Thread: Siemian wins AFC Offensive Player of the Week

Originally Posted by Joel

That's the default, because long passes generate far more big plays and points than runs. Absent truly elite passers AND receivers long passes can't work without first forcing the D to pull guys out of the secondary. The only effective way to do that's running consistently well, nickel and diming them to death until they can't just shrug it off, but have no choice but to play the run, even at the risk of giving up a deep bomb.

It's been argued the West Costs high-percentage quick outs, slants, checkdowns and dump offs do the same job as well, but tell that to Manning, DT and Decker at the peak of their careers in SB XLVIII. Short passes don't give either safety any reason to stop shadowing receivers, and don't draw LBs out of zone coverage, only replace them with MORE DBs because the D stays in nickel and dime all the time. "Run to establish the pass" or "run 'em out of Cover 2;" same thing, then and now.


So... they didn't stack the box, they... stacked the box? Didn't dare Siemian to beat them with his arm, but... dared him to beat them with his arm?

Agreeing with statements is a weird way of "correcting" their "inaccuracy."

. They weren't forced into it they did it automatically. So, obviously we wasn't agreeing.