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You actually don't need to run to set up play action. Art was leaps and bounds better than downing but he ran way too much tooArt used the run to set up the play action. Downing uses the run to set up the punt.
It makes play action more effective if the defense is expecting you to run because you’ve been running it well. That’s the entire point of play action.You actually don't need to run to set up play action. Art was leaps and bounds better than downing but he ran way too much too
Yes, that's the point but it really doesn't matter if you've "established the run" or not. Play action works regardless of how much you run.It makes play action more effective if the defense is expecting you to run because you’ve been running it well. That’s the entire point of play action.
Art ran like crazy too, just had better schemes overall.
I could take the playbook from Tecmo Bowl and call a better game than Todd Downing.Art was a better play caller on third down in my opinion. He wasn't nearly as reliant on trick plays and he knew what a QB sneak was on 3rd and short.
He also knew how to better utilize TE's. I mean how the heck was Swain the primary TE today? Hopper didnt have a target until 59 minutes into the game
But like Downing, he ran way too much on first downs hoping Henry would break one.
Yea, the Jeff swaim show didn’t make sense to me. Thought we signed a new TE and drafted one, both of which have to be more capable than 8 catches a year for 60 yds and 2 TD.Dontrell Hilliard was a two touchdown bright spot as a receiver. Henry always starts slow, but he looked pretty pedestrian today. I hope he's just shaking off rust, along with Hooper. Today seemed to be the Jeff Swaim show.
In all honesty, that was exactly my reasoning to let brown go.The genius JRob got rid of Julio and AJ Brown for Woods and NWI. Absolutely brilliant. I guess if you’re OC is Downing, no need to waste money on WR’s though. Not like they will be used.
It makes play action more effective if the defense is expecting you to run because you’ve been running it well. That’s the entire point of play action.
Snatched the loss from the grasp of a W.View attachment 19941
I hate this ****en team
Doesn’t really matter how long they are if you don’t convert them.As pathetic as this is, at least we weren't getting into a bunch of 3rd and longs.
2 more were called back by penaltyTitans ran the ball 19/27 times on first down.
Coaching staff hasn’t learned a thing from the Bengals debacle, or even the Ravens game from the year prior
Only one of those runs went for longer than 10 yards (18)
Exactly what I was getting at!A lot of recent statistical analysis have demonstrated that there is little correlation to running the ball successfully and effective playaction pass game.
Rushing Success and Play-Action Passing
The Best Time to Utilize Play Action | Sharp Football
One of the keys to playaction success is creating run/pass conflicts out of the same looks (personnel and/or formations). This is something Art was actually pretty good at. He'd show one look out of a personnel group and particular formation, and then run a different look out of the same group. Even if the run look wasn't producing, the defense would still think run when they saw the same formation/personnel group and bite on the PA. It's tendencies.
The fact that Downing doesn't do this well either is another in a long list of his issues.
Just inexcusable.
I see zero 3rd and 10 or longer. That speaks a little to not have negative run plays mostly and there weren’t too many penalties, although some very ill timed and drive killing kind.As pathetic as this is, at least we weren't getting into a bunch of 3rd and longs.
All part of Downing’s master plan. Do what the other team would never expect. Like taking Derrick Henry out on 3rd and short and handing it off to a rookie TE. Who would ever expect that?This team loves to put our worst players out there in the most crucial moments.