Originally posted by Mr.Mcgibblets:
I'd say we coach it rather poorly, as our receiving targets generally sucked for years at finding an open spot on a "broken" play.
That's really not the point here though. To answer the question directly.....
When Kaep is at that moment of decision on his back step? These targets are at the finish point to their route... and they are often open. He takes his eyes down after one read and looks for pocket escape... so then the once open targets are stuck in "WTF should I do now?" mode, as they have no idea which direction their QB will go, if anywhere.
I know we disagree on this, so I'll just say that our receivers at the moment (if they are not the designated receiver) are only looking to find a soft spot after they have run their assignment as the decoy. I think, from waching our games multiple times though I don't have access to the coaches film, that they are being instructed to run a decoy route and then try to get open a the end of the decoy in the area of the field they are supposed to be in. That is why they don't come back on a broken play, though I think we both agree our WR coaching sucks, because their assignment is not to to do so, it's to complete the decoy route to clear the field for the designated receiver and then try and get open.
In regards to the decision point, on Sunday I don't think he even got a moment of decision because the Carolina blitzers were through the O line within 2 seconds. This has been an issue with both Alex and Kap in these horror games where our offense breaks down almost completely. I think that's also why Alex got the game manager, small ball, checkdown comments etc - because in pass protection our OLine is so bad that whoever is back there does not get enough time to come back to read the decoys when their route is complete if the designated receiver is covered.
[ Edited by Buchy on Nov 12, 2013 at 9:29 AM ]