why no slants?

[metro]

is that strictly a west coast offense play? Moose was a perfect fit for that play supposedly because of his size. I wonder why Fox wont use what was once Moose's bread and butter??

 

[ColinG]

slants=run plays

 

[The Brain]

Originally posted by metro
is that strictly a west coast offense play? Moose was a perfect fit for that play supposedly because of his size. I wonder why Fox wont use what was once Moose's bread and butter??

Cause Moose is just a Decoy

 

[Piper]

Because that would mean drawing up an 11th play, and Henning would have to start counting on his toes.

 

[hasbeen99]

Originally posted by Piper
Because that would mean drawing up an 11th play, and Henning would have to start counting on his toes.

 

[magnus]

It's stupifying.
It's the thing that Muhammad had done best over his entire career. Before Seifert, Pendry ran it to freaking death. And it worked.
But funny, when Haskell was here in 98, when our O still sucked with mostly the same personnel (sorry, Gil Haskell sucked, sucks, and will always be in the lower half of coordinators in this league), he didn't run slants to Moose. Williamson didn't run slants to Moose. Never since.

Now they try to use Smith as an underneath guy. Horrid.
If they want to really decoy Muhammad that badly, bring in Young for short routes across from him. Or Proehl. Or look at the TE some more (yes, that's right SemperFi, look, and at the TE, in one sentence). At least pretend that we're looking to use our personnel right before it's 30 down and we've got five minutes to go.

 

[Boo]

Henning didn't throw very much in Detroit either. this is actually a good sign. It means they are successful at running the ball. the slant is a 3 step drop. Take three steps and throw it....it's a timing play. Henning wants to run play action passes because the running game is established. These are 5 or even 7 step drops with a play action fake.

Is moose lining up on the strong or weak side? slants are best thrown to the weak side...keep it away from the OLB over the TE who could pick it off if he reads it.

 

[Foxman]

Reading this made me remember our first ever game when...was it Willie Green who had been running that slant all day then faked the slant and went deep for what ended up being a TD? Anyway, thats kinda how I remember it correct me if I am wrong. Thats how the slant can be effective though, when used and used properly. We bore the crap out of the defender until he looses focus then WHAM! fake slant and a 60 YD play.

 

[The Brain]

Originally posted by Foxman
Reading this made me remember our first ever game when...was it Willie Green who had been running that slant all day then faked the slant and went deep for what ended up being a TD? Anyway, thats kinda how I remember it correct me if I am wrong. Thats how the slant can be effective though, when used and used properly. We bore the crap out of the defender until he looses focus then WHAM! fake slant and a 60 YD play.

yup similar to how you can use short curls to make the stop and go effective

 

[lde]

Originally posted by Foxman
Reading this made me remember our first ever game when...was it Willie Green who had been running that slant all day then faked the slant and went deep for what ended up being a TD? Anyway, thats kinda how I remember it correct me if I am wrong. Thats how the slant can be effective though, when used and used properly. We bore the crap out of the defender until he looses focus then WHAM! fake slant and a 60 YD play.

It was the next to last game in 95. We beat Atlanta, who was a playoff team that year, to come to 7 wins. I almost fell out of the stands in Clemson.

BTW, S Smith is being used short, long, and intermediate. Its a good mix.