Coaches Corner: Got an e-mail question about what different offense we might see with different QB's

Coach and Eroc,

Love the stuff you guys are putting up on the blog!

Got a question regarding Coach Rod's offense and what will the differences between an offense ran by Threet and what a offense ran by a guy like Pryor if he would happen to come to Michigan.

I know that is getting ahead of ourselves, but just wondering how differently the play calling might be along with what we might see this fall.

Thanks,
Allen

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Allen,

In my opinion it would be a huge difference between Threet and Pryor in Coach Rod’s offense.

In the case of Threet or Cone you would definitely see multiple wide receiver sets, but you would probably see an offense that looks much more like Texas Tech or Purdue. It would still be quarterback based or centered; the quarterback would be a threat as thrower more than runner. The running game and play action packages would be biggest difference in my opinion.

You would not get any or at least many schemes where quarterback needs to break contain to be effective. Most you would probably see is what some call zip or zap pocket. That is where quarterback sets up behind offensive tackle.

Option and most of outside series Coach Rod uses would also not be focus of offense. I would fully expect Michigan to use something like a two-thirds pass to one-third run ratio.

With Pryor or other running threat quarterback you are more than likely to see the quarterback read as primary focus. You do not hire a staff like Coach Magee, Coach Smith, and Coach Dews unless you are intending to make their specialty primary focus of the offense.

You are going to see the quarterback used as both a running and passing threat. The quarterback draw, read option, and even freeze or base option will all be used. Quarterback will roll and even sprint out trying to break contain and stress a defense on the perimeter. In this version most of the passing game would come off the running game. Slots would be used as both receivers and running backs here. I would expect to see two-thirds run and one-third pass ratio with a running quarterback like Pryor.

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