RockyMountainOySker
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I should start by saying I am 100% behind turning up the tempo of our offense as fast as possible. However, there are a couple points I'd like to make here:
1) Beck needs to do a better job of using appropriate situations to speed up or slow down this offense. In my opinion, our first offensive series needs to be dialed back a bit at least until we've gotten 1-2 first downs. I don't get the point of playing as fast as possible if we are on our own 35 or less (which Beck did in the first series last week).
2) Should we win the coin toss this year, we should never put our defense on the field first (especially against lesser quality opponents). I'm fine with deferring away from home, but we give our opponents a chance to gain confidence by doing so on our own turf. Our defense is young and not the strength of the team this year. If we elect to receive and we don't score, we at least have a chance to pin them back with bad field position. The fast tempo also plays a part here. The first 2 series of the game against WYO went as follows: we kickoff-stop them after 2 (1-I dont fully recall) first downs, they punt and pin us close to our own goal line. Beck decides to start the offense off full speed which turns into a quick punt (i believe we got 1 first down but it was so fast the 6 or so plays took under 2 minutes). We have an extremely young defense that's now been on the field for 2 drives in the first 5 minutes of the game. I would have done things differently.
Not only would I have elected to receive, I would have slowed the first few plays down to allow for better execution. Again, even if we don't score we give our defense more of a break and help in the field position battle.
In summary, wait until middle of the field to speed up the temp and if we have the option, take the ball first at home. A positive start to games this year will do wonders for the confidence our the young defense.
1) Beck needs to do a better job of using appropriate situations to speed up or slow down this offense. In my opinion, our first offensive series needs to be dialed back a bit at least until we've gotten 1-2 first downs. I don't get the point of playing as fast as possible if we are on our own 35 or less (which Beck did in the first series last week).
2) Should we win the coin toss this year, we should never put our defense on the field first (especially against lesser quality opponents). I'm fine with deferring away from home, but we give our opponents a chance to gain confidence by doing so on our own turf. Our defense is young and not the strength of the team this year. If we elect to receive and we don't score, we at least have a chance to pin them back with bad field position. The fast tempo also plays a part here. The first 2 series of the game against WYO went as follows: we kickoff-stop them after 2 (1-I dont fully recall) first downs, they punt and pin us close to our own goal line. Beck decides to start the offense off full speed which turns into a quick punt (i believe we got 1 first down but it was so fast the 6 or so plays took under 2 minutes). We have an extremely young defense that's now been on the field for 2 drives in the first 5 minutes of the game. I would have done things differently.
Not only would I have elected to receive, I would have slowed the first few plays down to allow for better execution. Again, even if we don't score we give our defense more of a break and help in the field position battle.
In summary, wait until middle of the field to speed up the temp and if we have the option, take the ball first at home. A positive start to games this year will do wonders for the confidence our the young defense.
