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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The MEH thing, to me, comes down to a refusal to acknowledge that we aren't an RPO team anymore.
We used him because, rightly or wrongly, he was our best option for stretch read plays that are necessary if you're going to run RPOs. But we don't do that anymore.
So why we don't transition to a gap scheme or more inside zone with our running game is just beyond me. Because we can absolutely run inside with power.
And watching MEH take that swing pass last week that's 6 yards for any reasonably quick RB and turn it into a 1 yard gain by simply running in quicksand was all the proof you need that Clyde CANNOT run outside zone. And Pacheco's better used inside. Jet's looking slower.
So with this personnel, I just don't see cause for even having those in the playbook. They aren't setting up RPOs that we rarely use anymore. They're not well suited to our talent. They're just wasted downs.
But we don't seem to be willing to take them out of the playbook so if we're gonna run them, it seems they're content letting MEH absorb the bullet to set something up instead of Pop.
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Excellent post, could not agree more