June 27, 2022 · 11:13 AM

Make play action great again

Here’s Todd Monken, returning play action to the rightful place it occupied… under Jim Chaney?

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19 responses to “Make play action great again”

  1. eethomaswfnc
    June 27, 2022 at 11:45 AM

    Play action is really hard to defend on early downs. When executed correctly, it’s devastating.

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  2. Derek
    June 27, 2022 at 11:45 AM

    It would be interesting to see how those numbers look after the switch to Bennett.

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  3. MGW
    June 27, 2022 at 11:51 AM

    I’m no coach, but it seems like well called play action is a matter of keeping the D honest, watching linebackers cheat up, and plain old timing.

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  4. Dylan Dreyer's Booty
    June 27, 2022 at 12:02 PM

    I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: With less overall talent (albeit better overall rbs) Chaney did a heckuva job.

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  5. Hobnail_Boot
    June 27, 2022 at 12:28 PM

    Imagine what he could do with play action if he had 4 All-American type talents at the tight position..

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  6. uga97
    June 27, 2022 at 12:53 PM

    Coley Play-inaction

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  7. theotherdoug
    June 27, 2022 at 1:30 PM

    I know I’m beating a dead horse, but why did we not use PA more with Fromm? Everyone we played was keying on the run, so it would have helped open things up. Fromm might have been terrible at PA, but even poory executed it should have worked.

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    • SlobberKnocker
      June 27, 2022 at 1:58 PM

      The numbers the Senator posted show us running PA nearly 50% of the time on early downs in 2017 and that was the highest percentage in the data sample. Seems we did use PA quite a bit then. Not sure why the percentage declined so much in 2018 though.

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  8. ASEF
    June 27, 2022 at 1:33 PM

    Turning your back on the defense is a highly underrated obstacle to it. Teams are doing some creative things with QB footwork, trying to sell the fake while keeping QB eyes on coverages – but it’s harder than it looks.

    Stetson’s quite good at it. A skill set taken for granted, imo

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    • Harold Miller
      June 27, 2022 at 2:16 PM

      Guys that can sell the fake are true artists. Like a well executed grift. Ya bight and then there goes your money!

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    • munsoning
      June 27, 2022 at 10:01 PM

      David Greene, if I remember, was a master at hiding the ball on PA by turning his back to the D. Makes PA trickier, though, if the D can get to the QB.

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  9. practicaldawg
    June 27, 2022 at 2:22 PM

    Fromm’s trajectory would have been quite different if Coley hadn’t abandoned play action

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  10. gshock36
    June 27, 2022 at 5:24 PM

    I can’t put my finger on it, but there was something really different about the results of the 2017 and 2021 seasons….

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