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Cerneo
offline Aug 20, 2008 21:39:40Quote
We have got to think outside the box on this one.
silverandblackattack
offline Aug 21, 2008 02:02:02Quote
It's tough. Last year we almost beat them with the grind it out game plan which is our specialty. It also keeps their offense off the field. On the other hand since you pimped Buddy Horn up about Iowa Jones taking the rushing title away from Chris Whaley I see them doing everything to stuff the running game which makes them vulnerable against the pass. Remember they lost Evil Deion who was one of the best CB's in GLB. Probably run sweeps most of the time. If they stuff us we try to execute the pass anyways. Plunkett's been throwing intermediate type passes which I think are best. He could throw laser passes to limit int's more but we would drop more I guess which would be bad. After the loss to the Spartans I turned HB and FB pass plays to sometimes I did have them shut off because they are such failures 90% of the time but the Spartans completely left the backs open because of this and it hurt us and maybe cost us that game. I figure a couple of failed pass plays are better than eating a sack or forcing a ball into coverage. It's obvious to me though that DB's have been nerfed big time this season so throwing the ball is much easier and doesn't result in big interceptions much. It also seems that aggressive play by DB's is actually weaker than medium this year because it seems like the DB overshoots the play more. The TE's seem open a lot also. If you can get those big TD's from Plunkett to Rice like you did against the turtles we'd be sitting pretty. I really thought the turtles would give us a harder fight. Also Plunkett's passing helped us storm back against Tallahassee in that fake game. It's hard to say what caused that but hey whatever works. I don't think we will produce a lot of offense if we run but we will keep the score down I would think, if we pass we might score a lot more but we might also get beat worse. I think ultimately I would go a bit pass heavy because I really think Buddy wants to stuff the run. He hates Iowa Jones and humiliating him is part of Buddies joy. So I got to believe they will play the run. I could care less about Iowa Jones yardage. If he runs for -10 yards and we win the game I'd be happy. Buddy is very confident about beating us so he may run a bit more this game just to try to rub it in to Iowa Jones but he knows our secondary is our weak point so he will want to throw on us just to run up the score.
Cerneo
offline Aug 21, 2008 04:49:17Quote
I agree with alot of that.
So lets make it interesting. We will do sweeps but we will load our TE at WRs. We will move WR to the back up roll. Then we rush the fuck out the CBs. If they beat us...so be it.
On D I am going 60-40 pass protection with a 0% blitz, they want to beat us in the air they will need to beat every LB and DB.
For passing we will attack 100% long.
These interesting settings should work ok or fall flat on its ass, whatever the case we will be lucky to grab a win so don't expect one.
Cerneo
offline Aug 21, 2008 04:52:25Quote
Depth will be changed a few hours before game time to pray they don't see it.
silverandblackattack
offline Aug 21, 2008 05:01:03Quote
Originally posted by Cerneo
Depth will be changed a few hours before game time to pray they don't see it.
If the TE's start at WR who starts at TE?
Cerneo
offline Aug 21, 2008 05:29:27Quote
Originally posted by silverandblackattack
Originally posted by Cerneo
Depth will be changed a few hours before game time to pray they don't see it.
If the TE's start at WR who starts at TE?
Back up linesmen.
silverandblackattack
offline Aug 21, 2008 05:40:41Quote
Originally posted by Cerneo
Originally posted by silverandblackattack
Originally posted by Cerneo
Depth will be changed a few hours before game time to pray they don't see it.
If the TE's start at WR who starts at TE?
Back up linesmen.
If you use a lineman then we're going to run really heavy then and your going to want to avoid using the TE position as a target. He will still throw to the TE if they are open but as slow as they are they shouldn't be open too often. I just don't want to see 40 dropped passes to the so called TE.
Last edited Aug 21, 2008 05:40:53
Cerneo
offline Aug 21, 2008 06:02:11Quote
I have already set it to 0, also alot of people dicked around with this in the scrim games and most linemen would catch fine oddly.
