…like any surprise, the law of diminishing returns will rear its ugly head and render it completely unsurprising at some point. Kubiak has yet to abandon this strategy where he thinks he’s zigging when the rest of the league is zagging.
In reality, he’s still zigging while the NFL has zagged, then zigged, then zagged again, and now are back to zigging. It’s time to change things up. Here are the first twelve offensive plays from last week’s game:
Incomplete, incomplete, incomplete, (punt), incomplete, 2-yard run, incomplete, (punt), 3-yard run, incomplete, 4-yard completion, (punt), 4-yard run, 1-yard run, incomplete (punt).
For those of you who didn't get a chance to see the historic Rutgers @ Michigan beatdown, this is what it looked like.
— Jacob Weindling (@Jakeweindling) November 7, 2016
By the time Kubiak adjusted to the run, the Raiders knew he had to anyway. Frankly, if the play-calling isn’t going to change, then it doesn’t matter who’s playing quarterback.