As many of you know, our wildcat leader last year was Ronnie Brown. As some of you learned in Week 3, and some might still not know, he's a lefty. This year, we drafted Pat White to be our wildcat QB, and he's a lefty as well.
So how does that impact the overall game? How does everyone adjust?
First, the WR have to adjust to the angle the ball is coming into, as the angle is different on a pass down the middle. But that shouldn't trouble reliable WR.
But how do pass rushers adjust? In most teams, the best pass rusher lines up in the QB's blind side. For a righty quarterback, its his left, and for a lefty, its his right. So would a pass rusher move over to the other side when Pat White comes into the game? And how does our OL adjust if that happens? Does Jake Long move over to the right side and Carey to the left? Is it easier for lineman to adjust to that change than rushers? Or do we leave the other team's best pass rushers(in Week 1 Abraham), go against Carey and risk a sack?
Looking forward to people's opinions
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what gives White the advantage is his passing on the run & ability to read defenses & run (when appropriate) like a RB
left or right is 6 of 1, half dozen of the other
with an appropriate SingleWing/Spread offense he will excel @ QB/RB
more interested to see how everyone would respond to an unbalanced line to the right as opposed to the left -
The O-line if anything would simply shift the TE or a back to that side if infact the DE made his presence known that easily. Standard practice to put the TE where you expect pressure, even slide protection to that side.
Most people don't realize that an O-line does actually split protections, in terms of allocating the center to one side or the other giving one side of the line an advantage. Often times the left side of the line is given only 2 men (LG, LT) whilst the C shifts his attention to the right side. Both players on the left side are typically better athletes, and may handle the duty better than their typically athletically limited brethren on the right side.gafinfan and dolfan7171 like this. -
Personally you don't change the blocking assignments... no need to when both Carey and Long are reliable Tackles in both the passing and running game.
Our recievers are fine, because they get to see the thows in practice, the other teams defensive players might drop more balls because of the different spin though. -
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And it may cause more thinking than reacting, which means those players may be half a beat slower. There is enough on these guys plates as it is, adding this would only hurt in my opinion. -
It's also more thinking on the D's part, and this is something that we will have practiced since training camp.
OK, I'm going to call it now, Jake Long lines up as a full back twice this year! :tongue2: (hey, at least I didn't say he was going to be the fly motion man...)cnc66 likes this. -
Other formations within the WC package we stuck with a regular line.Two Tacos likes this. -
You don't switch tackles or guards from their normal positions just because you have a lefty QB in there. One of the advantages we have on our OL is at RT Vernon Carey is pretty solid and has played LT before, so he is more than capable of handling the opposing team's best pass rusher. If not, slide the TE or FB to that side to help.
All of which is to say pretty much the same thing everybody has already said above :lol: -
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We don't gain anything by screwing around with the line unless it's by design. Honestly, I would go a step further and put Garner in Fasano's spot (if he can catch) in the unbalanced line to solidify the blocking for run plays.
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there are many viable systems of play