re: Short side option & play calling in general

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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.

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you don't fully understand what you're talking about. Teams run to the boundary. I don't know why, just do. Teams don't put extra numbers to the wide side. When people say they put their strength to the boundary, it means their most athletic players who can tackle in space. In fact, most teams, when facing a balanced set, make their strong call to the boundary. Teams adjust their alignment to the offense. If they put 3 wr's to the boundary, the defense is gonna put 4-5 defendors to the same side. They aren't gonna put 3 to the wr's side and 4 to the other side just because its the field side, like the original comment suggests, that's just retarded.