10-18-2022, 11:09 AM
(10-18-2022, 10:58 AM)WeezyBengal Wrote: This is why the run game matters. It makes the defense play you differently - which is a huge deal when you have guys like Chase and Higgins who can absolutely feast on man coverage. This is the type of stuff that doesn't show up in analytics.
The Chase TD at the end of the game essentially turned into man coverage. The safety on his side of the field played down and respected the run/short pass to the TE, the safety on the other side was late coming over.
"Analytics" is very broad nowadays. This stuff does show up and can be accounted for. It can either be included as formational data in a dataframe, or there are even computer vision models that can watch a play and diagnose what is happening. I don't use any computer vision models, personally. At this point, virtually everything can be accounted for in regard to analyzing football. It's a multi-billion dollar industry with advanced technologies available. That doesn't mean it is perfect, but it is very robust.
Playing differently isn't inherently worse, which was my main point. For instance, you can play man in a two high situation. You can also play zone. Conversely, in a single high look, you can also see man or zone - cover 1 or cover 3. Basically, run man and blitz, or run zone and don't. You're correct that on Chase's long TD, they show two high presnap and rolled into a cover one. The Bengals have seen that look this season, though. Chase just made the play this time.
