re: Orgeron “we’re averaging 1 minute 45 seconds per TD

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This isn’t Ensminger’s offense at all though. If he’s some offensive savant, like you seem to think, where was this shite last year?

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Again, many of the things we are seeing this year were absolutely there last year.

Brady deserves some credit obviously, but this was not a complete overhaul. We simply went all in on the things Burrow was doing well already, shotgun, tempo, quick reads and throws to help solve protection issues, instead of trying to maintain “balance”, which O harped on repeatedly last year (we’ll see if that is sustainable against the SEC slate).



The execution has been night and day better though, mostly from the WRs, which is probably just as significant a contribution from Brady as any schematic changes.


But Burrow’s comfort level is the main driving force behind what we’ve seen. That is a credit to the foundation laid by E, not some completely new playbook, which could have the opposite effect, and also to Brady for working with E to add creative wrinkles within the structure that was already in place.


Both coaches deserve credit, Burrow just deserves more. He is a once in a blue moon player and we will all miss him greatly when his time in the purple and gold is over

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There were some people asking how the E/BRady play calling was gonna work, but its clear we aren't having any communication issues.

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the communication is evidently, actually- obviously, excellent. From those two guys in the booth (between themselves) all the way down to the signalers on the sideline to Burrow.

I had theorized on the dynamic between E and Brady a while back. I think now it looks more like Brady is the designer while E is the caller. An analogy is Brady is the architect, E is the construction sup.

Coach O isn’t intimidated by anyone, but he sure tried to make it appear that way.