Whoever the OC will be, Hurts needs

[art vandelay]

For context, when we were talking about Billy Jim Scooter, I went and sampled some of Indianapolis' offense on Youtube, specifically looking for snaps where Mineshew was under center.

I saw exactly one (1) play, against Baltimore.

It's a shotgun happy league right now.

Just looked it up, Eagles were #1 at 94%, Indy was #2 at 91%.

To 3I's point, The Packers were #19 at 70%.

Greg Olsen (I know) tweeted during the Bucs game that under center play action is the best way to pass on early downs.

[The Duck]

Olsen's generally pretty sharp about the game itself. It's the everything eIse that makes him insufferable.

I couldn't find the team rankings, but it looks like the league average is around 70% shotgun. I wouldn't be surprised to see that number start to decline a bit over the next few years.

[art vandelay]

What’s wrong with being among the league leaders under center?

Nothing, just seemed like a big jump.

Duck, this was what I found on shot gun rates:

1	PHI	93.8%
2	IND	90.7%
3	CIN	85.4%
4	BAL	84.3%
5	KC	83.3%
6	CAR	82.7%
7	WAS	81.4%
8	LAC	81.1%
9	JAX	80.9%
10	MIA	80.7%
11	ATL	77.2%
12	CHI	77.2%
13	TB	74.6%
14	BUF	73.7%
15	NYG	73.7%
16	SEA	72.0%
17	ARI	71.0%
18	PIT	70.3%
19	GB	69.9%
20	CLE	66.4%
21	DAL	65.7%
22	NE	65.6%
23	TEN	63.7%
24	NYJ	63.3%
25	NO	63.1%
26	LA	62.1%
27	SF	61.8%
28	HOU	61.2%
29	DEN	57.8%
30	LV	56.1%
31	DET	55.6%
32	MIN	55.1%

[The Duck]

So two of the top five shotgun teams are playing Sunday. And two of the bottom five teams are playing.

I'll be happy to just not be #1 anymore.

[Mr. Triple Dip]

No idea if shotgun vs under center correlates to play success or team success - but I personally want to see more balance.

Eagles were #1 in the league and that is with their short yardage play being 100% under center. Aside from the shove, they must've barely run any plays under center.

[3rd & Inches]

So two of the top five shotgun teams are playing Sunday. And two of the bottom five teams are playing.

I'll be happy to just not be #1 anymore.

And they need to use the middle of the field, not just outside the numbers.

[art vandelay]

And they need to use the middle of the field, not just outside the numbers.

I think this is the biggest thing and I really hope it was a coaching issue, not a Hurts issue.