vin.couve12
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Haven't posted much, but touched on this subject durng the last game.
Like others, you may have noticed how the Rams ran all over the Cowboys vs the trash that we put on tje field.
During the game, I posted about how Dallas was on man coverage a lot and how our motioning of players into tight and bunch formations. One thing that was absolutely killing me during the game is how we would have WIDEOUTS motion tight (off tackle or off TE), therefore creating a mass of 8 and 9 man fronts to run against, and then proceed to run at the very same mass of bodies in the middle that our motion created.
This is a fundamental design failure. Sure, RW could elect to call an audible, but either didn't or wasn't allowed to during this last game, unlike others. It's a simple headcount or even just looking at the clutter that the play design creates, but whatever...we never opted out for whatever reason.
FF to the Rams game, and I see a Rams offense that is not only keeping that spacing and spreading out the defense, but is also using it.
Next year, we have to show the fundamental understanding of spacing in football by either the OC or QB or both or we are doomed to repeat. On top of that, playing balanced football is supposed to lend proficiency in both run and pass so that when one isn't there, then the other is. That much is Pete's mantra and hasn't been practiced as well as preached. Rely too much on any one thing and yoh WILL fail, just like the previous 2 years with the pass. I'm not sure of it would be enough to overcome horrible play design, but it should be better...or one would hope.
Anyway, sorry if y'all already beat this to death. Our run plays were probably drawn in crayon that game. Why? Who knows...
Like others, you may have noticed how the Rams ran all over the Cowboys vs the trash that we put on tje field.
During the game, I posted about how Dallas was on man coverage a lot and how our motioning of players into tight and bunch formations. One thing that was absolutely killing me during the game is how we would have WIDEOUTS motion tight (off tackle or off TE), therefore creating a mass of 8 and 9 man fronts to run against, and then proceed to run at the very same mass of bodies in the middle that our motion created.
This is a fundamental design failure. Sure, RW could elect to call an audible, but either didn't or wasn't allowed to during this last game, unlike others. It's a simple headcount or even just looking at the clutter that the play design creates, but whatever...we never opted out for whatever reason.
FF to the Rams game, and I see a Rams offense that is not only keeping that spacing and spreading out the defense, but is also using it.
Next year, we have to show the fundamental understanding of spacing in football by either the OC or QB or both or we are doomed to repeat. On top of that, playing balanced football is supposed to lend proficiency in both run and pass so that when one isn't there, then the other is. That much is Pete's mantra and hasn't been practiced as well as preached. Rely too much on any one thing and yoh WILL fail, just like the previous 2 years with the pass. I'm not sure of it would be enough to overcome horrible play design, but it should be better...or one would hope.
Anyway, sorry if y'all already beat this to death. Our run plays were probably drawn in crayon that game. Why? Who knows...