04-19-2022, 09:11 AM
(04-19-2022, 09:08 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: I understand your point, and I appreciate the screen shot (cool stuff), but I also know human nature. When I played safety, and were facing a team that threw the ball 80% of the time, I ALWAYS keyed in on the TE running a misdirection pattern away from the run. Why? Well, we had some hella fast LBs that could chase down almost any RB, but I hardly ever got burned on a handoff where the RB might break a tackle and need me to finish the tackle, but I got burned once flying in for run support and I never wanted to give up a big play again.
I know that is nothing like an NFL team, but I can't help but think that the speed of these LBs and safeties can close so quickly on a handoff that they aren't buying the play-action as much as they are watching for receivers to come firing off the line.
Maybe I am making it overly simplistic, but I think we are arguing the same point: The Bengals should run more PA and now that they have better personnel, perhaps they will. It doesn't really matter now that they didn't run as much as we would have liked last year.
I think your second point responds to your first paragraph. It just isn't the NFL. You likely do see more freelancing at lower levels where there is athletic disparity, but you don't in the NFL. You can't, not when offensive linemen are running 4.7's and running backs are clocking in under 4.5. Those fast linebackers will get eaten up and the running back is off to the races.
Yes, we are arguing the same point at the end of the day. Run more play-action and RPO's. The Bengals love to play out of the shotgun, so this is great to install more RPOs into the offense and utilize them. Create conflict amongst the linebackers.
