12-15-2023, 01:13 PM
(12-15-2023, 12:06 PM)tms Wrote: PAs out of the gun always drove me crazy. The success of the PA relies on the drop. You're not fooling anyone if you're not under center, largely because DLs haven't even had time to make a decision yet. There are some exceptions, but not as many as one would think. I'm glad we're using more of a traditional playbook like this.
Great article. Thanks for posting SB.
Playaction works fine from shotgun but what we are normally seeing is not playaction, but RPOs. Cincinnati has been running significantly more RPOs this season. It's another way of generating conflict. You're trying to create conflict in the linebackers and secondary, not the DL. The idea is to freeze them or make them move off their spot. If PA from shotgun didn't work, then no one would use it but it is heavily used throughout every level of football, including the NFL.
