04-04-2022, 04:14 PM
(04-04-2022, 03:41 PM)plantmanky Wrote: You have 7 on Defense vs 6 on the Offensive Line, the SAM should spy to play the ball for pass, a run isnt coming that way and he cant help on a run up the middle.
That doesn't achieve what you're wanting, though. You're arguing that Kupp should be doubled. I'm asking what are you going to do to achieve that? If your answer is take the SAM and have him play some kind of RAT, then that doesn't double Cooper. That's what I am getting at here. You also have no idea of knowing if a run is coming that way or not, which is another issue. If you do this and the ball does come that way, then we end up in the same conversation - "The coaches just made a bad call man. How do you give up the edge on goal-to-go in the Super Bowl?!" On top of this, you don't just take away a player's run responsibility. These guys all have run fits in this call, so we can't just say "you're playing the pass here". He will still have a responsibility to read what is going on and react from there.
The play call was a standard call for GTG. You count on your players to make plays and Apple got beat. They loaded up the box in the event that the Rams decided to run and left the receivers 1 v. 1. Teams run significantly more than they pass at the one yard line, and this trend also follows the Rams.
