re: Short side option & play calling in general

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Short and sweet answer...most teams HS thur Pro place more defenders to wide side of feild with the idea that there is more to defend. This leaves better numbers for the offense back to short side. Problem is the side line is the best defensive player on any team.

this is quite literally the dumbest shite i've ever read on here. Seriously.

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Actually this is the correct answer ... option to the short side is designed to take advantage of numbers since most defenses set the strength of their defense to the wide side of the field ... while we as fans tend to focus on the negative plays or plays that don't go for much yardage, it's not uncommon to see a lot of big plays to the short side ... additionally, you also want to run plays to the short side to stay out of tendencies.

As for whether every play is designed to score or gain X number of yards ... I would say that each play called is designed to work ... if a play call results in a score, so be it, but the minimum goal of most plays is four yards, unless it's inside of four yards to go for a first down or TD.