Posted by gt_deuce on 2/22/2017 1:39:00 PM (view original):
Posted by samson75 on 2/22/2017 12:57:00 PM (view original):
That isn't how it used to work. Maybe you know something we don't. Like I said, it may have changed.
If you only have 1 receiver set to the targeted depth in the formation, and you only throw at that depth in the playbook, and the formation correctly draws from the depth chart as instructed, I don't know how you can throw to anyone else. There isn't anyone else there and the QB won't look anywhere else. Unless the settings are meaningless, which is a possibility.
Easy to test that. Create a gameplan with this construct. Execute that gameplan. Do you ever throw to any other target, other than the "1 receiver"? If so, it doesn't work this way. If you go a whole season with only ever throwing to that "1 receiver", then it does.
well, I am saying that it did work, not that it does currently work. I (and many others) played against this offense and only 1 WR was targeted, except when he came out because of fatigue. It was always the same play. Every single time. over and over and over again. There is no other way for a WR to have over 800 receptions and 10K yards in a season.
I think Harris is right though that something was changed. I didn't run this offense, but the offense I did run was shotgun and it was about half as effective as it once was and the targets were off. I have since changed to trips. I have targeted specific depths and specific receivers at those depths using certain gameplans though in this formation. But never 100%. I will try it next season and report back. I expect it will simply be ineffective (low comp%, ints and sacks). I would still be surprised though if somehow WRs other than the ones designated are catching balls at depths other than what I assign.
2/22/2017 3:17 PM (edited)