07-31-2021, 10:53 AM
(07-30-2021, 09:58 AM)EatonFan Wrote: Boomer was the best at play action fakes. Dude would often fake out the camera crew. A thing of beauty.
I'd bring Boomer on as a QB consultant and teach Burrow this one skill. What a weapon it is.
I was thinking about Boomer's play-action fakes the other day.
IMHO, a QB needs 3 things to pull off fakes like that ... First is skill because it takes skill to do it. Second is confidence because you need to be confident that your fake will produce what you want it to produce. Third, you need a great OL. Remember that Boomer would turn his back to the OL on every running play. Then, when he did a play-action fake, he did the same thing. But his OL kept him clean. Burrow's OL last year would've gotten him killed after 2-3 games.
