Techster
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Jordan Mason has quietly had a very strong 2019. He runs with power and is faster than some give him credit for. Kudos to the kid.
How the hell does our OC not get him more than 11 touches against an FCS opponent? Things like this are why so many of us our frustrated with our staff.
I was going to make a post dedicated to offensive schemes base on our personnel (and may still), but one of my biggest complaints about our OC is his inability to make use of the playmakers we have.
IMO, these guys are being under utilized:
RB Mason
WR A Brown
WR M Carter
QB/WR Oliver
TE Davis
QB Graham
Those guys are legit FBS playmakers, but we are not creating matchups to get them the ball. How many times have we motioned Brown into the slot or backfield to give him a mismatch with a LB in space, or 1v1 on a wheel route?
How many times have we targeted undersized DBs or slow safeties against Carter.
IMO, Davis is being wasted. He's been open in the seams and we just can't get him the ball. Motion Brown into the same side as Davis, and make a defender choose between Davis and Brown and I promise we are going to win that conflict a LOT of times.
Line up Davis in the backfield in the I, with Oliver/Graham at QB and Mason dotting the I, and run option off Davis as a blocker...change it up, and fake option to dump it off to Davis. We are not creating enough option read conflicts, and I don't see us setting up defenders for failure off previous plays.
As others have noted, we are not making use of quicker hitting plays. Everything is slow to develop, and it has nothing to do with a decimated OL. In fact, our play calls with a decimated OL has been really bad.
We have players...and we need to get them the ball. Let them make plays.