Will Watt Blow Up Our Split O Line Plays ?

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(11-14-2015, 01:19 PM)kevin Wrote: Putting both tackles out wide, 3 players on each wide side, leaves the QB and 4 other players near the ball being snapped. ...So it's a 3 or 4 man O line instead of 5 or 6.....Now Watt takes 2 or 3 guys to block him anyway....How do Bengals keep Watt from blowing these formations up ?........You would think a defense would go basketball and defend the passing lanes, a player on each side to step in and intercept any screen passes for a quick 6 for the D, as many others blow through the 3 or 4 man O line to nail the QB.  Still, I haven't seen defenses do that, afraid that if they don't get the basketball steal it's an easy TD for Bengals. Still, going 85 Bears on a 3 or 4 man O line would be tempting and doom for the QB, especially with a ball hawk on each side coming in on those passing lanes. Since the loaded up screen pass formations are telegraphing the play, why not jump the pass lanes as others  blow up the middle and the QB.  Unblocked D can be on the QB as soon as the ball is snapped, no time for a quality screen pass. .... I know he can audible the big tackles back in, but that takes time and sometimes the time clock runs out or a time out wasted.  ...anyway, a player like Watt could be a problem for these trick formations with not enough blockers left to block him and his fellow D linemen. 

Go Bengals, 9-0

Seems like the ball is out way too quickly for any DLineman to get anywhere near it.  Plus, it' thrown to  a receiver behind the line of scrimmage, which  means a DB couldn't get to it either.

The only real way it gets blown up is if a defender gets through the blockers and tackles the receiver behind the LOS.

If the defense sells out too much to the edges, they'll be giving up the middle of the field.  With this formation, at worst, the QB reads the D and throws the ball away or even hands off or runs himself.