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I think offensive criticism is just easier for armchair QB's.  There's intrinsically a better understanding of offensive playcalling (e.g. run versus pass, some of the different routes, etc.).  Assessments of the defensive playcalling tend to fall along the lines of "should have blitzed" and "I hate when we only rush three", but rarely even some big things like whether we should be in the base defense or the nickel and whether we are in zone or man-to-man.

BC

My main criticisms of the offense are the speed with which play calls get to the QB (resulting in too many costly delay of game penalties, especially at critical times) and the lack of in-game adjustments when things aren't going as expected (e.g., OSU, WSU, SDSU this year). I consider these fundamentally different from criticizing the offensive philosophy or actual plays being called or run/pass mix which I think is more armchair QB'ing.

[winflop]

I think offensive criticism is just easier for armchair QB's.  There's intrinsically a better understanding of offensive playcalling (e.g. run versus pass, some of the different routes, etc.).  Assessments of the defensive playcalling tend to fall along the lines of "should have blitzed" and "I hate when we only rush three", but rarely even some big things like whether we should be in the base defense or the nickel and whether we are in zone or man-to-man.

BC

My main criticisms of the offense are the speed with which play calls get to the QB (resulting in too many costly delay of game penalties, especially at critical times) and the lack of in-game adjustments when things aren't going as expected (e.g., OSU, WSU, SDSU this year). I consider these fundamentally different from criticizing the offensive philosophy or actual plays being called or run/pass mix which I think is more armchair QB'ing.