Why are we not using the middle of the field?

[CJD]

(10-11-2021, 01:16 PM)Go Cards Wrote: QB locking onto to Chase too much possibly or defenses taking Boyd out of equation ?

It's possible that Burrow is focusing a bit too much on Chase. On Chase's spectacular 3rd and 2 conversion for 21 yards, there was a WR strolling, WIDE OPEN, over the middle of the field that would have yielded an easy 3rd down conversion. Chase still caught the ball, which makes it okay, but that was an unnecessarily risky throw by Joe given the circumstance and that may be what's going on over the middle for this offense.

Given that Zac calls plays that his QB likes (which makes sense), I could see an argument that the plays called may emphasize those outside routes as read 1 and 2 with the over the middle routes maybe prioritized as read 3 or 4.