How to beat a great offense

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That was the question in 1998. The Minnesota Vikings had the best offense in the NFL with Dante Culpepper at QB and the dynamic Randy Moss at receiver. The game was the 1998 NFC Championship. Nobody gave the Falcons a chance. But Dan Reeves had other ideas. His plan was to keep that offense on the sideline by running the ball. It worked like a charm. The Falcons beat them and went on to lose the Super Bowl to the Denver Broncos. With the Vols having a good run defense, hopefully, this strategy won't work if upcoming opponents try it. But that's the recipe.
 
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It's already been tried this season.
Our defense isn't good in the back end and secondary, but we are one of the best in college football at stopping the run.
That's the Defensive plan from Banks - make teams beat us with the pass and try to trade punches with our Offense.

We haven't met a team yet that can stand toe to toe and keep up with the Offense.
 
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tone357 said:
That was the question in 1998. The Minnesota Vikings had the best offense in the NFL with Dante Culpepper at QB and the dynamic Randy Moss at receiver. The game was the 1998 NFC Championship. Nobody gave the Falcons a chance. But Dan Reeves had other ideas. His plan was to keep that offense on the sideline by running the ball. It worked like a charm. The Falcons beat them and went on to lose the Super Bowl to the Denver Broncos. With the Vols having a good run defense, hopefully, this strategy won't work if upcoming opponents try it.
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It all depends on redzone defense. If the team wanting to control ToP can't punch it for TDs and has to settle for FG tries odds are they are going to get behind in a hurry, and that ball control gameplan will be gone in the 3rd
 
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IndianaVol said:
It's already been tried this season.
Our defense isn't good in the back end and secondary, but we are one of the best in college football at stopping the run.
That's the Defensive plan from Banks - make teams beat us with the pass and try to trade punches with our Offense.

We haven't met a team yet that can stand toe to toe and keep up with the Offense.
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Couple this with the fact that C-Rod isn’t a scat back like Bama’s Gibbs. We struggle a little with that. He’s a power back, he’ll be contained quite well.
 
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84Volfan said:
It all depends on redzone defense. If the team wanting to control ToP can't punch it for TDs and has to settle for FG tries odds are they are going to get behind in a hurry, and that ball control gameplan will be gone in the 3rd
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Agreed. We might give up a lot of yards but our red zone defense is not nearly as bad. Our red zone defense is #13 Opponents have scored 22/30 times, with 7 rushing td, 7 passing td, and 8 fg. Mean while we are 37/38 in the red zone ourselves with 23 rushing td, 8 passing td, and 6 FG.
 
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tone357 said:
That was the question in 1998. The Minnesota Vikings had the best offense in the NFL with Dante Culpepper at QB and the dynamic Randy Moss at receiver. The game was the 1998 NFC Championship. Nobody gave the Falcons a chance. But Dan Reeves had other ideas. His plan was to keep that offense on the sideline by running the ball. It worked like a charm. The Falcons beat them and went on to lose the Super Bowl to the Denver Broncos. With the Vols having a good run defense, hopefully, this strategy won't work if upcoming opponents try it. But that's the recipe.
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How many teams have tried that this year only abandon it when we score on every play?

Last year Kentucky controlled the ball with time of possession and still lost
 
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tone357 said:
That was the question in 1998. The Minnesota Vikings had the best offense in the NFL with Dante Culpepper at QB and the dynamic Randy Moss at receiver. The game was the 1998 NFC Championship. Nobody gave the Falcons a chance. But Dan Reeves had other ideas. His plan was to keep that offense on the sideline by running the ball. It worked like a charm. The Falcons beat them and went on to lose the Super Bowl to the Denver Broncos. With the Vols having a good run defense, hopefully, this strategy won't work if upcoming opponents try it. But that's the recipe.
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Randal Cunningham was Minnesota QB, Culpepper was still at UCF
 
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tone357 said:
That was the question in 1998. The Minnesota Vikings had the best offense in the NFL with Dante Culpepper at QB and the dynamic Randy Moss at receiver. The game was the 1998 NFC Championship. Nobody gave the Falcons a chance. But Dan Reeves had other ideas. His plan was to keep that offense on the sideline by running the ball. It worked like a charm. The Falcons beat them and went on to lose the Super Bowl to the Denver Broncos. With the Vols having a good run defense, hopefully, this strategy won't work if upcoming opponents try it. But that's the recipe.
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The great Randall Cunningham (who should be a HOFer) was the Vikings' QB in '98. And it was a missed chip shot FG by Gary Anderson, who hadn't missed one all season, that cost the Vikings the NFC title.
 
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Will be interesting to see if KY tries last years strategy again. I imagine it would fail spectacularly given how much better our run D is. And our offense was good last year, this year it is elite.
 
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I believe you're misremembering what happened in that game. The Falcons passed all over on Minnesota, throwing it 43 times for 340 yards. They ran the ball fewer times than Minnesota and their longest possession of the game was just over six minutes. 17 of Atlanta's 30 points came on about 4 total minutes of possession time.
 
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The difference in our case is we have a QB who can run, and run well. Think Lamar Jackson on steroids (not literally). They can drop 8 into coverage and it opens up the running lanes for Hendon. They stack the box and our receivers are one-on-one. And Hendon is smart and reads defenses very well. Pick your poison.
 
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