The red zone stat that keeps getting ignored when people talk about Florida's 87th ranked TD rate inside the 20 last season is that it wasn't just a QB problem. The Gators ranked 112th nationally in power success rate on third and fourth down with 2 yards or less to go. That's a run game and offensive line issue, not a quarterback issue. You can have Joe Montana back there and if you can't punch it in from the 1 yard line, you're kicking field goals.
Everyone wants to blame the QB play for the red zone struggles but Florida's offensive line graded out at 63rd in PFF's run blocking inside the red zone. That's abysmal for a team that supposedly prides itself on physical football. The scheme got predictable too, running the same inside zone and RPO looks that defenses had scouted by week 8. The new staff needs to install a power run package specifically for the red zone, something with pulling linemen and tight end chips that creates actual push.
Until Florida fixes the interior run blocking and adds some creative red zone concepts, the TD rate is gonna stay in the 50s. The portal additions on the offensive line better be ready to move people because the returning group couldn't generate push against SEC defensive fronts. That's the cold hard truth.