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

There isn't a defensive lineman alive that can get to Dalton before he releases the ball to one of the receivers or hands the ball off.

They're not going to run conventional pass patterns out of that formation.