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Okay, he’s growing on me. I was bashing him during the game because I don’t like his finesse style, pass heavy O. I do like that he leaned on the run that last game. We have a stud RB stable. If CT gains some confidence these next few weeks we could be a scary team for anyone.
More zone read with the QB keeping the ball would help. My unofficial stat, 95% hand off on a zone read play. Change that to 80% and LBs won't be able to commit to just stopping the RB.
What is with the obsession over running the quarterback?
do you people actually watch football?
CT doesn't strike me a the most durable guy - instead of QB run threat to hold the LBs you run RPO
QB is reading the LB - if he fills too quickly in run support you throw the slant to the space vacated and your QB isn't taking hits
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My issues with Casey are he isn't big (listed at 6' realistically 5'10"), he isn't fast, and he doesn't have a strong arm. You gotta win with your head and your accuracy if you're built like him. He hasn't been doing that but I think he can.
Casey is too slow to be a threat running it. He does need to keep it more to keep them honest though.
CT is not durable and should not be running it more. We have good running backs and they should focus on the line blocking for those backs and not trying to "gimmick" their way in the run game by exposing CT to hits. I have no issue with Whipple holding down the number of carries for CT.
Right now, the number of carries for CT are limited to sacks and scrambles. No one is asking the kid to be Adrian Martinez, but maybe run as much as Joe Ganz did his Sr year.
Haha apparently you don’t watch football.
The best young NFL QBs say hi. Hell even Kenny Picket had 2 rushing TDs Sunday
If nothing is open and you’ve got 8 easy running yards open, why not take it?
2nd and 2 better than 2nd and 10
And they won. They leaned on the run. I’m just not a fan of his body of work or some of the play calling I saw early on, which could easily be an execution problem due to lack of effort
what do lamar jackson, josh allen, kyler murray, etc., all have in common?
they haven't won ****
the quarterback run game is often necessary lipstick on a pig, and limits a team's overall upside dramatically
there is a mountain of evidence to back this up, but that will never stop simpletons from thinking it's still the wave of the future
I have no issue with him taking off on a scramble to pick up whatever yards he can. But I don't think it wise to multiply his carries by design.
Which is a good thing. Martinez was perpetually injured. Because of what he was being asked to do.
I like the fact our RB's had 40 carries last game. The running game wasn't spectacular, but it got the job done when needed, and calmed down the offense.
it's inside zone (obviously)
plenty of bumkins learned a new word (zone read!) and now every shotgun handoff is an option play
we've run zone read twice in the red zone. the result? two touchdowns
Whipple's been doing this a long time. last week, it showed.
Josh Allen runs all over the field. Pat Mahomes does, Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray, Kenny Pickett, Geno Smith, Russell Wilson, and Joe Burrow will run around a bit too. The days of Tom Brady and Peyton Mannings sitting back in the pocket and shredding defenses are over. You gotta be mobile nowadays.
need to differentiate scrambling versus a QB run option as part of the play design
those are very different circumstances
we have some QB run options to be used sparingly in critical situations
go back and look at CT's career stats - he isn't a runner
Lamar Jackson is way too heavy now. No reason he needs to be bulked up like he is.
Casey's negative plays have often come when holding the ball too long. He needs to either chuck it or get some positive yards on a scramble.
Why not run a couple of series with Smothers, or even a couple of wildcats during the game as the situation dictates?
Because he fumbled in one of his few opportunities. The one thing he needed to avoid doing. Same with Purdy.
And I’m not saying either is incapable, but it’s a bad look.
because he's an infinitely worse player than Thompson and only a complete moron would choose to play bad players over good ones?
Stafford not a good example. Mahomes has won a trophy as well as Wilson. I see what you are trying to say. But last year's Rams Superbowl was not because of Stafford's pocket ability.
Mahomes is not a good example. He is a passing qb. Take away his ability to pass and he would be worthless.....
you have just provided the complete list of "mobile" Super Bowl champs during the entire 2000s, and both are pass-first guys
for posterity, I believe only 2 700-yard+ rushers have won the national title in the 2000s, as well (cam newton and the ohiost kid who didn't play skool)