Toofy
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Thanks this was super useful and pretty nerdy ...Shotgun formations, or formations (where the players position themselves, pre-snap) in general have little to do with the type of offense run. You will see the same type of formations in very different offenses. Formations are used in combination with personnel combinations (WR/TE/RB) to produced a desired mismatch, or exploit a weakness. This is the jumping board for the offense/plays being called, after which, it's all about execution.
Typically our offensive philosophy has evolved with the talent we acquire or lose over the years or in response to what the rest of the league is doing, offensively or defensively, but at center it's been pretty much the same. It centers around the Erhardt Perkins football offense philosophy which is built on "concepts" offense, starting with formation, protection, and one or two combos (concepts) to either side of the ball. These "combos" are routes that compliment each other. Depending on the amount of experience the players have in this system, it can be very simple or VERY complex. In Brady's last few years here, and especially when Edelman and Gronk were still a vital part of the offense, the EP was stretched to it's virtual limitations, and McDaniels could just keep dialing up one different play/formation/personnel after another, to infinity, like he did in the SB vs. the Rams.
But when you have all new players, and a QB with just 1 full year of experience, there's bound to be growing pains.
So as I understand, EP works when you have established QB and receiver tandem with a established OC , whilst for a team in transition, just holds you back.
Could EP system be one of the reasons for the subpar season that cam had. Agree , cam was not a functional QB and Mac acclimatized well to EP last year. But lays a lot more learning on QB and receivers.
So the reason to move away from it this year has more to do with Josh who is not around to teach the nuances or explore the infinities as well as understanding limitations of new receivers who join the team. so we go to a simplified offense that is easier to coach and also for new players to acclimatize. If that's the case , when can we expect to see better assimilation of these newer but simpler concepts by the offense?
Does the new shanahan /mcvay system place more learning on offensive line instead of QB and receivers , hence leading to sloppy offensive line play? If that's the case our evaluation of Offensive linemen might need to change?