Passing: A Deeper Look

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There was an article in ESPN the Magazine a few years back that explained and had a graphic that went through the Chiefs/Saunders offense.

Essentially, the idea was to not risk having a drive stall as a result of a number of short plays, but to score quickly through fewer big plays.

Also, rather than the QB making reads and check downs from left to right, the QB was to read, deep, middle and then short.

One of the things I suspect about #8 is that he is getting tunnel vision on #89 -- even when his pre-snap read should tell him that Moss is going to get doubled. Then, he stays locked on him too long, at that point, all he can do is look for something short.

Even if I'm wrong (and I may well be), it is a mathematical impossibility for there not to be at least one mismatch on every Redskins passing play.

When you have on the field Portis, Cooley, Moss, Randel-El and either Sellers or Lloyd, there has to be a mismatch somewhere. The NFL is a mismatch league.