Chargers Gameplan

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(09-16-2015, 01:32 PM)BoomerFan Wrote: My 'I'm a fan who knows nothing about football' dream play looks like this. Rivers is really good at converting 3rd and ~7-9 yards so on 3rd down I use the following personnel.

I put the following 5 on the line: Dunlap, Clarke, Hunt, Atkins, Johnson. Only Atkins and Dunlap are truly are rushing. Clarke, Hunt and Johnson get their hands up to try to bat the ball/block passing lanes while getting whatever push they can. Meanwhile the rest of the field is covered by Nelson, Iloka, Hall, Kirkpat, Quez, and Chris Lewis-Harris. Iloka fades back into a zone, all the other DBs man up.

Now tell me that wouldn't cut down on 3rd down conversions (or tell my I have no clue what I'm talking about, which is, uh, true...).

Edit: What does everyone think of us splitting tackles out to WR (to block presumably). I thought it was an interesting move from Hue -- sure there are less targets who are gonna get downfield fast and be able to catch, but the blocking should be great on the outside. It is a very interesting and creative formation.

Why wait until 3rd down?  If they are going to throw the ball 40 times, there are lots of opportunities for batted ball or better yet, tipped balls that might turn in to interceptions. 

I actually think you are not far off what a lot of teams are going to be shifting to since they simply can't get pressure in 2.0 seconds, which is how quickly some offenses are getting the ball out.  You still need LBs that can hold up to a RB and TE that take a screen or slant to make the big hit and not wear out your secondary.  But I like what you are thinking:  basically, if you can't get there, get your hands up!