Xs and Os: The Denver Pick Plays

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

If it's a blatant pick, I hope they just call it... you guys are already prepping for a dozen non-calls on OL holding and now the picks. There's no lack for excuses for Sunday should the Chiefs fall flat.

If they're pushing the limits to maximize what they can do, legally - then by all means, keep doing it.

If the Chiefs lose, it won't be because of non-calls. It will be because they got beat.

It doesn't make what the Broncos are doing anymore legal.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

If the Chiefs lose, it won't be because of non-calls. It will be because they got beat.

It doesn't make what the Broncos are doing anymore legal.

This sums it up nicely.

MHM and I had a civil discussion about holding a while back. Here is the conclusion we came to:

When a fan watches their team, there are certain areas in which they concentrate. When our team is on defense, we watch the line very close while the QB is in the pocket. Obviously we are going to see every hold.

When on offense, we watch the QB until he throws the ball. We are fairly oblivious to our OLine unless they **** up.


Next time you watch a game, watch the other team's defensive line. You would be amazed at how much our team holds, and it will give you some perspective.


Now, the pick plays are a completely different animal all-together.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by notorious

This sums it up nicely.

MHM and I had a civil discussion about holding a while back. Here is the conclusion we came to:

When a fan watches their team, there are certain areas in which they concentrate. When our team is on defense, we watch the line very close while the QB is in the pocket. Obviously we are going to see every hold.

When on offense, we watch the QB until he throws the ball. We are fairly oblivious to our OLine unless they **** up.


Next time you watch a game, watch the other team's defensive line. You would be amazed at how much our team holds, and it will give you some perspective.


Now, the pick plays are a completely different animal all-together.

There are dozens of holding no-calls every game. It's not even really new anymore. Every team holds. Hell, they teach linemen that way - instead of instructing them on how to no hold, they instruct them on proper techniques to NOT GET CAUGHT.

The only thing that makes the pick plays different is that they aren't called or not called with the same uniformity that holding calls are.

I've seen other teams do what Denver is doing and they get called for it. But it's not the Broncos. When Peyton Manning was in Indy, the same thing happened.

[TEX]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

There are dozens of holding no-calls every game. It's not even really new anymore. Every team holds. Hell, they teach linemen that way - instead of instructing them on how to no hold, they instruct them on proper techniques to NOT GET CAUGHT.

The only thing that makes the pick plays different is that they aren't called or not called with the same uniformity that holding calls are.

I've seen other teams do what Denver is doing and they get called for it. But it's not the Broncos. When Peyton Manning was in Indy, the same thing happened.

Yep. It has indeed followed Manning. A point I made early on in this thread. The Colts used to abuse the "rules" (and the Texans) when he was there. In fact the FIRST game where the Texans beat the Colts, they made it an issue before hand...