Speaking of coordinators, how do you evaluate the job Morris did this year. I'm fully assuming he's gone, although I haven't seen an announcement. The offense was definitely not dynamic in any way, shape or form. But I did see some things I liked. I think he spread the ball around fairly well and also brought back a couple of things in the offense we haven't seen in a while.
Our top 3 receivers, Seth, Flash and Stove, had 54, 47 and 44 catches respectively. (I may have a couple of those backwards.) They had 28 completions to the backs and believe it or not, the tight ends had 20 catches. Not great, definitely underutilized, but nice to even see us have a TE in the offense as opposed to the dreaded H-Back. In addition, they actually used the slant patterns we had been calling for for years.
Tank had 834 yards in what was really limited playing time. Bo was second in rushing with 388.
The thing I didn't like the most was this fixation on throwing so many sideways passes. I can think of three games in particular where the first series of the game started with swing passes and bubble screens, all unsuccessful. And I really wanted to see more from the tight ends, but at least they put it back in the O.
I don't think you can fairly evaluate a lot of what they did because I'm sorry, this O-line was just awful. They were big enough to run block somewhat effectively, but the pass blocking was for shit. And Bo, God bless him, he's just not very accurate. Plus, any attempt at getting him to stop bailing went out the window when it became clear our tackles, starters or back ups, couldn't pass block my grandmother. And she's been dead for about 20 years.
Of course, you can say this with any team, but without an offensive line, it's impossible to tell how effective a job Morris did.