So what you are saying is that on any play that Bryant is in the game the defense will know that its either a) a screen pass or rb flat b) a run? How is that any different from a defensive standpoint? They still stack the box and cheat safeties in either scenario. They know that we are either not going deep or missing a competent blocker and will get pressure. It's the same thing.
You are missing a pass play in which the play action is used or 3-5 step drops. We use these all the time anyway so it is not a key because Bryant is in the game. We would do the same things while folston is in the game. We DID the same things while Folston was in the game.
A key would be putting Cam in on passing plays if you want to talk about tipping the defense.
They are cheating the safeties all game because they think that they can get to golson quick enough to disrupt him and/or cause a turnover. This happened all year, not because of Bryant being in on any given play.
In fact, if you put Bryant in on some swing plays(or put folston out there-doesn't matter), half of those sacks are 3-5 yard gains. A 210 rb blocking a 240 linebacker with a running start is not a winning matchup for the offense in any circumstance.
A 240 LB chasing a 210 rb on a lot of plays is a winning matchup for the offense.
There are very few running backs that can actually pass block, in college and even the NFL. The name of the game is to hit the LB and hold it for 1-2 seconds in order for the QB to get the ball out of his hands. Bryant can surely do that.
The blitz pickup was confusing to the whole team for a little while. I remember the o-line letting the MLB blitz the a gap on multiple occasions and expecting the rb to pick it up. After the game, Kelly said that was not a great idea and they needed to change that.
A blitz off the edge is much easier to stall because the rb knows exactly where it is coming from. This may be more of a oline/qb/coach problem than a rb blocking problem.
Don't you agree?
