(09-15-2023, 11:40 AM)Caldrac Wrote:

(09-15-2023, 11:29 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: Spagnoulo will send it with the blitzes in this game.

Hope we have a quick check down available on most pass plays called on 2nd or 3rd down, and the ability to alert to them for a rapid dump off when Spags sends the house.

I think we need to establish a running game somehow. Just to counterattack this very thing. Would like to see more of a tighter formation along the line with Engram, Strange and Farrell. Would also like to see them get into a split backfield look out of the shotgun with Etienne on one side and Bigsby/Johnson working on the other side. 

They're going to have to compensate for how piss poor this interior is and they're going to have to bait their blitzes into thinking it's easy with Lawrence having the balls to hang in the pocket and face it and take a shot deep. There's going to be at least four to six opportunities I feel in this game to take a shot deep. 

Have to hit on those.

Oh yeah, death by strangulation, run run run, eat up that TOP. Keep Mahomes & Co. off the field, limit their chances to make the game a high scoring affair.

Kinda a catch-22, as I think the RBs will be the stars of the day, whether that means they are establishing a ground-and-pound run game kind of day or sticking around to chip block on the deep routes. Either way, if they stink at their job, we're in for a long afternoon.

I might favor the vet Hasty over Tank this week as our #2 option just for that added help of reading the pass rush and knowing where and how to help keep the play out of calamity.

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