One Night Only: Offensive Packers-Redskins Game Review, Mythbusters Edition

[SBXVII]

Unless your one of the coaches and have inside information I call BS.

Myth #1- "IF" RG3 is 100% then tell him to take the damn brace off and get back to what he did best last year. The brace is keeping him from moving freely and is slowing him down, so can he take it off? Most likely not cause although the leg is strong enough to push off and run it still needs lateral support so he doesn't blow out his knee again. Because of that I have said he is not 100%. It's one thing to have the rib padding to protect him in case someone hits him, it's another to wear a knee brace because you HAVE to have the support.

Myth 2- RG3 has struggled. Why? because last year defenses could not stack the box and had to spread out to cover the field in case he ran. This year defenses are playing a game of Chess. They are betting we won't move our Queen out of the pocket so they stack the box with rusher and force RG3 to beat them passing. Secondly our OL is designed to move and block (zone blocking), and instead we have been asking them to simply form a pocket and protect their QB. It's not what they did last year. Which is why I suggested rolling RG3 out more and getting him out of the pocket so he will have throwing lanes and less pressure.

Myth 3- I'm not sure if you are correct or not but I certainly don't think MS/KS went 20-40 plays before calling the option. It seemed more like it was about every 3rd or 4th play they used the option. Lets say I'm wrong and they didn't use it as often as I thought they did, they certainly didn't wait until the end of the 3rd quarter to start using it in last years games.

Myth 4- You conceded as a possibility.

The rest I'll concede is a possibility. However, if I'm a HC I'm of the mind set that the Skins are not going to run RG3 unless they prove me wrong. I'm banking he's not 100%, he's still wearing the brace which tells me more then likely he's not going to want to or be willing to run for the 1st down... again until he proves me wrong. So I stack the DL and stop the only ground option you most likely would use (Morris) and force you into being one dimensional (passing). The Eagles decided to rush the whole game and figured if they couldn't get to RG3 then they would blow up the run plays. It worked for them. GB saw what the Eagles did and copied it. Until this team adjusts for what is happening each team will continue to do the same thing.

Which is why I suggested design some roll outs, play action to roll outs, fake the option to roll outs. Then and only then will other teams back off and cover more of the field opening up run lanes for Morris.

They also need to get RG3 on page with his TE's and WR's. Add more quick slant routes, and curl routes which is hard for the defender to stop. Add in some routes where the WR has to run 20 yrds then come back 5 or 10 to catch the ball. Then the other plays will start opening up. The double moves will start working.