Michigan State Football: 5 things we want to see from new offense in 2019

5. Absolutely no jet-sweeps to the short side of the field

Please, for the love of all things related to football, don’t run any more jet-sweeps to the short-side of the field.

Dave Warner was the poster child for not utilizing the wide side of the field and rather running plays at the sideline of a shorter field. If the ball was on the left hashes, he would run a jet-sweep to the left side of the field. If it was on the right — well, you get the picture.

Utilizing the wider side of the field is important, and that goes for passing plays, too. Warner would often run 5-yard routes to the sideline on a third-and-long — which makes zero sense. Running routes short of the first-down marker is baffling, to say the least and giving your receiver no room to run after the catch is even worse.

But the jet-sweeps are what truly irk Spartan fans, and for good reason.

Oh, there’s a third-and-8 with a ball on the left hash and the defense favoring that side of the field? Let’s run a sweep with Cody White to pick up two yards.

Sure, sometimes a blind squirrel finds a nut and Michigan State got a first down or even a touchdown (rarely) on a play like this, but that was probably less than five percent of the time.

Fans need to see that Brad Salem is above this kind of short-side jet-sweep ritual.