Quote:Agree with the impressions.  I would add one comment...

 

There was a time late in the game that Blake knew pre-snap the Tacks were going to Blitz 2 right up the middle, yet he did not change into a play that would have given him a quick option or take advantage of the hole being created in the middle.  Instead, he snapped the ball, and got buried with the blitzers.  I wonder how much freedom he has to switch the play at the line? 

 

Depends on what the personnel grouping was like on that play.  I think that comes down to a sight read and it isn't enough for him to know it.  He has to have that same page mentality with a safety valve guy.  We don't have that go to guy when the play goes awry.

 

Burnell and Jimmy had it ala Denver play where it was one on one coverage and they would change to the fade for a bang bang play.  That is a relationship play and they both see and know what to do.  We aren't there yet with an equivalent mind meld.

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