I thought about putting a call into Coach to ask him about this directly but I figured I'd start with you guys first. I heard one of the talking heads on either ESPN or XM say it looked like Jalen was running the same "version" of the offense that Bryce runs when he came in during the Arkansas game...meaning that if Jalen is our guy against A&M the offense we see will be more of the Milroe "version" of the offense. So then what does that version of the offense look like?
I think it's a safe bet to say that it will be more of a run heavy offense that likely has more designed QB runs built into it. But does this affect how we approach our typical running attack when it's not a designed QB run? Off and you wouldn't think it would change too much but I could see how having a more mobile guy back there would switch some things up a bit.
From a passing perspective I wonder if we will see more of a short passing game with less intermediate type throws; but with some deep shots mixed in? Will we do more RPOs? Will we try to get the running backs even more involved in the passing game, maybe tight ends? Obviously the passing game is the biggest overall question mark here...but I don't see us asking Jalen to do the same things as we ask Bryce to do, but that doesn't mean our passing game is less successful it just means that success will probably look a little different than what we are used to seeing.
My hope is that 1) Jalen can replace the intermediate passing game somewhat with few 20-25 yards scrambles when a passing play breaks down, and 2) that his mobility causes the defense to react a half a step slower than usual giving our guy bigger windows that normal.
Looking forward to the input.
I think it's a safe bet to say that it will be more of a run heavy offense that likely has more designed QB runs built into it. But does this affect how we approach our typical running attack when it's not a designed QB run? Off and you wouldn't think it would change too much but I could see how having a more mobile guy back there would switch some things up a bit.
From a passing perspective I wonder if we will see more of a short passing game with less intermediate type throws; but with some deep shots mixed in? Will we do more RPOs? Will we try to get the running backs even more involved in the passing game, maybe tight ends? Obviously the passing game is the biggest overall question mark here...but I don't see us asking Jalen to do the same things as we ask Bryce to do, but that doesn't mean our passing game is less successful it just means that success will probably look a little different than what we are used to seeing.
My hope is that 1) Jalen can replace the intermediate passing game somewhat with few 20-25 yards scrambles when a passing play breaks down, and 2) that his mobility causes the defense to react a half a step slower than usual giving our guy bigger windows that normal.
Looking forward to the input.