Despite what may have looked like a heavier passing attack in recent weeks, the Syracuse Orange football team has actually been pretty balanced since the start of 2020. SU has 115 passing attempts vs. 133 rushing attempts, and that largely gets evened out when you account for quarterback scrambles and sacks.
But now, with Tommy DeVito seemingly done for the year (or at least the foreseeable future), the offense is going to have to look a little different from what we’ve seen through four weeks of action.
How so? A couple ideas about how Sterlin Gilbert and Dino Babers will adjust the Orange offense:
Run-game focus
With DeVito limited for parts of the last few games in 2019, you saw Syracuse lean more heavily on the run game to great effect.