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Originally Posted by wachashi
2021 was "The Year of the 2-Deep Shell." Every defense we played refused to get beat deep. They were terrified of Tyreek Hill, and rightly so. Patrick had a difficult time adjusting to that new reality. Eventually, he came around to taking what defenses were giving us and our offense was tough to stop by the end of the year.
2022 was a brand new offense. We had a bunch of new pieces, a stronger running game using multiple tight ends, and Patrick played out of his mind. Defenses were unprepared.
In 2023, defenses have wised up to our offensive system sans Hill. They're just not respecting our deep threats. The coaching staff has to figure out a way to punish teams cheating up with their safeties. They're playing us differently than they did last year, and much, much differently than they did in 2021.
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Agreed. Buffalo is a good example because they’ve been trying to do a lot of things with 12 and 13 personnel. It was really Dawson Knox getting hurt that forced them to get more aggressive with 3 wr sets. It isn’t just us.
Then you look at the evolution of offenses like Jacksonville, Dallas and Green Bay. All happening midseason. They have personnel flexibility to make these adjustments. We’re a little behind the curve but that’s ok. We will get there