Serious ? for u Xs+Os guys out there. What exactly did Joe Brady do that worked so well?!?

He ran easy to execute schemes that would often present mismatches and space and Joe was aboe to identify and capitalize on with our elite WR talent

Having some of the best talent in CFB helped

And an offensive line that gave them time to operate in both the run and pass game

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Joe Burrow
Jamar Chase
Justin Jefferson

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Exactly. The greatest scheme ever is limited by its weakest link. Burrow's ability to find the open receiver was exceptional. Chase and Jefferson had exceptional ability to get open.

Snap the ball to joe burrow

Joe Brady was able to step up in the pocket, go through his progression, and deliver an accurate ball.

People do not fully appreciate Jefferson’s ability to run routes and get open and when combined with Chase and a seasoned, accurate QB it’s game over at that level.

I remember watching a film study of Jefferson in the OU game and it was pretty cool. Jefferson was in the slot of course, and on most of the plays he would literally skip the first five yards and depending on what the linebacker did he would either run an out route or an inside slant. The play was unstoppable he would get wide open no matter what the linebacker did.

How many times this year have you seen a clean pocket for him to throw from? More often than not, he's under heavy pressure by the third step of his drop. Yes, his instinct is to take off and run, but often times so far that has been the best decision for him, given the pressure.

Joe Brady ran a lot of the same concepts that Mike Leach runs- Mesh patterns, sail patterns, where defenders have to make a decision, but in our situation now that type of offense isn't conducive to success because Daniels doesn't have the time (or seemingly the proclivity) to make 3-4 reads that Burrow could. Daniels only has time for 1-2 quick reads before he's got to get out of there. Burrow had a Joe Moore-Award winning offensive line in front of him. Daniels has a far less experienced group trying to hold it together.

This year's offense could do itself a lot of good by running quick breaking route concepts, more quick screens, and more up-tempo. Stretch the field horizontally and make their defense have to handle our skill players in space. Running up-tempo would force the defense to play in more basic schemes and without substitution. It seemingly is where Daniels seems to thrive as well.

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He ran easy to execute schemes that would often present mismatches

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Yeah it was very Air Raid-inspired in terms of concepts (which isn't shocking considering that's what most NFL passing games are modeled after these days). The sad part is that our offense seems to be back to the polar opposite on a conceptual level, where our coaches think complexity is the key to getting WRs open.