The new system was GREAT today. Isn't anybody amazed that other than Moreno, the rest of the skill players had a disappointing day, and yet we still scored 33 points, pretty close to a high water mark for the team of recent years? Its because the system gave us far more opportunity to make plays than we actually executed. On every play there was always somebody open over the middle, Mike Wallace forced the defense to cover deep and cover him over the middle, and who could imagine Dion Sims getting behind a defense? With the way that motion is used and routes are run, there are multiple guys who could catch the ball in stride with room for much more with a good throw, as opposed to 3 yard dump offs. I never knew what to expect, and I'm sure the defense didn't either. We threaten 100 percent of the field, because even on the flats we have plays where a catch and run can and will gash a defense. That not only can create wider windows in the passing game, it softens up the middle for the running game, as a team worried about being outflanked is going to be just that split second more hesitant to cram up the middle.
I watched a lot of Philly last year, so what I saw today and what I am commenting on incorporates some of what I saw last year, but Lazor confirmed today that he will have a lot of the same elements. The only thing I didn't see today was a large amount of read option (I can only remember one actual play, though I probably missed some).
I watched a lot of Philly last year, so what I saw today and what I am commenting on incorporates some of what I saw last year, but Lazor confirmed today that he will have a lot of the same elements. The only thing I didn't see today was a large amount of read option (I can only remember one actual play, though I probably missed some).
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