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48 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

That is man and I am not sure what the hell is going on. Looks like McDonald or Taaffe has the RB. No way McDonald can get there though from his alignment, but he feigns a blitz and takes off immediately after the RB. Taaffe goes but turns when he sees the RB pass him. You would think it is Taaffe's guy but I do not know based on how the 2 safeties reacted. I may lean to this is just a great offensive play call vs the defensive call. 

I think McDonald is a spy here and getting back to the middle and just sees the RB streaking out uncovered. 

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2 minutes ago, Fico said:

I think McDonald is a spy here and getting back to the middle and just sees the RB streaking out uncovered. 

Nah, he isn't watching the QB. He is looking straight at the running back from the beginning. That's his man. I think what was said earlier is correct: we expected the RB to chip Taaffe to buy time for McDonald to get over. 

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6 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

Nah, he isn't watching the QB. He is looking straight at the running back from the beginning. That's his man. I think what was said earlier is correct: we expected the RB to chip Taaffe to buy time for McDonald to get over. 

In no world would he align on the opposite side of the field from his guy….

He may have busted but you don’t take a step forward at full speed on a “pressure” then back track to get to a RB who was aligned on the other side. 

Maybe not a spy, but I can’t think of anything else based on alignment, and his actions post snap.

If that’s on McDonald then I’m going to guess he is significantly misaligned.

Taffe is probably a pressure/add and if the RB peels out he goes with him.

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1 minute ago, Fico said:

In no world would he align on the opposite side of the field from his guy….

He may have busted but you don’t take 3 steps forward at full speed on a “pressure” then back track to get to a RB who was aligned on the other side. 

Maybe not a spy, but I can’t think of anything else based on alignment, and his actions post snap.

Taffe is probably a pressure/add and if the RB peels out he goes with him.

I think the call was overly complicated. If the RB lined up on the other side, McDonald would have blitzed, and Taaffe would have rotated over. I think we were trying to trick them and then they played us by leaving our edge unblocked. Again, he is tracking the RB immediately. He isn't doing that as a spy. Whether it was just a stupid design or if McDonald busted and was supposed to rotate immediately rather than show blitz, I'm not sure. 

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10 minutes ago, Fico said:

In no world would he align on the opposite side of the field from his guy….

He may have busted but you don’t take a step forward at full speed on a “pressure” then back track to get to a RB who was aligned on the other side. 

Maybe not a spy, but I can’t think of anything else based on alignment, and his actions post snap.

If that’s on McDonald then I’m going to guess he is significantly misaligned.

Taffe is probably a pressure/add and if the RB peels out he goes with him.

Yep. We were moving the spy around all game. 4 is the spy here and by the time he is peeling off the pressure look the ball is already coming out. In 99% of football if a guy in Taafe's position sees the RB leave the backfield they go with them. We used to call this a green dog blitz back in the day. Not sure what the kids call it now. 

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