Will the Pats ADD new UFAs from teams that employ zone blocking schemes?
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As one of my projects for Fantasy Data this year, I wanted to take a look at every offense in the NFL and determine the type of offense they run so I could know what to expect from certain players within the offenses to help me make wise Draft and DFS decisions this year. By doing so, I will be...
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The offense used by Mike Shanahan in Denver and later Washington
has evolved and become all the rage in the NFL today.
The Shanahan offense is derived from the West Coast offense made famous by Bill Walsh. However, the Walsh offense wanted to use quick, short passes as a partial substitute for a traditional running game.
The Shanahan offense created a wide zone-blocking scheme that allows running to be a partial substitute for the passing game.
Where is the 2022 Pats offensive strength? Id say RB and TE.
Both concepts are similar, they both want to force the defense into defending sideline to sideline, however, the Walsh offense gets the ball to someone in space then they run. Shanahan's offense hands the ball off and creates the space as the ball carrier advances toward the sideline until they find the opening.
Hence grabbing Strange.
Kyle Shanahan has perfected this type of running game in San Francisco. Personnel is often a 2 back set with either 2 TEs and 1 WR,
Harris - Stevenson
Henry - Smith
Take your pick - Parker, Bourne, Meyers
or 2 WRs and 1 TE. In this offense, all 5 of the eligible receivers are "alive" on the play, though the play design may be more about getting one of those guys into a wide-open space to receive the ball. Other variants, like
Sean McVay's offense like to use a 3rd WR instead of having a fullback on the field.
The Pats have no FB for 2022 by design.
Bunch formations are popular in this system as is play-action passing.
The system can succeed with a middling QB as long as they can execute the system properly.
Sounds like a scheme designed for a relatively green NFL QB.
Currently, this system is used (or will be used) by Kyle Shanahan (SF), Sean McVay (LAR), Matt LaFleur (GB), Kevin Stefanski (CLE), Arthur Smith (ATL), Shane Waldron (SEA), Klint Kubiak (MIN) (Klint is another child of a founder of this offense), Todd Downing (TEN), Mike LaFleur (NYJ), and possibly Matt Canada (PIT) if he survives past Big Ben's tenure in Pittsburgh.
If zone scheme players land in NE then BB is not giving up on this new way of offense.
