Easy answer to our short yardage probems.

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(02-28-2022, 12:24 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: The one linebacker blitzes immediately and you can tell it's a run blitz because he hits the guard head on and doesn't try and shoot the gap or anything. 

It also looks like the strong safety starts towards the line at the snap.

There is such a thing as disguising defenses. In fact, the ends are in a two-point stance but they don't rush upfield like they're going to rush the passer, they just stay in the same spot or maybe take a step forward. They were playing the run. 

Donald is pushing the linemen inside and holding his ground, not rushing into the backfield. He's definitely playing the run.

No, the blitzing LB gets picked up by Jonah who is down blocking. He is trying to attack Spain's outside shoulder.  

The SS looks to be moving up as part of a coverage rotation.  Notice how the CB at the top of the screen completely bails into a deep zone?  That's a dead giveaway that they aren't playing run off the snap.

The DE's get held by Boyd coming in jet sweep motion and Uzomah coming in reverse motion.  Not to mention they know it's some kind of run when the Bengals fire off the LoS instead of dropping into pass sets.  They are in a bad defense for the Bengals play call, but win the rep anyway thanks to Donald wrecking Adeniji.