Originally posted by thl408:The Colts repeatedly showed blitz only to peel off into coverage. It think the stacked box causes Kap to go to the pass play. This makes defending the run super easy - just show run blitz and Kap will audible to the pass. Then drop 7 into coverage against the sub par WRs and we now have a QB with happy feet and no open targets.
Kap is still a young buck when it comes to quarterbacking. Putting the gameplan in his hands is premature regardless of what he showed us last season.
Where CK still lags behind the former QB is the mental game. Smith's analytic nature enabled him to know exactly what to do pre and post-snap depending on the what the defense was doing. I think CK is only making partial reads.
Seasoned vets would look at the defense showing blitz and do one of the following:
1) If in the gun, check into a run/pass option play. If the defense peels back, give Gore the ball. If they rush, pull the ball out and fire to the hot read.
2) Check into pass with deep routes and out routes to open the middle of the field, with the idea in mind of running if the blitzers fall back and turn their backs to run with the receivers.
3) Check into a specific run play that counters a blitz, directing the blitz pickups and blocking assignments accordingly (I'm not sure he's anywhere near to mastering this yet).