Unbalanced Line (Video)

[Tarheels23]

I know when watching the game live, there's a lot of things that go unnoticed, but did anyone else catch the unbalanced line on the below play? Gross lined up outside of Bell on the QB keeper. Now Bell totally whiffed on his block, but I would love to see more of this with Otah back in the lineup.

Teams like the Ravens and Jets use a unbalance line on a lot of their power runs.

[bauss]

I would like that play a lot better if it was ran by a RB instead of a QB.

[Tarheels23]

I would like that play a lot better if it was ran by a RB instead of a QB.

I agree, but running it out of a passing formation can be pretty confusing to a defense.

[Mr. Scot]

Noticed they went that way a time or two.

Coryell offense does that sometimes.

[blackcatgrowl]

Yeah, we weren't having any luck with runs on Arizona until we started using this formation. We had a few decent runs, and JStew came close to breaking free once.

And then, all the sudden we stopped using it and started the up the gut crap.

I'm fairly worried about Chud's run scheme at this point.

[Guild]

This is a fine nifty idea. We need to run traps and counters out of it maybe? Gross can hustle he might be good as trap blocker on a counter run. I don't know poo though so just throwing some random thoughts out there.

[Kingpatecu]

Question for ya'll would Shockey be an eligible reciever in this formation? Since he's not covered up on the line by a WR I assume he would be but not positive. Could set up a nice route for him in the flats if the 2 wrs run their guys off.

[Tarheels23]

Question for ya'll would Shockey be an eligible reciever in this formation? Since he's not covered up on the line by a WR I assume he would be but not positive. Could set up a nice route for him in the flats if the 2 wrs run their guys off.

Good question!

Yes he would!

If you notice both receivers outside of him are off the ball, which makes him eligible.

[Rook35200]

If bell doesn't miss his block then this goes for a big run. This play looks like the popular Power play that im pretty sure every team used. When there are plays designed for the QB to run the offense is at an advantage. It's a man on man blocking scheme In which every defender is accounted for except the free safety. I'll take can against a free safety everyday of the week and twice on Sunday. This is why the wildcat was so effective when it first got implemented in the NFL. Teams easily made adjustments because with the sildcat formation you know who is going to get the ball. With Cam as our QB he presents another challenge for the defense because of his ability as a runner. As our line begins to gel better you will see this play go for big gains

[mario]

We went unbalanced against the Cardinals in that big run (w/ Brockel at FB) that was called back...

[HeatCheck]

We went unbalanced against the Cardinals in that big run (w/ Brockel at FB) that was called back...

Yeah I remember posting in the chat of the ARZ game pointing out the unbalanced line. I can't picture the play like you but remember it happening.