Easy answer to our short yardage probems.

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(03-07-2022, 12:06 PM)fredtoast Wrote: They could be on the line of scrimmage pre-snap.

Do you not know the difference between "in the box" and "on the line of scrimmage"?

There's not much in the box and on the line, especially when two backers are lined up just outside the box and are collapsing in at the snap. You obviously have no clue what you're talking about.

(03-07-2022, 12:14 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: I don't believe they had 8-in-the-box. The box is generally described as the area between the tackles, spanning about five yards deep into the defensive backfield. Here is a visualization of what the Rams had right at snap.



The blue lines represent the "box". The Rams had four players in this area with their ends split out into a wide 9. What if we include those, though?



At best, I see an argument for seven players in the box, one of which is a corner. In reality, the "box" has four defensive players in it. 

Ok, there was technically four in the box with the two outside linebackers collapsing in at the snap, so really six, and then one other DB collapsing in when he was just outside the box. 

For all intents and purposes, they stacked the box. Bottom line.