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Originally Posted by skinsnut

The West Coast system is essentially throwing for 3 yards instead of running for 3...all that other crap is irrelevant...such as throwing bombs...that is all part of any system.
It's just how deep passes are done.

The odd part is we have Portis, so technically, there is no real reason to run a west coast system here since we have the abiility to run for 3 consistantly...and when you have that ability, you can run play action effectively...which is typically rare in WC systems....because, WC passes for short yardage and don't run.

If we can do both, we will be in very good shape, but, as someone else has mentioned, there is no real substantial change in our offense other than more experience...unless a rookie wideout suddenly becomes highly productive.

This offense will have to prove it for me to believe we can open it up.
I was impressed in a few deep balls in the last couple preseason games...but those are no risk games. Lets wait and see what Zorn calls in live games.

Also, I saw VERY LITTLE misdirection in the offense in preseason, very few screens...which match our very quick WRs, no reverses. No motion, pitches were rare, no shovel passes. The problem last year was a predictable offense. If you cant throw deep effectively, you still have all these tools to use to keep a defense off of Portis. Zorn didn't use them, and he certainly didn't practice this offseason.
If you don't practice something, you cannot execute it.

So my fear is this....our offense will be very basic again with no creativity.
It will essentially come down to execution.
Misdirection covers a multitude of execution deficiencies.
Zorn hasn't figured that out yet.

Will he have Campbell throw deep?
He better...it is the only hope to get some freedom for Portis because Zorn aint gunna do anything creative on offense

Your concerns about misdirection may be well-founded.

Then again, you are not going to show your tricks in open practices or preseason games. We might see plenty of misdirection starting Sunday.