I am confused

[methodtoll]

Help me out here:

I've seen a lot of articles that state that the reason why Clausen is the perfect fit in Carolina is because he practically ran the same offense with Weis at ND.

If I am not mistaken, didn't Weis run the West Coast Offense at ND and in NE?

So if that was the case and we are practically running the same offense as Weis, are we not running a hybrid version of the WCO?

[Ricky Spanish]

i'm confused because clausen is supposedly the most NFL ready QB in the draft and was rated a 76 by madden and sam bradford, a spread O QB is rated an 80. that does not make sense.

[magnus]

Help me out here:

I've seen a lot of articles that state that the reason why Clausen is the perfect fit in Carolina is because he practically ran the same offense with Weis at ND.

If I am not mistaken, didn't Weis run the West Coast Offense at ND and in NE?

So if that was the case and we are practically running the same offense as Weis, are we not running a hybrid version of the WCO?

no

[Black]

we don't run any version of the west coast offense, so no. and bradford is rated above clausen purely based on madden politics

[methodtoll]

we don't run any version of the west coast offense, so no. and bradford is rated above clausen purely based on madden politics

I never said we did run it, I knew we ran a power run game... I just don't get why the media is comparing our offense to Weis's offense when we don't run same offense

[eViL jEsTeR]

i think its mostly because of our oc and davidson's connection with weis

[CatMan72]

I think the terminology we use is the same, not necessarily the playbook.

[Mr. Scot]

If I am not mistaken, didn't Weis run the West Coast Offense at ND and in NE?

Nope.

[Sandy Claws]

Help me out here:

I've seen a lot of articles that state that the reason why Clausen is the perfect fit in Carolina is because he practically ran the same offense with Weis at ND.

If I am not mistaken, didn't Weis run the West Coast Offense at ND and in NE?

So if that was the case and we are practically running the same offense as Weis, are we not running a hybrid version of the WCO?

Not even close

Google "Erhart Perkins"

"pass to score, run to win"

[nosuchthingasapanther]

I think the terminology we use is the same, not necessarily the playbook.

clausen said the playbook was the same, the terminology different.

[Mr. Burgundy]

i wouldnt mind accually thbrowing a few westcoast style plays in there every once in a while accually. i just think about the philly eagles back a few years ago, and how westbrook looked so good. i think that deangelo could do some of the pass catching, and yards after catch if he were given an oppertunity. also,, throwing stewart and armanti edwards in there could really be interesting.

whether or not we ever do anything like that, our offense will be pretty dyanamic in the next few seasons, granted we resign guys like kahlil and deangelo.

Thats exactly what they were working on in passing camp last week. 4 wide recievers deep and HB screens

[Irish17]

Wies ran a pro style offense at ND same as they run at Carolina. Pound the run and then pass however the running game was never great there so sometimes they would spread it out. They threw a lot of deep balls down the sidelines Clausen will do great for you guys I am happy to see him go there!

[panthers55]

A WCO is not synonomous with a 4 wideout receiver formation although most WCO use them. The WCO offense is more a philosophy of how to move the ball. WCOs use short timing passes in place of their running game. Backs are used as often to run short routes in the flats and over the middle as they are to actually run the ball. WCO teams run once they have a lead not to score points like we do.

Here is a decent article written by a Jaguar fan about the possibility of Jacksonville using the Philly style WCO offense. Some good information.

http://www.bigcatcountry.com/2010/6/2/1495432/some-ducks-playbook-andy-reids

[panthers55]

Weiss ran a pro-style offense that emphasized the ability to run multiple plays out of a few formations. In other words line up in the same formation 3 times in a row but run 3 different plays. The key is to mix things up and exploit mismatches in the defensive scheme once you get up to the line of scrimmage and see what the defense is doing. There are lots of audibles and multiple plays that can be run out of each look so it requires the quarterback to recognize defensives and adlib as they go. Running is a big part of the offense but so is passing vertically.

Here is a decent summary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Patriots_strategy#Erhardt_-_Perkins_Offensive_System