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Originally Posted by FAX
You're probably right about Charles ...
As for Mr. BossChief's comment about single coverage vs. taking the checkdown ... I'm not sure we're seeing a whole lot of checkdowns, are we?
I don't study the tapes anymore ... I don't get copies like I used to ... but, I don't remember seeing Cassclamp going through progressions or reads much. Rather, he seems to take the first option or he throws it away.
I'd appreciate it if someone could set the record straight on this, though. Because, currently, I'm thinking that Weis is instructing him to take his first option and that's the reason he seems to stare down his receiver.
FAX
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Im pretty sure that most of the time when we are seeing him stare down a receiver, its because they have 8 in the box and he is trying to do what I said, exploit the single coverage...waiting for the receiver to make a break and for him to throw to take advantage ot it.
Its awfully troubling that he hasn't been able to do that. Its what good quaterbacks do to get teams to take that extra man out of the box. Its what balances offenses and makes backs like Charles totally neutron bomb-style devastating.
Quarterbacks dont typically "read the defense" against a 8 man front, they find the open man, or the best matchup in single coverage (often done presnap) and try to exploit it by getting the ball out quickly.
Hopefully he starts doing this more effectively, if he does this offense can truly take off.