I remember EJ saying something like that as a rookie, I don't remember him referring to the FSU offense as dumbed down.
Are we going to really debate the fact that the offense under Marrone/Hackett was anything more than "vanilla"? Not counting preseason four QBs started in that offense they all had the same issues, inaccurate, checking down, inability to score TDs in the red zone. It was painfully predictable so are you disagreeing with the assessment of the offense the last two years?