[OutsiderFan]

"Let Love win"

This embodies my feelings about how Love is being misused this season. Get the guy in space.  Create 1-1 matchups he can win!

How? You saw what happened when we tried to throw it to him against ND. He was double covered. Love attracts more attention than even CMac did. The touchdown play in the Rose Bowl has indelibly imprinted on all opposing coaches the idea of "Don't let Stanford's star back beat you, no matter what." Love will be followed and chased wherever he goes. He isn't going to get 1 on 1 in space.
The good news is that this obsession will create opportunities for other players to be open. The bad news is that we usually need to keep a back in to pass protect. If we could avoid the latter restriction by  moving the pocket (or any other way) then maybe we can get Love some space. But it isn't going to be easy.

I'm not paid millions of dollars to figure it out. But even if I weren't paid millions of dollars to do it, and my job was to figure out how to do it, you bet your ass I would find ways to get Love the ball in space. Football can be a game of creating favorable match-ups by formation and proper play design. But it all must be done in the context of a greater offensive scheme that allows favorable matchups to be created.

[OutsiderFan]

"Let Love win"

This embodies my feelings about how Love is being misused this season. Get the guy in space.  Create 1-1 matchups he can win!

How? You saw what happened when we tried to throw it to him against ND. He was double covered. Love attracts more attention than even CMac did. The touchdown play in the Rose Bowl has indelibly imprinted on all opposing coaches the idea of "Don't let Stanford's star back beat you, no matter what." Love will be followed and chased wherever he goes. He isn't going to get 1 on 1 in space.
The good news is that this obsession will create opportunities for other players to be open. The bad news is that we usually need to keep a back in to pass protect. If we could avoid the latter restriction by  moving the pocket (or any other way) then maybe we can get Love some space. But it isn't going to be easy.

I'm not paid millions of dollars to figure it out. But even if I weren't paid millions of dollars to do it, and my job was to figure out how to do it, you bet your ass I would find ways to get Love the ball in space. Football can be a game of creating favorable match-ups by formation and proper play design. But it all must be done in the context of a greater offensive scheme that allows favorable matchups to be created.