It’s fairly common to see comments that suggest Getsy’s scheme is bad, but no one ever explains why it’s bad. People also mention we throw too many screens without explaining what we should run instead. What makes the scheme bad? We had the best running game in the league last year. Surely something is good?
I disagree with most of this.
You want long routes that resolve quickly? That’s self-contradictory. The nature of long routes is that they do not resolve quickly.
I’m not sure what an “innovative” route would look like. There’s only so many ways to run an offense.
In theory, yes, those sorts of longer developing routes would be what you would want with an athletic QB. But the problem is Fields *isn’t* good at the playcalling you want, despite being an athletic running threat. He has poor pocket awareness, a brutal internal clock, and a tendency to take his eyes off of the downfield when pressured. Unironically, if you want to run this kind of offense, you want Caleb Williams.
Sorry, this one’s all on Fields. As proven by what Bagent has been able to do.
is pretty much true. But not because Getsy is particularly bad. Because any offense needs a great QB to be consistently successful long-term in the NFL. QB is simply way more important than OC.