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<blockquote data-quote="AE 87" data-source="post: 40652" data-attributes="member: 195"><p>It may be that I was over-interpreting your use of play-maker. Let me say again that I agree with your OP 100%.</p><p></p><p>Here's the basis of my thinking about whether or not the QB needs to be special. We had #16 offense (footballoutsiders) in 2011 with Tevin in his first full year at QB and David Sims in his first year at B-Back. I was often a lonely voice in support of TW as our QB, but I can still say that there's room between where he was at and a guy who's a game-changing QB. With just a fairly modest upgrade in OL, B-Back, and/or QB, our offense would be top ten. If we had had even our 2008 Defense with that 2011 offense we would've beat UVA and may have avoided the drop-off against Miami the next week. We probably would have even beaten VPI and played the ACCCG. VPI scored 28 pts/game on offense and allowed 18 on average in 2011. We scored 26 on them but gave up 37. We were very close to a very good season that year, but the main problem wasn't the offense. An 8 win season would likely have been at least a 10 win season with a better than average D.</p><p></p><p>In 2012, we lost to both VPI and Miami in OT. Maybe we don't lose to MTSU if that d'oh U game goes the other way. A seven win season becomes a 10 win season with a better than average D. </p><p></p><p>Let me be clear what I'm talking about by "better than average" D. According to footballoutsiders, our D has been ranked 48, 53, 70, 68, 58, 57 for the 6 years under CPJ. Our O has been ranked 29, 6, 49, 16, 22, 31. We need a QB who buys in to our coaching, but our I'm not convinced that he needs to be a game changer, or play-maker himself. 2011 TW with Dwyer at B-Back would've probably been as successful as 2009 JN, imo.</p><p></p><p>I know that the people who don't like CPJ's offense will continue to complain about it regardless. However, the fact remains that our offense has been really pretty good even with less than superstar players. It seems like all of these coaching threads end up debating problems with the offense. Now, I'm open to hearing arguments that CPJ's focus on the offense or how he relates to DC's ties their hands so that our D's always under-perform. However, talking only about what our Offense needs to do or the skill level of our offensive players as if that's the issue just misses the point, imo. </p><p></p><p>I expect that our our offense will again be top 25 this year. If our D can become top 35, we should be really competitive. For those unfamiliar with footballoutsiders, their statistics only count games against FBS opponents and when the game is competitive (i.e. not plays during blow-outs). They're ranking teams by a combination of play and drive efficiency adjusted for the opponent rather than just total yards or total points.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AE 87, post: 40652, member: 195"] It may be that I was over-interpreting your use of play-maker. Let me say again that I agree with your OP 100%. Here's the basis of my thinking about whether or not the QB needs to be special. We had #16 offense (footballoutsiders) in 2011 with Tevin in his first full year at QB and David Sims in his first year at B-Back. I was often a lonely voice in support of TW as our QB, but I can still say that there's room between where he was at and a guy who's a game-changing QB. With just a fairly modest upgrade in OL, B-Back, and/or QB, our offense would be top ten. If we had had even our 2008 Defense with that 2011 offense we would've beat UVA and may have avoided the drop-off against Miami the next week. We probably would have even beaten VPI and played the ACCCG. VPI scored 28 pts/game on offense and allowed 18 on average in 2011. We scored 26 on them but gave up 37. We were very close to a very good season that year, but the main problem wasn't the offense. An 8 win season would likely have been at least a 10 win season with a better than average D. In 2012, we lost to both VPI and Miami in OT. Maybe we don't lose to MTSU if that d'oh U game goes the other way. A seven win season becomes a 10 win season with a better than average D. Let me be clear what I'm talking about by "better than average" D. According to footballoutsiders, our D has been ranked 48, 53, 70, 68, 58, 57 for the 6 years under CPJ. Our O has been ranked 29, 6, 49, 16, 22, 31. We need a QB who buys in to our coaching, but our I'm not convinced that he needs to be a game changer, or play-maker himself. 2011 TW with Dwyer at B-Back would've probably been as successful as 2009 JN, imo. I know that the people who don't like CPJ's offense will continue to complain about it regardless. However, the fact remains that our offense has been really pretty good even with less than superstar players. It seems like all of these coaching threads end up debating problems with the offense. Now, I'm open to hearing arguments that CPJ's focus on the offense or how he relates to DC's ties their hands so that our D's always under-perform. However, talking only about what our Offense needs to do or the skill level of our offensive players as if that's the issue just misses the point, imo. I expect that our our offense will again be top 25 this year. If our D can become top 35, we should be really competitive. For those unfamiliar with footballoutsiders, their statistics only count games against FBS opponents and when the game is competitive (i.e. not plays during blow-outs). They're ranking teams by a combination of play and drive efficiency adjusted for the opponent rather than just total yards or total points. [/QUOTE]
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