Offensive Breakdown

The Coleman Comets Football team had some bright spots this season offensively lead by Junior wide receiver Jason Beckner.  Beckner was able to connect with quarterback Spencer Pnacek in the aerial attack numerous times throughout the season for some huge plays.  Unfortunately defenses focused most of their attention to Beckner all season.  The Comets need to find a way to open up the offense when Beckner is drawing so much attention.  The Comets run a spread offense so we will look at ways to improve upon that for next season.

Coleman's offense was predicated on hitting home run plays on deep post routes and go routes.  That is all fine and well however they need to be more efficient and get themselves into better down and distance situations so they aren't faced with many third and longs.  The running game for Coleman struggled most of the year due to a young offensive line.  When they started mixing in jet sweeps and misdirection plays into their offense that allowed their athletes to get some space on the edge and hit some big plays. An interesting twist that Coach Klopf should consider next season is utilize starting linebacker and backup quarterback Karlos Moiser in certain packages as a running quarterback.  He is a more athletic option than Pnacek and is physical enough to churn out some yards.  In this instance read options and qb power plays would add another element to the run game as opposed to straight dives to the tailback.  Moiser would also be a solid option in short yardage and goal line situations.  He is also a capable passer so the offense could still implement some quick passes and defenses wouldn't be able to just key in on them.

 The Comets also need to work on a quick intermediate passing game that will help their offensive line and help Pnacek get the ball out of his hands quicker instead of trying to buy time waiting for the routes to develop.  This is where quick slants and out routes come into play.  Rollout passes will neutralize an opposing teams pass rush.  If the Comets line Beckner and other star wide receiver Tyler Stambersky on the same side and run a Smash concept which is a high low concept so one would run a corner the other a curl, the defense would have to choose who to defend and that would allow Coleman to get their biggest playmakers open.

These are a few ideas I would like to see Coach Klopf and his staff implement for next year.  Check back tomorrow for a defensive analysis!