ROOF HAS TO GO!

[Kaos]

Hell maybe I was taught wrong but back in the olden days of my ball playing days, If I read option I closed down the line as quickly as I could, made the pitch happen before it was supposed to and made the qb pay for it.  Maybe the difference is that I had a guy playing corner on my side that I knew would have the pitch man.  We would only have folks try to option our side a couple of time a game because they payed the price if they did.

Yeah, you're supposed to make the QB commit and close on him at the pitch.  I just know we always taught ours to stay parallel to the line of scrimmage until somebody blinked.  Keep pushing them toward the boundary. 

[Saniflush]

Yeah, you're supposed to make the QB commit and close on him at the pitch.  I just know we always taught ours to stay parallel to the line of scrimmage until somebody blinked.  Keep pushing them toward the boundary.

What's funny is that usually after the first time they ran option our side the QB would quick pitch from then on and it would be smear the queer with the poor tb.

[Snaggletiger]

As much as I'm not a Buddy Ryan or Jets fan, I love to watch those guys play defense.  You never get the same look and you never know who or what is coming.  It's just in your face every play and try to guess who we bringin'. 

[djsimp]

Yeah, you're supposed to make the QB commit and close on him at the pitch.  I just know we always taught ours to stay parallel to the line of scrimmage until somebody blinked.  Keep pushing them toward the boundary.

I see your point. I'm just thinking that if a DE is on the QB's back hip, he can still put his ass in the dirt after the pitch without a flag. As far as assignments, you are spot on. If the D is following his assignments, that gives them that free shot. I kind of wonder if our DE's are concerned if they're gonna have any back up from the LB's or not.

[Godfather]

I haven't seen film obviously, but I think the frustration with the DEs is misplaced.  They were supposed to have outside support from a LB or a safety.  I don't think we got that.

They were blocking the shit out of our LB's and CB's.  We actually had the players in position, to cover the QB it was the outside pitch that no one was around.

[CCTAU]

Is Roof still here?

[The Prowler]

Another thing with somewhat inexperienced players, they have a difficult time telling the coaches what they see or what they saw during a certain play....like a busted coverage or blown open holes where the linebacker should have been, etc.

[AU_Tiger_2000]

I see your point. I'm just thinking that if a DE is on the QB's back hip, he can still put his ass in the dirt after the pitch without a flag. As far as assignments, you are spot on. If the D is following his assignments, that gives them that free shot. I kind of wonder if our DE's are concerned if they're gonna have any back up from the LB's or not.

After he pitches the DE better be humping his ass down the line in pursuit of the pitchman in case the DB/LB makes him cut it back inside.  At least that's the way we were taught.

[GH2001]

If coach had put me in, we would've took state. I would've went pro, signed a big contract. Back in the day, I used to could throw a pigskin a quarter mile.