Did anyone notice...

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Originally Posted by BrunellFan

Did anyone else notice the really deep drops that the QBs were taking in Monday's game? It seemed that every passing play, the QBs were taking 9 step drops or rolling out for a bootleg.

I guess this is part of the maximum protection scheme.

I think it is part of the scheme. I remember Doug Williams used to drop back pretty deep and Rypien would do the same thing with the little "roll - out" to give him more time to throw. If you notice the WR's run a deep route then they do a curl/comeback. That takes time and with the max protection and deep drops that allows the receivers to do that. I might be wrong, but I believe that's part of the scheme. Someone correct me if I am.