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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 654622" data-source="post: 1492843"><p>Rod Smith's offense is maximized with a running QB. We were all hoping to get Khalil Tate who played one full season under Rod. His stats in 2017:</p><p>111 Completions on 179 Attempts for 1,591 yrds, 14 TDs and 9 Ints</p><p>153 Rush attempts 1,411 yrds and 12 TDs</p><p> That is Rods offense. Brandon is not it. The offense is designed to get the ball in the hands of our athletes in space as fast as possible. Slants and crossing patterns draw those players back into the middle of the field where more defenders are. </p><p>Brandon is however just under that completion % and with three games left, hopefully four, will be at that yards number. What is nice is he has 13 TDs and only 4 Ints.</p><p>A running QB allows you to play 11 v 11 football. When Brandon refuses to run, we play 10 v 11. The play action pass doesn't draw the weakside LB up if there is not threat of QB keep. Therefore the passing lane there is not open even if we wanted to call it. </p><p>Add on the fact that we have had a lot of passed dropped again this year. Bebe is a beast, love him. But the dude has dropped a lot of passes. Rickie, before he got hurt, still was dropping passes he needs to catch as a no. 1 WR. Stampley…..come one</p><p>This is the offense we are going to have till the end of next year. Not because Rod is trying to develop Tom Bradys, but because he is the best option until we get some of these athletic QBs developed. Then the O will take off IMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 654622, post: 1492843"] Rod Smith's offense is maximized with a running QB. We were all hoping to get Khalil Tate who played one full season under Rod. His stats in 2017: 111 Completions on 179 Attempts for 1,591 yrds, 14 TDs and 9 Ints 153 Rush attempts 1,411 yrds and 12 TDs That is Rods offense. Brandon is not it. The offense is designed to get the ball in the hands of our athletes in space as fast as possible. Slants and crossing patterns draw those players back into the middle of the field where more defenders are. Brandon is however just under that completion % and with three games left, hopefully four, will be at that yards number. What is nice is he has 13 TDs and only 4 Ints. A running QB allows you to play 11 v 11 football. When Brandon refuses to run, we play 10 v 11. The play action pass doesn't draw the weakside LB up if there is not threat of QB keep. Therefore the passing lane there is not open even if we wanted to call it. Add on the fact that we have had a lot of passed dropped again this year. Bebe is a beast, love him. But the dude has dropped a lot of passes. Rickie, before he got hurt, still was dropping passes he needs to catch as a no. 1 WR. Stampley…..come one This is the offense we are going to have till the end of next year. Not because Rod is trying to develop Tom Bradys, but because he is the best option until we get some of these athletic QBs developed. Then the O will take off IMO [/QUOTE]
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