11-11-2015, 03:34 PM
(11-11-2015, 02:34 PM)fredtoast Wrote: In most "bunch formations" the TE is still on the LOS. That way you use the bigger player to create the pick or rub, or else you have him in front as a blocker on the bubble screens so many teams run out of that formation. In those cases we could still use Uzo on Gronk.
If they line Gronk up in the backfield then we still might use Uzo to jam the receiver on the LOS. If it is Edleman then he will get crushed.
If we do check to a zone it would probably be a match-up zone where the defender sticks with the player that comes through his zone. In that case you could still have Uzo jamming the first player off the LOS.
(11-11-2015, 02:55 PM)djs7685 Wrote: Bahahaahahahahahahahahahahaha
Julian Edelman would love to see C.J. Uzomah in front of him on the field on every single play, each and every week of the year. If it were all this easy, every team in the league would pick up a scrub TE with some size and teach him how to play defense and jam these guys.
Is this some kind of joke that we're all missing? This has gone from silly to flat out stupid and absurd.
(11-11-2015, 03:29 PM)fredtoast Wrote: No. That is why I said the element or surprise would be in our favor.
But since you completely seemed to miss the point I was making, Edelman is not likely to line up on the LOS because teams usually use the larger receiver on the LOS in a bunch package. The main reason is that the larger WR is usually either a better blocker or strong enough to get a better "pick" or "rub". So that is why the Patriots would no love to see edelman lined up on the LOS in a bunch package with a 250 lb DB playing up on him in press coverage.
The points in bold weren't talking about a bunch formation.
If you're going to claim that you were still talking about bunch formations in the portion of your post that I put in bold, then it's not my fault that I can't read your mind when I assumed you were talking about a different formation when you changed paragraphs and mentioned Gronk being in the backfield.
