4th & short offense

[johnndoe]

Probably because I am watching too much college/pro FB lately, these high-stakes situations are seemingly very frequent. It appears that most offenses really need a close, off-season examination of their particular options. Even some analytics could be useful concerning success rates for variables like: QB under C or not, number of backs in the box including their horizontal/vertical alignments, personnel groupings, amount of defenders between the OTs and the like. Well-practiced "wildcat" concepts could be expanded, especially for underwhelming QB runners (see Iowa bowl game), although that could eliminate some quick-to-LOS surprise elements. Maybe the game is ready for the "next shiny object" for these situations, beyond ND's slick gambit vs GA we saw.