone stuff. For some reason we favor the outside zone...which by the way, Marshawn does not look like a natural outside zone runner yet. Shai, however, did. Trey did not either until 3/4 of the way through the season last year. It takes time to learn how to plant that outside foot and get upfield. With that, why not pound him right behind Sam Rogers and Wyatt Teller?

We can't throw it anymore, and we can't run it. We need to create offense by changing the game plan, because what we are doing is not working. Why not go with Motley and pivot back to the veer / option running attack we saw with Logan? Marshawn as the inside option, Motley as the off tackle keeper option? At this point, Motley has got to be just as good of a passer as Michael? Maybe Michael could use a week or 2 off to get healthy?

Losing big Luther and Chase really hurts. Dadi needs to gain 25 pounds, because he has gotten brutalized by downblocks the last 2 weeks. Motuakapa has got a bit of happy feet, but is a sure tackler. He needs to settle down and be more comfortable with his gaps...he's probably a year away, and I'm looking forward to watching him compete with DVD. Backup DT's did not make very many plays last night.

Let's invent some offense, and close out this recruting class strong. We could seriously use the front 7 depth NOW. Dalton, Josh Sweat, Tim Settle would have been in the 2-deep last night..Come on down boys and restore the LPD.