Revenge of the Birds · Jan 21, 2019
Balanced Offense in the NFL
Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWhen NFL pundits and coaches talk about offense, they pretty much all agree that the most preferred offense is a “balanced” one.
Well, in today’s NFL what would one consider a balanced offense?
There are a couple of ways of looking at it.
Check out what offensive innovator Mike Leach of Washington St. says about balanced offense:
The way Leach looks at it—-if all 5 skills players on offense get a fair amount of touches—-that’s the kind of balanced offense he wants.
The Cardinals’ new head coach, Kliff Kingsbury pretty much agrees with this message.
Leach says that the general thinking of a balanced offense as 50/50 pass/run is “delusional.”
Except—-when it isn’t.
