ticketssince61 Posted October 4, 2019 Posted October 4, 2019 7 hours ago, Gugny said: What's predictable is an empty backfield. It's asinine and it pisses me off everytime I see it. No idea why anybody does it - especially in short yardage situations. It takes away any semblance of guesswork from the defense You are basically shouting to the defense - "We are passing - rush the passer - and stay with your receivers" In our 1st super bowl against the Cowboys, (with game still close) we had a 4th and goal at the 1 and took Thurman out of the backfield. I can imagine the Cowboys' defense's relief when they knew they did not have to guard against the run. [for you youngsters, we did not score the TD] One would think that a team's defensive coordinator would tell their offensive coordinator - "We love it when the other team runs empty backfield, so you should not do it!" 1
Mikie2times Posted October 4, 2019 Author Posted October 4, 2019 My takeaway from all this is play-action. I have said repeatedly that Allen is one of the better under center play-action QB’s in the league. It’s about the only time you always see him in perfect rhythm, planting, fluid arm motion, flawless delivery. Watch film even back to Wyoming and he was a monster in play-action under center.
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