As I have been saying all along there is a difference between being predictable and being yourself. The teams of the Osborne era, they were themselves. We..well, we are predictable.
We can't run what we want, because we can't execute it. We can't be anything we want, because anything we want right now is too daunting for this offense to handle. I'm not ready to throw the towel in on Wats and Cotton, who appear to be most outlets of aggression. But I will say this, everything they are doing appears to be wrong. How a team simplifies and STILL can't score points boggles my mind.
Running the football is one of the easiest things for an offensive lineman to do, and it's one of their more favorite things to do. Who has become our best run-blocker? Ricky Henry. Who was our worst pass blocker? Ricky Henry. The point I make with this is that we have such a plethora of skill levels on the offensive line that they can't do anything the right way consistently. Even Hickman, who I thought would be a big time player this year, has had a rather average season. I liked what Caputo did in his limited game time a lot more than what Hickman did over the whole year.
Our offense lacks the confidence and will power that the defense of '07 lacked. Find a way to fix it, or find a new school. They guys have one year imho. If the line still stinks and the offense is still averaging 24 ppg come December of next year, there will be changes on the coaching front, even if Wats has a good resume.
