Anthony Ratliff Williams Declares for Draft
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That has more than a little bit to do with the OC and game planning and play calling, all of which go back to the HC.
ARW could use another year with good WR coaching and an offense that the HC is not all about the QB running to set up everything else - if Surratt had not been suspended and then hurt, the offense would have been all about Surrratt the athlete running.
But if ARW were to stay, who would be his OC and WR coach? Who would be his strength and conditioning coach getting into shape?
Why would he stay? Uncertainty from the QB position, coaching change etc. The NFL has enough film on ARW.
If your offense starts with the desire to have the QB run the ball often, whether between the tackles with power like a classic Wisconsin RB, or around the end and in the open field with speed and quickness like a Pat White, you will get many lame duck passes, as well as passes that simply lack accuracy and/or touch, as well as less than 1st rate ability to read pass coverage.
Nathan Elliott ran the ball often in HS. His passing game was predicated upon Ds stacking the box to stop the run, often leaving receivers so wide open they likely got lonely. Elliott is exactly the kind of QB a Fedora would pursue, not thinking he would be a great starter but a great practice player and backup.
The faults with the Fedora offense are not in signing QBs who are not all excellent athletes but that when you lack a QB who is a major threat to run, the offense often is exposed as hollow, at best ringing up many yards while failing to dominate games, forcing foes to alter what they want to do.
Mike Leach's spread, conversely, almost always forces DCs to rethink and refocus, to try new things, to get out of their comfort zone. It is much easier to prepare to face a Fedora offense than a Leach offense.
Dumb move by him. WRs are a dime a dozen in the NFL. He should have stayed in Air Mack Attack to improve his look to NFL scouts.
