Before we get to specific plays, I wanted to note a couple things I saw in this game that pertains to play calling. In my personal opinion it is far better with offensive coordinator Todd Monken than it was under Dirk Koetter and each game reaffirms that belief. It really is the same scheme, but only in the sense that they’re both cheeseburgers. It’s just that one is really good and the other is not.
After seeing two games I believe there’s better usage of the dynamic talent on the roster, better management of down and distance, better mixing or balance of deep, intermediate, and short routes, they scheme players open through rub routes, they do a much better job of using the middle of the field, they throw out of heavy personnel run looks, they use running backs out wide for concepts other than screen passes, and the pass protection is far and away better than it was last season including especially from the running backs.