Quote:Speaking of which, I came up with this little formation which I think would mesh rather well with some of the personnel that we are talking about:

 

 

X          O O 0 O O    T₂

                    Q        T₁                    Z

 

                     R

Where:

X - Big WR, I'm thinking Robinson or even Blackmon here who are the team's versions of a physical mismatch

T₁ - "Move" Tight End, along the lines of Julius Thomas

T₂ - "Blocking" Tight End, along the lines of Marcedes Lewis or maybe even Walford from Miami

Z - Slot Wideout, speed guy who gets relief from the jam due to him being set back from LOS. He can also be sent in motion.

R - Robinson, or any back who poses a threat to run or catch a pass.

 

With this alignment, you can protect your Move TE from a jam by having him back off of the line. The overload also means that you are forcing the Safety coverage over so you are gaining Man coverage on X. T₁ and Z both are motion options which means that you can run a lead block to the weakside if you were feeling creative.

 

All this is meant to show is that having two threats at Tight End is a very nice thing for an Offense and way more than a "luxury" concept.

That would be consistent with the idea the Jaguars want to be a power running team as well.

 

I don't see many defenses with the size and speed to successfully defend every player in that personnel grouping.

 

If Lee were the Z in this formation, he's fast enough to beat guys deep and on crossing routes.  If that were Blackmon at his prime and sober, he would own patterns over the middle...digs, crossing patterns, slants.  If you sent the Z in motion to the opposite side, you'd isolate the LBs in coverage against the TEs.

 

Thomas would be a matchup problem against typically slower LBs or smaller DBs...as would Walford.  If the defense started using safeties to help the LBs, that would lead to single coverage against one of the WRs.

 

If the defense keyed the personnel grouping as a run formation, they could get eaten alive in the passing game, especially on early downs or short yardage.  This is especially true if the defense begins to walk the safety into the box.

 

If the defense keyed pass, the Jaguars could run the ball and get favorable down and distance situations.

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