New? Mechanics

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(09-25-2018, 09:51 AM)WychesWarrior Wrote: It's a little of all of the above, plus the added bonus of better line play/scheming around its weaknesses.  To me, it looks like 2015 Andy Dalton, and the WRs are SO MUCH better at the scramble drill under Lazor.  We're seeing just how much coaching affects play in this league.

It used to drive me bonkers: Whenever the Steelers’ pocket collapsed, Big Ben started moving all around and he nearly always found an open receiver and I always marveled how and why — then I saw an All22 video of one of Pittsburgh’s “broken” plays. As soon as Ben started scrambling, the receivers immediately abandoned their routes and began running zigzag patterns across the field and one of them inevitably got open. That’s why the Steelers could gain fifty yards on a broken play.

“Why can’t we do that?” I always wondered. Now we can.