Quote:Eligible for a pass second tackles?


I wish interior line wasn't such a joke but extra tackle sets may be needed to force the issue to run.

I remember watching Seattle last year and they utilized these types of sets quite a bit. Here is my logic; at some point Bortles will be be inserted into the line up. To help a rookie qb you typically want some type of running game and I would think they want to keep him out of as many 3 and longs as possible. I think they would rather load up on the run and produce a 2nd and 4 rather than go balanced and possibly end up in a 3 and long. This is clearly all speculation but I do know that the way the roster is assembled does usually tell the philosophy of the team. 9 would tell me injuries but 10 tells me they want to create a wall to run behind.

 

I feel Henne is more capable to handle the long conversions over the length of a game than Bortles can right now, but I also see them powering the run to allow Bortles to succeed when he steps in. They may even try to allow Henne to be in good down and distance situations while he is out there but this is just my thinking.  

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