I'm just starting to dig in to this all22 stuff to get some sense of why they didn't run on a few of those short yardage situations in the second half in London.

One quick early impression speaks to lack of confidence in the banged up line.

They lined up like this on third and one in the first quarter (Shatley as TE eligible) :




It yielded negative yardage.  (-1)

This certainly didn't do anything for the staff's confidence in that line in short yardage situations.

As many of us have been saying since the AFCCG, this squad just doesn't have the horses to line up in power formations and force it down your throat.  They need the 11 personnel and multiple looks to spread the defense out in order to be able to create running lanes. I'm hoping they weren't doing it because they don't have Hyde up to speed yet on that part of the playbook.

How many folks think they'd have had a better shot getting that one yard with a Yeldon/Hyde two-back set a TE in the slot and 2 receivers wide?
It forces the defense to spread out and defend five guys and even if it's just a give to Hyde, he's got multiple options of where to run especially if the other back and TE are clearing out an area outside the tackle for him (as we saw happen a few times earlier this season with ASJ/Grant/Fournette) 

This is just one quick impression. More to come...

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