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Schneed10 · 08-21-2005, 09:42 PM

I don't think we've seen many stretch plays, to be honest. I've seen a couple, but mostly it's just Betts off left tackle or Betts off right tackle. That big play Betts had against Cinci wasn't really much of a stretch play, it was intended to be an off-tackle run and he just decided to bounce it outside when the LB filled the gap off-tackle.

The stretch plays with zone blocking are most recognizable when you see the RB (Portis) running parallel to the line of scrimmage, and then all of a sudden make a quick cutback through the moving line of blockers. I haven't seen any of that yet.

On the pass plays, we haven't seen too many routes. Patten seems to run that same corner route on every play (the one where he breaks it off flatter instead of going to the corner). All of his balls were caught on that route against Cinci. I think there are more routes to be seen.

And yeah, Cooley seems to be held back as a secret weapon of sorts.

08-21-2005, 09:42 PM	#5
Schneed10 A Dude Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Newtown Square, PA Age: 46 Posts: 12,458	Re: What is Gibbs holding back? I don't think we've seen many stretch plays, to be honest. I've seen a couple, but mostly it's just Betts off left tackle or Betts off right tackle. That big play Betts had against Cinci wasn't really much of a stretch play, it was intended to be an off-tackle run and he just decided to bounce it outside when the LB filled the gap off-tackle. The stretch plays with zone blocking are most recognizable when you see the RB (Portis) running parallel to the line of scrimmage, and then all of a sudden make a quick cutback through the moving line of blockers. I haven't seen any of that yet. On the pass plays, we haven't seen too many routes. Patten seems to run that same corner route on every play (the one where he breaks it off flatter instead of going to the corner). All of his balls were caught on that route against Cinci. I think there are more routes to be seen. And yeah, Cooley seems to be held back as a secret weapon of sorts.