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Re: The Importance of Picking up the Blitz
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Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33
Just an "off the top of the head" thought. Both Pitt & us are run-first teams. On first down the threat of run makes the D play more honest with a run-first D, either man coverage or some sort of balanced zone. If 2nd down turns out to be a pass, it's normally because 1st down was an incomplete or the run was 2yds or less. The D is now in a pass D. ARE is small, is an average route-runner and has average hands, so he has a difficult time creating space against a pass D, therefore he's less successful. On third down, if it's a pass, it's either a surprise play call on 3rd and short in which case the D is playing run-first or ARE is some sort of a check down option and makes the catch but may not necessarily pick up the yds for the first.
or I could be completely off-base and it's just coincidence.
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That's my first thought as well. I'll look at some other complementary targets from those two offenses and see if they are also weaker on second down.
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