No Audibles

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The problem with hot reads against the Eagles is that they want to force you into them. That's the idea. Same with Greg Williams. They blitz to get the ball out of the QB's hand quickly. Based on the formation, they can pretty well guess who the hot read is and get on top of it right away. That's why Rogers being 15 yards off the receiver is so bizarre. The hot read can be a fade which is what they must have thought the Eagles would try to do to Rogers, but it's usually not when you give them all that room. Our corners need to show different looks. Start off giving a cushion and then come up right before the snap or vice versa. We made it easy at times.

There were a couple of times in the first half today when Brunell didn't need to check or audible but just call a TO. Everyone watching could see the blitz coming and could tell we wouldn't be able to stop them. Go to the sideline and get another play. Sometimes the defense will back off figuring you will max protect. And, timeouts are not so valuable in the first half. Points are.