jackals wrote:
I also looked through his passing play choices -- they aren't even good plays to begin with. Singleback Empty 4 Slot Crosses, which he uses 3-9 times per game (usually 5-6, getting sacked on about 3/4 of dropbacks), is one of the worst medium passes, not even considering the data from that league.
I'm going to call out the bolded play as the only interesting point in your response.
Here's where the point I've been making about passing and the point the "but 4.6 is awesome because I win" folks have been making really comes into focus.
This play should work, and not only should it work, it should be highly effective against a Cover 1, 2 or 3 defense because it forces the defense to make a decision. The two outside WRs run go routes, so the safety has to decide if playing Cover 1 or 2 whether to trail the WR deep and leave the under open or not. If the safety goes with the outside WR, then the under slants should be open or at least have one-on-one coverage with the slant WR. In a Cover 3 or Cover 4, the outside DBs take the WRs deep, and the slant routes have one-on-one cover under. And the play should take less than 3 seconds for the outside WRs to run a 20 yard go and the inside WRs to run a mid-slant.
And this is exactly
how the play did work until 4.5. It was one of the best medium passing plays in the game.
Now, WRs take 7 seconds to run a 20 yard go route and the QB doesn't throw outside even when there is one-on-one coverage. The QB almost always targets the middle routes, but because passing velocity is so unrealistic, the QB is always throwing into a pack of defenders because of the insta-read-the-play-and-teleport-to-the-ball "coverage" that we have on defense now.
So, yes, that play is one of the worst plays
now because all of the changes that have been made have made it one of the worst plays.
Last edited at 12/15/2021 2:28 pm
