In the red zone the field obviously gets smaller and the defense is able to get a little tighter. Therefor the offense has to be more efficient. If a team is not good at moving the ball and putting points on the board while in the red zone, then it logically follows that in order to remain a high scoring team, they must have more explosive plays from outside the zone. Notre Dame had some but was not great at those kinds of plays with Ian Book at QB.
That's true, but there's a reason why red zone efficiency is emphasized.
Replies to: "That's true, but there's a reason why red zone efficiency is emphasized."
- ND 2020 was ranked 102 in Red Zone Offense. Do you expect significant improvement? [NT]
- Aragoto - 12:17pm 4/14/21
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- I would love to look at a breakdown of every RZ play the "O" had in 2020.............. - ELP - 1:46pm 4/16/21
- Yes, several times at end of games where we just quit trying to score by taking knee, etc. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 5:35pm 4/16/21
- Red Zone scoring has been an ND problem as long as Kelly - abalamma - 10:39am 4/15/21
- Not trying to be a dick, but every sentence in your post is just wrong - Irish_Demon - 1:55pm 4/15/21
- I don't think there were many times last year where we were repeatedly stuffed at the goal line. - NDavenue - 2:14pm 4/15/21
- I agree, but their red zone conversion was not great. That was the original post - Irish_Demon - 2:50pm 4/15/21
- One of the problems is once you get inside the 10 the field shrinks, the defense sells out more and - THEISMANCARR - 8:00pm 4/15/21
- To that point, ND was #8 nationally in 3rd down conversions last year. - Napoleon - 3:04pm 4/15/21
- That's true, but there's a reason why red zone efficiency is emphasized. - Irish_Demon - 4:16pm 4/15/21
- I think your narrative is probably accurate. But I think the stat is misleading. [LINK]
- Napoleon - 6:14pm 4/15/21
- You're right. On its own, the stat is misleading. When TD pct is added then it becomes more telling. - Irish_Demon - 7:38pm 4/15/21
- When I get some free time, I’m going to dig into that. [NT] - Napoleon - 7:44pm 4/15/21
- You're right. On its own, the stat is misleading. When TD pct is added then it becomes more telling. - Irish_Demon - 7:38pm 4/15/21
- I think your narrative is probably accurate. But I think the stat is misleading. [LINK]
- Napoleon - 6:14pm 4/15/21
- That's true, but there's a reason why red zone efficiency is emphasized. - Irish_Demon - 4:16pm 4/15/21
- I agree, but their red zone conversion was not great. That was the original post - Irish_Demon - 2:50pm 4/15/21
- I don't think there were many times last year where we were repeatedly stuffed at the goal line. - NDavenue - 2:14pm 4/15/21
- My eyes rolled so hard reading this it was blinding - Turkish - 12:33pm 4/15/21
- Not trying to be a dick, but every sentence in your post is just wrong - Irish_Demon - 1:55pm 4/15/21
- This is the one glaring area where we missed Chip Long. He had much better design and creativity in - oldirish - 8:44am 4/15/21
- Yes, I think Kelly and Rees realize they must be better and I think the talent is there. [NT] - tky21 - 9:35pm 4/14/21
- New OL not as good this yr, new QB vs 5th yr vet last yr....Magic 8 Ball says,"Very doubtful" - BaronVonZemo - 8:48pm 4/14/21
- QB won't be the problem - ndunabomber - 8:57am 4/15/21
- Ohio State was #100 and Georgia was #97 . . . for context. [NT]
- Napoleon - 5:47pm 4/14/21
- and Oklahoma #3, Alabama #6, and Clemson #38 for further context. [NT]
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- BaronVonZemo - 8:52pm 4/14/21
- The more context the better. The stats I saw had OU #13 and Bama #8. [LINK] - Napoleon - 9:00pm 4/14/21
- and Oklahoma #3, Alabama #6, and Clemson #38 for further context. [NT]
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- BaronVonZemo - 8:52pm 4/14/21
- Yes [NT] - CC72 - 5:38pm 4/14/21
- Who’s to blame! Rees, Kelly or the lack of talent ( big RB ) to get it across the line? [NT]
- whatsamataU - 3:35pm 4/14/21
- Failure to execute, regardless of talent blah blah blah. You don't execute you don't score EOS. [NT] - Jerseymick - 8:58am 4/15/21
- Creativity in playcalling and design. We saw classic predictable / bland, Kelly style in 2020. [NT] - oldirish - 8:46am 4/15/21
- RB was not the reason for poor RZ scoring. I don't recall our RBs not being able to punch it in. - NDavenue - 6:31am 4/15/21
- Kyren Williams seemed fabulous to me on punching the ball in the end zone. I was very confident. - THEISMANCARR - 1:28am 4/16/21
- Kelly is responsible for the talent holes [NT] - holybull101 - 9:56pm 4/14/21
- Yes, more talent on offense skill positions will lead to a much higher red zone ranking. [NT] - michiganirish - 2:54pm 4/14/21
- 2019 - #10, 2018 - #44, 2017 - #14, 2016 - #72, 2015 - #88. Red Zone ups and downs. [NT] - ELP - 2:27pm 4/14/21
- Yes. I seem to recall we were very good the years before that. - NDavenue - 12:30pm 4/14/21
- You are correct [NT] - CC72 - 5:39pm 4/14/21
- Book bailed us out of a few jams. - Aragoto - 1:20pm 4/14/21
- I would love to look at a breakdown of every RZ play the "O" had in 2020.............. - ELP - 1:46pm 4/16/21