I have been thinking about this a lot lately, but I really think we need to steal a play from the Chiefs' playbook.
The Chiefs run a play out of the shotgun where they put Tyreek Hill in motion where the ball is snapped to Mahomes, and he immediately flips the ball to Hill, and Hill runs outside of the tackle into the open field. Technically, this is a pass play, but it effectively works like a run.
I think that we should be running this two or three times per game because:
A- It gets the ball into Waddle's hands (hopefully in space), and we might just get a big play out of it.
B- It mitigates the problems in our line play.
C- It could effectively work as a way to add another dimension to our run game.
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Lol we'll never get full value out of the Waddle pick, but that's not his fault.. But to get even close to value for him we need a QB that can throw downfield.
The play you mentioned, just a quick screen pass to the outside so Waddle can speed around the edge works a lot better when your QB can also throw downfield.
Teams can effectively stack the box against us (even with Tua.) so that gives this play (like a running play) a much worse success rate.
But I do agree with that general idea of a way to use Waddle. Hopefully we find a way to stretch the field soon. Even if they have to throw it up for grabs to Parker or Gesicki.. gotta get some big chunks in the air or our opponents will keep stacking on us.Boik14 likes this. -
The talent is there all day for Waddle, but he's not been used correctly at all since he's gotten here. That's not his fault at all. I love the pick and the potential, but until we get a Quarterback that can actually throw the ball down field, this is what we're going to get from him. Jamar Chase would fair no better in this offense.
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We had Chase at 3 and he looks next level. Im not gonna blame us for trading back for 3 1sts. We could of had Smith at 12 who’s been more productive and kept our pick this year which is likely gonna be a top 10 pick. Outside of drafting Tua, this goes down as one of Grier’s dumbest moves and the list is quite long.
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It's 5 games guys.
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Waddle is fine. You can tell dude us special. This team is struggling and we do not have an oline or a QB so not sure what you want to see……….
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Where are Waddle's long TDs and big catches? Chase has tons of them, waddle has none so far.Last edited: Oct 11, 2021mlb1399 likes this. -
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Im not going take away 5 games body of work based on one play. Clearly our OL and QB sucks but long term Chase will be a better player if he stays healthy. I felt that way going into the draft and have seen nothing since to change my mind. -
I'm not worried about Waddle. He's fine, and draft position doesn't matter as much as picking a good player. I'm more worried about Tua. Really hoping he plays well against 0-5 Jacksonville with its 2nd worst pass defense. Jacksonville is giving up an average 115.5 passer rating on defense! Oh, and Atlanta has the 5th worst pass defense, giving up 109.5. If Tua can't manage to play well against those pass defenses then I'm joining the anti-Tua chorus.
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I saw a stat that the Giants backup (Mike Glennon?) threw downfield more to Toney in the second half of the Giant's game than we have thrown downfield to Waddle all season. Especially with Fuller being a total non-factor, us not using Waddle vertically has been a crime. Our offensive gameplan is just all kinds of warped - even though it was better this week than it had been, we are still not utilizing our players in the best ways.
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It was just the point, a backup QB is throwing more downfield in a half than us all season. That's not just OL play, that's intentional.KeyFin likes this.