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Originally Posted by RunKC
Andy's offense has always been ran through the TE and RB primarily. WR's were just by committee most years.
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Andy's offense is about stressing a defense's rules and personnel. Even if you play the WR routes perfectly, you will have difficulty winning the rep because there's still the RB in the flat, or a TE that you can't single up, or if you do all of THAT too, then the QB can just run for the first because there's no one left to keep him from it.
It'd be great to have a WR that transcended the scheme, as Tyreek often did. Andy doesn't HAVE to have that, though. What matters most is that he's got WR's, and TE's that are where they're supposed to be EXACTLY when they're supposed to be there.
It's not as simple as "you run a 10 yard hook, and you run a slant, and you over there, you're running a post." That may be the original play idea, but every route has a sight adjustment based on the pre and post snap reads based on what the defense shows you before and after the snap. Think of it as 11 mid-play audibles. Everyone has to get it right.
This is why it's difficult for rookies; they have to learn how to be NFL players, AND have to digest all of the sight adjustments for all of the positions so that they understand how it all works together. When they don't understand how it works together, you get...well, the first four weeks of the season. These young guys aren't quite on the same page yet.
There are positive signs, and a guy like Rice is coming along. Just be patient. Meanwhile, the defense looks to be much improved; we can lean on them a bit while the offense gets it together.