Three yards and a cloud of dust. The old idiom from legendary Ohio State head football coach Woody Hayes originated in the 1950s, referencing a style of offense focused on winning the battle of the line of scrimmage to move the ball down the field methodically.
This tried-and-true method remains prominent over six decades later. The New Yorl Jets will have to embrace this style of offense all season if they'd like to win any football games. Saturday's preseason victory in Green Bay was a significant first step in that direction.
In a perfect world, you'd like to have a breadth of options to "metriculate" the ball through defenses.