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[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I REALLY can't begin to explain to you why the check downs to Betts aren't the problem. A decent percentage of them are successful. Those that are futile would have been throwaways with last year's philosophy. Those are the basic points, I may just go in depth in this week's Weekly Tripp.

I don't think that the checkdowns themselves are a problem. What is a problem is that 3/4 passing plays are check downs to backs in the flats or throwaways. You simply can't have an effective offense without an intermediate to deep passing attack. Our team is simply unbalanced, opposing defenses know it, and they are attacking.

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

I don't think that the checkdowns themselves are a problem. What is a problem is that 3/4 passing plays are check downs to backs in the flats or throwaways. You simply can't have an effective offense without an intermediate to deep passing attack. Our team is simply unbalanced, opposing defenses know it, and they are attacking.

Just for the record, that swing pass to Betts where Brunell backpedals from center is not a checkdown. That play is designed for Betts all the way. They ran it at least three times today. There were other times when he did check down to Betts, Sellers, etc., but the really annoying play has Betts as the first and only option. They ran it on third down against Dallas in the Red Zone last week (knocked out at the 4) and I looked at it about fifty times to see if anyone else was running a real route and it looked as though they were all just clearing out for the swing route. Not Brunell's choice.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by 70Chip

Just for the record, that swing pass to Betts where Brunell backpedals from center is not a checkdown. That play is designed for Betts all the way. They ran it at least three times today. There were other times when he did check down to Betts, Sellers, etc., but the really annoying play has Betts as the first and only option. They ran it on third down against Dallas in the Red Zone last week (knocked out at the 4) and I looked at it about fifty times to see if anyone else was running a real route and it looked as though they were all just clearing out for the swing route. Not Brunell's choice.

Yeah, I realize that Saunders' calls Betts' number on some plays, but there are still a ton of check-downs to Betts.