Week 6 - Dirty Birds

[Tomahawk]

Most current players are probably a brain cell away from being zombies

[shorebird]

Are you serious? Dont send him across the middle? That's how you "run people open". Crossing routes are a vital part of the offense.

When it's man coverage, yes. When it's zone coverage, you don't run them open, you run them into the D.

[ice grillin you]

crossing patterns work wonderfully against a zone you just cant wait for the wr to cross the entire field...you gotta throw it as soon as he hits the lose area

cobb waited forever to throw it to pimp

[shorebird]

I agree with that, the pass was the worst thing about the play, other than the call itself. But work wonderfully?? No, even if he'd have caught it on the run you still don't run crossing patterns against a  zone D especially with Pimp, 'cause a linebacker or safety is gonna' light him up. If you have a big possesion receiver like Boldin or Ward, maybe, but even those guys are gonna' take the lick hard.

[Munson]

It's also up to DeSean to stop and settle down in a soft spot of the zone...

[shorebird]

It's also up to DeSean to stop and settle down in a soft spot of the zone...

If you want to sit down in the zone, then fine,

[MURP]

Its Jackson's job to stop the route and sit in the zone.     He should not have kept running across, which is why you get lit up in a zone when you do that shtein.