Not really. He is failing to address a few major red flags of Lazor's offensive system that caused the passing dysfunction in 2015.
First one was mentioned above concerning the QB's drop. Under Lazor, Tanehill frequently used 2,3 & 5 step drops which allegedly nullifies a pass rush. For the record, no OC has incorporated consistent 7 step drops into their systems since Mike Martz hung Jay Cutler out to dry in 2011. The increase in defensive speed laid deep drops to rest. Plus, anyone who has witnessed the line play over the past few years knows that claim does not hold true and in no way shape or form did it help negate the pass rush.
If you want to talk about inconsistency you have to look no further than the disheveled route concepts of Lazor. Take this for example:
It's a generic mesh concept, one that was very common with Lazor. For discussion purposes Z - Stills, X - Matthews, H - Landry, Y - Cameron, F - Mi . . Mil . . . MMMiller :boohoo: That said, any receiver can be tagged to run the mesh route and the routes can vary on the perimeter.
H (Landry) was the motion man here. It's generally used to ID man or zone. If a defender follows it's man, if the defense remains static it signifies zone. But all in all it's not that simple lest using specific defensive alignment rules, you can actually dictate to the spread offense and force their hand thru adjustments and disguised coverage. This held especially true for Lazor's offense as their was no way to audible out of a bad play in which the defense had cornered you in to. Lazor may have had dozens of formations and literally hundreds of plays to defend, but the one fact that rang true was that only a handful (maybe two) of concepts were used. Once a defense is rehearsed in those concepts they become much simpler to defend as opposed to trying to decipher individual plays.
Anyways, back to the play. Running the mesh, receivers are typically taught to run shoulder to shoulder as they cross setting a natural pick which can be successful vs man coverage. Problem here is that defenses often played zone vs the Fins and were able to dictate the route depth they desired by the depth in their drops into hook zones. Depending on the plays tag, defenses could force the mesh routes to run under or over their coverage and ultimately into their hands. Also realize that the Fins were most often defended by safe zones where they only had to rush 4
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while dropping 7 in cover 2 with 5 underneath and it made the the Mesh and other shallow crossing concepts nearly impossible to execute. Hence the numerous amount of check downs to the flats. An area in which defenses dictated Lazor's offense into succumbing to.
One thing should be blatantly obvious: players do what they are coached to do. When a QB drops back into the pocket, progresses past a covered pass option, and hit outlet receivers, it’s most likely because he does it every day in practice, not because he was born with that skill. Likewise, when a QB looks for one receive and they have no plan of action if that receiver is covered, it is, again most likely a byproduct of his coaching.
Though despite this and the faulty concepts that Lazor tried to establish, Tannehill was still able to set the NFL record for consecutive completions. Not exactly what I would refer to as someone who needs to improve on decision making and ball placement. Those issues stemmed from a problematic offensive system and a former tyrannical offensive coach.
But hey, what do I know, I'm just full of ****.
