02-14-2022, 12:11 PM
(02-14-2022, 08:58 AM)Oasis5055 Wrote: Running plays out of shotgun 90 percent of the time the whole night is playing completely to the rams strength and your ol weakness. Just from a technical perspective a dl has a much easier read on a play and locating the ball when the quarterback never turns his back and the ball away from the defensive lineman’s line of vision. When the quarterback is under center the defensive lineman must honor the run and not be as aggressive for the second the quarterback backs back and ball is turned away from him after the snap.
It may be true the shotgun is what burrow likes best. That doesn’t mean it’s what’s best for the game plan. The reality is the 2-3 times he was under center were the 3 biggest offensive yard gains of the game. When your interior line is atrocious a couple designed rollouts to the right would have also bought more time.
We run shotgun so much because the line is horrendous and its the only way to ENSURE that Burrow has at least 1.5 seconds to throw.
Do you see the bullrush Donald got off on Adeniji the 1 damn time he was asked to block him by himself? Ppl are saying "Oh thats just Donald no one blocks him." ADENIJI was getting manhandled by everyone all year!!
Burrow basically goes shotgun too so he can see where the pressure is coming from. The issue is when the line is imploding on itself Burrow cant step into the pocket AND he cant escape around an edge. An IMPLODING line that crashes completely around the QB is basically impossible to throw behind. Our lineman are somehow weak AND slow. Usually if you got a tackle thats strong hes slow. Or if hes slow hes at least strong. Adeniji and whoever TF are on the right side are somehow slow and weak.
-Housh
