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Hank's GoMightyCard article included Youtube highlights of both of McCaffrey's rushing touchdowns, and I noticed those plays involved big holes at least partly the result of Fanaika's blocking, not as ogre but left guard. Maybe he and Bright will continue to rotate, like Caspers and Austin in '14.

Fanaika and Bright didn't rotate. Fanaika substituted for Bright when Chryst substituted for Burns.

Don't know if that is a package, but I thought both the run blocking and the offense's overall execution looked crisper in that series than any other time during the game, though it was such a small sample size it is impossible to know if that means anything. [posted the same in another thread]

I thought the all out pursuit of McCaffrey on running plays would have led to Burns keeping the ball  and running himself much like Hogan did in multiple games last year.  Are they saving this for the next game?

Doubt they are saving it, but if I remember everything, that fumble was the only time Burns read keep on the (nominal) read-option. I don't know how to tell if Burns simply didn't feel comfortable keeping (not giving the ball to McCaffrey is a notable decision in itself) or if the play wasn't really a read but was simply told to give it up - but it looked to me like there were substantial yards there for Burns if he had read "keep" on several plays.

They also didn't have Burns throw to the space abandoned by the charging safeties much - once in the second half I think. Again, hard to tell exactly what decision was being made but it seems clear Shaw didn't want to lose the game by interception.

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Hank's GoMightyCard article included Youtube highlights of both of McCaffrey's rushing touchdowns, and I noticed those plays involved big holes at least partly the result of Fanaika's blocking, not as ogre but left guard. Maybe he and Bright will continue to rotate, like Caspers and Austin in '14.

Fanaika and Bright didn't rotate. Fanaika substituted for Bright when Chryst substituted for Burns.

Don't know if that is a package, but I thought both the run blocking and the offense's overall execution looked crisper in that series than any other time during the game, though it was such a small sample size it is impossible to know if that means anything. [posted the same in another thread]

I thought the all out pursuit of McCaffrey on running plays would have led to Burns keeping the ball  and running himself much like Hogan did in multiple games last year.  Are they saving this for the next game?

Doubt they are saving it, but if I remember everything, that fumble was the only time Burns read keep on the (nominal) read-option. I don't know how to tell if Burns simply didn't feel comfortable keeping (not giving the ball to McCaffrey is a notable decision in itself) or if the play wasn't really a read but was simply told to give it up - but it looked to me like there were substantial yards there for Burns if he had read "keep" on several plays.

They also didn't have Burns throw to the space abandoned by the charging safeties much - once in the second half I think. Again, hard to tell exactly what decision was being made but it seems clear Shaw didn't want to lose the game by interception.