Game Day Thread Game 1: Giants @ Titans GDT

A lot of recent statistical analysis have demonstrated that there is little correlation to running the ball successfully and effective playaction pass game.

Rushing Success and Play-Action Passing

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One of the keys to playaction success is creating run/pass conflicts out of the same looks (personnel and/or formations). This is something Art was actually pretty good at. He'd show one look out of a personnel group and particular formation, and then run a different look out of the same group. Even if the run look wasn't producing, the defense would still think run when they saw the same formation/personnel group and bite on the PA. It's tendencies.

The fact that Downing doesn't do this well either is another in a long list of his issues.

 

Snatched the loss from the grasp of a W.

 

Doesn’t really matter how long they are if you don’t convert them.

 

2 more were called back by penalty

 

Exactly what I was getting at!

 

Just inexcusable.

 

This team loves to put our worst players out there in the most crucial moments.

 

I see zero 3rd and 10 or longer. That speaks a little to not have negative run plays mostly and there weren’t too many penalties, although some very ill timed and drive killing kind.

 

All part of Downing’s master plan. Do what the other team would never expect. Like taking Derrick Henry out on 3rd and short and handing it off to a rookie TE. Who would ever expect that?

 

remember that time we scored on our opening drive with no resistance

i do