[Goose]

Watching the replay, it is clear that they were confused by our shift in alignment.  I think the right sided overload was unintentional and was due to a defender being out of position.

A more experienced QB probably recognizes the defense and walks in.  But it is tough being a QB.  You have to relay the plays, read the defense, know exactly what you are supposed to do, and keep your eye on the clock to make sure it all goes off before the play clock expires.  Experience gets you a lot of those nearly automatically, making it easier to read the D.

Oh well.  It was a frustrating play but all is well that ends well.

BC

One wonders if the decision tree was "When we shift, if they don't shift with us, run left (where we should have a man advantage), else run right." But the case they shift the wrong way (by accident or design) was never considered, so we do the "else". It would have taken a lot of balls for the QB to run left, but look at the bright side, there was nobody they could yank him for.  ;D  It would be asking a lot, especially for a guy who was not expected to play. Actually, we were disorganized on the play also. The linemen on the left side were madly looking for someone to block.

[Goose]

Watching the replay, it is clear that they were confused by our shift in alignment.  I think the right sided overload was unintentional and was due to a defender being out of position.

A more experienced QB probably recognizes the defense and walks in.  But it is tough being a QB.  You have to relay the plays, read the defense, know exactly what you are supposed to do, and keep your eye on the clock to make sure it all goes off before the play clock expires.  Experience gets you a lot of those nearly automatically, making it easier to read the D.

Oh well.  It was a frustrating play but all is well that ends well.

BC

One wonders if the decision tree was "When we shift, if they don't shift with us, run left (where we should have a man advantage), else run right." But the case they shift the wrong way (by accident or design) was never considered, so we do the "else". It would have taken a lot of balls for the QB to run left, but look at the bright side, there was nobody they could yank him for.  ;D  It would be asking a lot, especially for a guy who was not expected to play. Actually, we were disorganized on the play also. The linemen on the left side were madly looking for someone to block.