Wobbit No. 1 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Oregon has struggled with third downs, which means they cannot sustain drives. On thing I've noticed is poor play selection on second down. Running the ball on second and long essentially commits your offense to having to convert third downs. So if first down nets NO YARDS or just a couple of yards, commit to throwing on second down. And throw the ball across the first down line. I hate when the play call on third down requires that the receiver make yards after the catch in order to keep a drive alive. The consequences are too great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Administrator No. 2 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Well, we started the year with great third down conversions and then hit a skid.. You make great points and wish to invite you to post more often! Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Marsh No. 3 Share Posted January 8, 2021 23 minutes ago, Wobbit said: I hate when the play call on third down requires that the receiver make yards after the catch in order to keep a drive alive. The consequences are too great. When it is something like 3rd and really long I tend to feel the same way. Though often these little passes can make the yards needed as the buffer provided by the opposing team's defense is such to prevent a first down and one missed tackle on the yards after catch would result in a first down. Often these passes are thrown to as the "hot route" where everything else is covered and the qb just needs to get the ball out of their hands. This will be a VERY important spring for Oregon... but it will be just as important for all teams in reality... as it will be a major opportunity to install the offense properly and run the offense hopefully at full speed. I feel we never saw this offense working at full speed for the duration of the year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
