These two videos popped up on my feed today and I thought in light of the draft picks and what we've seen and heard about in our practices it was good for me to get a sense of the vision for the offense.  (If these have been posted before I couldn't find them)

In both videos at times they talk about how effective Goff was using his RBs as outlets which immediately reminded me of the reports of Johnson yelling at Caleb "faster, faster" when he was late on the outlet to Roschon this week.  The 12 personnel video gives insight into the various strategies Johnson is using to stress defenses with 2 TEs alignments...beyond just the usual run/pass options.   

Colt McCoy did a good job breaking down the various blocking schemes Johnson used to neutralize the Vikings varied fronts.  That pertains directly to our opening week matchup.  

 

 

I think we have the personal to do what this tape show us on BJs offensive scheme. What Caleb needs to do is stay in the pocket and dont hold the ball. Goff is good at getting rid of the ball quickly. Caleb is the key to making this work well. Cant hold the ball like last year. 

14 hours ago, Stinger226 said:

I think we have the personal to do what this tape show us on BJs offensive scheme. What Caleb needs to do is stay in the pocket and dont hold the ball. Goff is good at getting rid of the ball quickly. Caleb is the key to making this work well. Cant hold the ball like last year. 

We do now with Loveland and Burton in the mix.  I think our top two TEs and three WRs are a better combination than what Detroit had.  Oline made some huge gains this offseason, still not where we want it to be but we'll see how it goes by the end of the season.  As long as Ben can the details of the "why" for these plays into Caleb's head then he'll be fine.  

Here is more on the Ben Johnson effect, 70+ Yard TD drives, DET had 46, CHI had 17, literally 1st and last. Even if the Bears just jump to the middle of the pack, that would be almost double from last year.

 

I find it odd that Houston was tied with us for last. With our new additions to the OL and weapons, we should be in the middle on the low side of expectations. Of course the key to all of this is Caleb. I think he goes off but some doubters think he still has a lot to prove being only the 3rd best rookie QB. As the bad coaching and poor OL affected both the passing game and running game, I expect huge jump for him.

46 is an insane number.   Assuming that was just regular season that’s 2.7 long drives per game without a running QB to rescue bad plays.  

17 hours ago, AZ54 said:

46 is an insane number.   Assuming that was just regular season that’s 2.7 long drives per game without a running QB to rescue bad plays.  

Yeah, it's one thing to have a 70-yd scoring drive, but TDs, that's wild, and like you said, without a mobile QB.

21 hours ago, Stinger226 said:

I find it odd that Houston was tied with us for last. With our new additions to the OL and weapons, we should be in the middle on the low side of expectations. Of course the key to all of this is Caleb. I think he goes off but some doubters think he still has a lot to prove being only the 3rd best rookie QB. As the bad coaching and poor OL affected both the passing game and running game, I expect huge jump for him.

Stroud and the Texans underwhelmed last year. They were 10-7 in the worst division in football. Outside of the division, they were 5-6. They relied solely on their defense to win games.