09-29-2015, 03:25 PM
(09-29-2015, 03:00 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Yes true.
Some double teams are specifically determined by where the play is going, but on other occasions I believe that opposing teams usually double team the best player.
How do you think opposing teams decide which DT to double team?
Play direction first.
Second, skill.
If the play is a run left, and Geno is over the RG and Peko is splitting the LG/C, the initial call is to double the guy in the 1T spot.
However, if it is known your C or LG can handle him alone you don't waste the time.
Teams do not feel urgency to double team Peko.
Then you have to factor in whether it's an outside or inside run.
Inside (Between the LT and C) you could easily have the LG crash down on Peko, C go up to the LB, RG and RT double down on Geno (What SD did on big runs) and force the DE and WLB to make the stop. Cleveland also ran blocking patterns like this on us.
If it's an outside run left, they might chip a bit on Peko but overall the LG would hand Peko to the C and then go to the LB. Peko's job there is to keep the LG from the LB. He doesn't do it that well anymore. Often getting pushed into his LB.
