Quick 3 round mock

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(01-24-2019, 01:42 PM)Au165 Wrote: Doesn't matter you can run power without a FB. You can run power from single back with just the backside guard pulling and then kicking down. A lot of teams not do it with a TE motioning across the line and sealing then pulling the guard. Either way they went old school down hill running and any scheme that got linemen to the second level would have worked. It was a cute gimmick, but it wasn't sustainable. In all honesty the Ravens lost that game because their OC refused to mix it up and go back to their power running game.

Teams have ran quarter defenses before (1 Linebacker/7 DBs) but it's just not something you make a living doing. The issue is even on 3rd and 10 there is always a chance a team with a good veteran QB checks to a run play and then you are left out on the field in a mismatch especially if they hurry it up with the personnel stuck there. A lot of spread teams in college, including OSU, have done a lot of cool stuff with power running from spread looks which have made small personnel very dangerous to go to. Most teams are moving to Big Nickle personnel with a Safety playing as the slot CB as a counter to this.

The Chargers ran that all year and were a Top 10 unit.  Their top 3 LB's only played 67, 37, and 25% of their defensive snaps on the year.  Power run is an obvious counter, but power run is the obvious counter to any "small" personnel group.  There is no perfect defense that's good against everything.  It's always a chess match.  This is just another piece to use.

After watching it for years, if Ben Roethlisberger wants to check to a run on 3rd and 10, I'll take my chances that someone is going to make the tackle short of the sticks.