Offensive Pace

[HPF Bob]

This has part of what I meant in the game thread about the game passing by Kubiak and Phillips. Kubiak is basically using the same thing that worked for the Broncos in the 1990s.

And if the Texans can grind it out on the ground as they can do at times, there's no need to play hurry up or throw the ball all over the parking lot. As more teams become lighter and faster to counteract no-huddle pass-happy hurry-ups, the ground game becomes even more effective when you stick with it. We eat up a lot of clock time and keep the defense off the field when we can march methodically down the field on offense.

But Kubiak's offense Is pretty much a known quantity and so is Phillips' defense. There's nothing particularly new or unpredictable in either one of them. That's okay when your team is more physically gifted than your opponents but, on a level playing field, it's a severe handicap when the other side can predict what's coming.