06-13-2023, 01:35 PM
(06-13-2023, 01:22 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: For all us guys that are 2 days older than dirt,The old school I formation, wing tee, full house, wishbone and so on is how we grew up learning/playing football. Then we got ruined with Boomer and his
play action fake ability. And I miss it, a lot.
IIRC somebody posted stats towards the end of last season that our play action fakes were fairly effective. And I must admit I'd like to see Joe under center a touch more. But if he prefers shotgun and we're winning. I'll sit and smile and shut my dirty mouth.
I just wish Mixon could learn he's not a dancer and hit the hole and go.
No doubt, it is what we all grew up with, even us teens in the 90's. The 2 RB's in the backfield that we used to run with Ickey and
Brooks was a really interesting formation I don't remember ever seeing other team's do. Sam Wyche and that Offense was highly
creative, would like to see some other looks here and there than just the Shotgun.
But like you said, what Burrow likes, Burrow gets and I don't think he likes the Defense on his back during Play action coming out
of the I formation. Think I heard this before, but also could be wrong. I also remember this being highly effective though when he
did do it.
Nice having another RB in Chase Brown to see what he can do in this Offense. Hopefully he gets a lot of chances to show what he
can do and he doesn't fumble those opportunities away. This was his only problem in college, too many fumbles, get this fixed and
he is about as polished of a RB as you can get.
