re: Saw this stat concerning Etling's deep passes

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Just keep the D from overloading the box and make them second guess. That's what we need from Etling.

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Yea and I don't think that deep bombs are what does this. When they overload the box they are adding linebackers to the D linemen. When you pass deep the linebackers don't really care because they aren't deep. On the other hand if you can take advantage of the 5-15 yards down the field right in the middle of the field then that will work to freeze the Linebackers. Last year, Harris couldn't hit anyone over the middle to save his life so the linebackers would always cheat up to stop our primary weapon: LF7. If Etling can make 3 or 4 of those short over the middle passes that will open up LF7 in a big way.