Miami Hurricanes offensive problems similar to 2018

The 2018 Miami Hurricanes wasted an elite defense due to an often stagnant offense. Many of the issues that the Hurricanes offense had last season have reappeared this season.

When Manny Diaz was introduced as the successor to Mark Richt he promised the Miami Hurricanes offense would play with the same aggressiveness that the defense had during his three years as the coordinator under Richt. Parts of the Miami offense have improved while others have regressed.

The improved play at quarterback and expanded passing game have made the Miami Hurricanes offense more efficient, capable of producing more big plays and getting down the field quicker in 2019 than they were with Mark Richt running the offense as head coach in 2018. Dan Enos has greatly impacted the passing game.

Entering the regular-season finale against Duke on Saturday, Miami is 38th in passing yards per game, 39th in passer rating and 57th in completion percentage. Those numbers are extremely modest but far greater than the Miami passing offense in 2018. Miami finished 113th, 115th and 118th in those categories in 2018.

The Miami Hurricanes rushing offense has taken a nosedive this season. That can be greatly attributed to the young offensive line. Three of the top six linemen in the Miami rotation are freshmen, two of which are true freshmen. Miami was 45th in rushing in 2018 averaging 191.46 yards per game.

The 5.2 yards per carry Miami averaged was 24th nationally. Miami lost Travis Homer a year early to the NFL but the DeeJay Dallas and Cam’Ron Harris were four-star signees out of high school. Dallas ran for 694 yards and eight touchdowns averaging six yards per carry before dislocating his elbow against FIU last weekend.