re: Coach Caskey’s Clicker w/ Rohan Davey

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the 2nd, the long fake crossing route on 3rd and one was even called bad by Rohan

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I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad play design. Rohan talked about what those routes should look like, but that design is trying to take advantage of the leverage the corner is playing with. It’s essentially designed for the corner to think “they’re doing this” but we really do something else. You’re in an alignment that’s run heavy, but once you get out the route you’re throwing the corner another look that he’s not expecting.

But with all that said, while I don’t think the design is bad, I’m not a fan of the playcall. If you have a second and one, or even a third and one where you’re expecting it to be four down territory, I would like that call a lot more. Come back and try and pound it to pick up the first on fourth down.

I would also argue that’s a design that could allow Daniels to make a throw to a spot and let Malik go get it, but we know he won’t do that.