I quote the great Mike Leach ...
“There’s nothing balanced about the 50 percent run, 50 percent pass because that’s 50 percent stupid."
“When you have five skill positions, if all five of them are contributing to the offensive effort, then that’s balanced. But this notion that if you hand it to one guy 50 percent of the time and you throw it to a combination of two guys 50 percent and your really balanced, then you proudly pat yourself on the back and tell yourself that... Well then you’re delusional.”
“The wishbone, which I think is a great offense... There’s nothing 50 percent run about the wishbone. They’re like 95 percent run... But everybody touched the ball. That’s why it’s one of the greatest offenses devised.”
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Being a good offensive coach is about getting the ball to your skilled people in the right positions. That doesn't mean handing Howard the ball 25x in the wrong positions like John Fox.
Belichick forces offenses to play left handed. He'll take a Howard or Gabriel out of the game and force Trubisky and Nagy to adjust. That means taking advantage of what's given ... not forcing it to Howard. In the first half, Belichick took Kelce away from Mahomes. Mahomes adjusted and pushed the ball to Hall and Hunt in the right places. They scored 31 points in 10 minutes in the 2nd half. That's a balanced offense.
