This offense is abysmal in the redzone

[paindonthurt_]

Syke!

 

[Xenomorph]

We know it’s tough to score in the red zone so we made the genius decision to penalize ourselves out of it and THEN score.

 

[paindonthurt_]

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/703

 

[ZombieKissinger]

Nice - did not realize we were up to 38th. Would’ve put us in the 70s

 

[SKYHAWKdawg]

Ha, NC State looked awesome in the red zone against us***

 

[paindonthurt_]

And our stats really haven’t improved. Everyone else just started falling.

We’ve been hovering around 87% and 62% in TDs.

2 weeks ago the same percentages had us in the upper 70s

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Except for the penalties we did much better last night because we mixed in running the ball.

 

[paindonthurt_]

We really haven’t been bad all year. But last night was better.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Teams are getting into the meat of their schedules against tougher competition.

 

[fedxdog]

Upon further review, 89.3% scoring average in the redzone is not abysmal! I'm old enough to have seen lots of abysmal

 

[patdog]

We’ve been hovering around 87% and 62% in TDs.

THIS is the stat that really matters. If you kick a FG in the red zone, that's kind of a failure. 62% is OK. Not good, not bad.

 

[57stratdawg]

It’s the last piece of this offense. But, it’s also the most difficult. I expect us to improve. It’s just a matter of reps.

 

[Dawgg]

If you kick a FG in the red zone, that's kind of a failure.

I don’t know if I agree with this. Points are points. Yeah, obviously TDs are better, but thinking FG’s are failures gets you into making dumbass 4th & 2 calls (cough cough Lane) that keep you from scoring at all.

I remember listening to a Nick Saban interview and he said “as long as all of your offensive possessions end with a kick (XP, FG, or Punt), then you’re doing alright.”

 

[patdog]

7 > 3. Of course a FG isn't a total failure, that's why I said it's kind of a failure. But it's still less than half of a TD. If all your possessions are ending in punts and field goals, you're not going to win many games. Saban has 40 extra point attempts, 12 field goal attempts, and 21 punts this year. He's not successful because of the field goals and punts.

 

[8dog]

I tried to tell him the RZ stats are meaningless. We did great yesterday and thats because every RZ TD was a run. Running is good.

 

[8dog]

By being in the RZ you are in FG range. The only way to fail is to have a FG kicking issue. Not an offense issue.

 

[paindonthurt_]

Yeah and we are right there with everyone else. We are at 64% tds that puts us in the top 30.

 

[paindonthurt_]

Before yesterday we were 62%. Today we are 64%.
I said we did better yesterday but we haven’t been remotely BAD all year.

If you think that, you are just stupid. But you go on being dumb. It’s fun.

 

[paindonthurt_]

Correct and we are starting to play some teams who haven’t been top 50 in scoring defense.

 

[paindonthurt_]

My comment was a joke. People have been bashing our redzone offense all year.

We’ve been 87% and 62% all year. It’s never been top 20 ish but it has never been even remotely close to BAD. Ever.

 

[paindonthurt_]

It isn’t bad. But sure we could always improve.

 

[paindonthurt_]

What was a failure yesterday regarding field goals? When lane Kiffen DIDNT kick them. That was a total failure.