Shoot opinion - shotgun on fourth and short is the dumbest call in sports

If you have a big athletic Quarterback the “QB power” play is usually pretty effective

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If you have a big athletic Quarterback the “QB power” play is usually pretty effective

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That Dabos wife? Damn

I’ve been saying this for years. Last year it cost LSU the Missouri game. 4 straight plays from the 1 in shotgun. Idiots.

If you can’t go a yard on a qb sneak… then everyone on the offense line needs to switch to ping pong or disc golf.

And snap it at first sound. Don’t try to be a hero. Just grab your balls and man up

It works way more than a goal line fade

My biggest issue is shotgun on short yardage situation with no WRs on the outside. I actually think the less guys in the box the easier it is to gain a yard. I would to see a team go empty backfield on 4th and short and see what kind of plan the defense has for it.

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If you can’t go a yard on a qb sneak… then everyone on the offense line needs to switch to ping pong or disc golf. And snap it at first sound. Don’t try to be a hero. Just grab your balls and man up

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In the modern era of analytics, I still don’t understand how on very short yardage situations the qb sneak being run multiple times in succession hasn’t become more widely used. Even if you wanted to have a designated short yardage “qb” that you consistently practiced with taking that snap and running sneaking it, it still seems far and away the most efficient play for consistently getting a yard, especially if you have multiple attempts as they rarely ever result in anything worse than a stalemate at the line.

Tom Brady is one of the least athletic QBs from a purely strength/speed standpoint and I watched that guy basically convert every sneak he attempted for damn near a decade

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There is a skill to the QB sneak and Brady is the best at it.

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Yep. It's about awareness and Brady has more of it than anybody. Some QBs don't hesitate long enough, some hesitate too long, and some have zero vision and will run right up the arse of the one OL getting knocked backwards.

And referring to the poster talking about fade routes on goal to go, especially on 4th down, has anybody ever explained this? It makes not a single lick of common sense but coaches seem to be infatuated with the shite. I watched FSU run it on 4th down against JSU with the passing game non existent and no WRs worth a damn, a complete waste of a play that had about a 1/10 chance of success. Why not a roll out run pass option? Then the next week Auburn ran it on 4th down against Penn Sts best CB and it was even worse because they had a slot WR as an extra guy on that side of the field which just cluttered up the end zone even more.