re: They blitzed on 90% of our offensive plays in the first quarter, we threw 1 screen

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They needed to do something to neutralize the blitz. I was yelling the whole game for screens

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You don’t have to run screens to neutralize the blitz. You can also neutralize the blitz by throwing into the space vacated by the blitzer(s). This is what we did well in 2019, and why burrow was so good against the blitz.

You use screens to punish aggression, and loss of containment. The exotic blitzes were picking up the screens and our offense was making bad decisions when we ran them.

We were struggling against the blitz because Max was afraid to step up in the pocket, and we couldn’t execute on throws to wide open receivers.