MWBATL
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I believe to make a true comparison you need to look at points per drive (Or points per play), not points per game. We all understand that CPJ's TO offense was in part designed to shorten games and reduce the number of possessions by both teams.A lot of us are still comparing everything to the memories we have stored of the 2014 season. Those were some gaudy offensive numbers. But the numbers this year are almost identical to the 2015, 2016, and 2017 numbers during the Johnson years. We scored a lot of points in 2018 because of two games in the 60s, but the YPG in all four of those years were very similar to this year's numbers to date.
PPG/3D%/YPG
2015 28.8/34.9/378
2016 28.2/41.6/387
2017 28.1/45.6/392
2018 45.3/43.6/409
2021 28.6/37.3/401
My whole point in this is to defend (a bit) Coach P and the assistants on the offensive side. We are not good, but these are not terrible numbers. What we lack on offense is the discipline to avoid unforced errors like penalties and bad reads and unforced turnovers. We can move the ball. To me the offense seems on track, but they are being asked to overcome a very deficient defense.
In that light, Collins' and Patenaude's offense this year has finally reached the pinnacle...of being about as good as CPJ's WORST offensive years were :
Year PPP (points per Play)
2021 0.383
2020 0.335
2019 0.245 CGC hired
2018 0.486 CPJ last year
2017 0.381
2016 0.459
2015 0.385
2014 0.521