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Cerneo
offline Aug 20, 2008 21:39:40Quote
We have got to think outside the box on this one.
silverandblackattack
offline Aug 21, 2008 02:02:02Quote
It's tough. Last year we almost beat them with the grind it out game plan which is our specialty. It also keeps their offense off the field. On the other hand since you pimped Buddy Horn up about Iowa Jones taking the rushing title away from Chris Whaley I see them doing everything to stuff the running game which makes them vulnerable against the pass. Remember they lost Evil Deion who was one of the best CB's in GLB. Probably run sweeps most of the time. If they stuff us we try to execute the pass anyways. Plunkett's been throwing intermediate type passes which I think are best. He could throw laser passes to limit int's more but we would drop more I guess which would be bad. After the loss to the Spartans I turned HB and FB pass plays to sometimes I did have them shut off because they are such failures 90% of the time but the Spartans completely left the backs open because of this and it hurt us and maybe cost us that game. I figure a couple of failed pass plays are better than eating a sack or forcing a ball into coverage. It's obvious to me though that DB's have been nerfed big time this season so throwing the ball is much easier and doesn't result in big interceptions much. It also seems that aggressive play by DB's is actually weaker than medium this year because it seems like the DB overshoots the play more. The TE's seem open a lot also. If you can get those big TD's from Plunkett to Rice like you did against the turtles we'd be sitting pretty. I really thought the turtles would give us a harder fight. Also Plunkett's passing helped us storm back against Tallahassee in that fake game. It's hard to say what caused that but hey whatever works. I don't think we will produce a lot of offense if we run but we will keep the score down I would think, if we pass we might score a lot more but we might also get beat worse. I think ultimately I would go a bit pass heavy because I really think Buddy wants to stuff the run. He hates Iowa Jones and humiliating him is part of Buddies joy. So I got to believe they will play the run. I could care less about Iowa Jones yardage. If he runs for -10 yards and we win the game I'd be happy. Buddy is very confident about beating us so he may run a bit more this game just to try to rub it in to Iowa Jones but he knows our secondary is our weak point so he will want to throw on us just to run up the score.
Cerneo
offline Aug 21, 2008 04:49:17Quote
I agree with alot of that.
So lets make it interesting. We will do sweeps but we will load our TE at WRs. We will move WR to the back up roll. Then we rush the fuck out the CBs. If they beat us...so be it.
On D I am going 60-40 pass protection with a 0% blitz, they want to beat us in the air they will need to beat every LB and DB.
For passing we will attack 100% long.
These interesting settings should work ok or fall flat on its ass, whatever the case we will be lucky to grab a win so don't expect one.
Cerneo
offline Aug 21, 2008 04:52:25Quote
Depth will be changed a few hours before game time to pray they don't see it.
silverandblackattack
offline Aug 21, 2008 05:01:03Quote
Originally posted by Cerneo
Depth will be changed a few hours before game time to pray they don't see it.
If the TE's start at WR who starts at TE?
Cerneo
offline Aug 21, 2008 05:29:27Quote
Originally posted by silverandblackattack
Originally posted by Cerneo
Depth will be changed a few hours before game time to pray they don't see it.
If the TE's start at WR who starts at TE?
Back up linesmen.
silverandblackattack
offline Aug 21, 2008 05:40:41Quote
Originally posted by Cerneo
Originally posted by silverandblackattack
Originally posted by Cerneo
Depth will be changed a few hours before game time to pray they don't see it.
If the TE's start at WR who starts at TE?
Back up linesmen.
If you use a lineman then we're going to run really heavy then and your going to want to avoid using the TE position as a target. He will still throw to the TE if they are open but as slow as they are they shouldn't be open too often. I just don't want to see 40 dropped passes to the so called TE.
Last edited Aug 21, 2008 05:40:53
Cerneo
offline Aug 21, 2008 06:02:11Quote
I have already set it to 0, also alot of people dicked around with this in the scrim games and most linemen would catch fine oddly.
