Players are turning on Zac finally

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(10-11-2022, 03:10 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: Sure, the normal way to attack a Cover 2 is to run the ball. The safeties aren't the force players anymore, the corners are. However, I was moreso arguing about the insinuation that a good running game helps your passing game. It doesn't, or the effects are negligible. Cincinnati has still had an effective passing attack, just not as effective as we had hoped. Normally, when your running game is working, you may see more single high looks. That brings a safety closer to the LOS, but you will still be facing a center fielder. Cover 3/1 is no weaker than cover 2 as far as coverage is concerned. It is just different. 

A good passing game is still good, regardless of running game. 

Absolutely agree, and I honestly wouldn't have without the analysis you and a couple others have provided here backing up that claim. So, let me say thanks for teaching me something that seems counter to common sense, lol. Seriously, I would have never guessed that correlation. My old school ways of thinking about the game always made me think the opposite.

But.... getting those safeties cheating up to stop the run that has been gashing them, gives really speedy guys a second or two to gain ground in the passing game that the S may not be able to make up....and sometimes that's all you need. We just need to start the gashing. Until we do, no one is cheating up....or hell, short passes... whatever.