Question about the slant?

[jblaze2004]

how the heck do you run a zero yard slant???? are we the only team in the nfl that run those kind of slants

 

[links18]

Ravens' DB was all over that one. He made a good play. Instead of accepting his fate, Dez continued to struggle for yards, giving the ref the impression he was not giving up on the play and thus cancelling his (minimal) forward progress.

 

[Beast_from_East]

how the heck do you run a zero yard slant???? are we the only team in the nfl that run those kind of slants

That whole sequence after the PI was just bizzare.


Looked like a repeat of Arizona last year.

 

[wileedog]

how the heck do you run a zero yard slant???? are we the only team in the nfl that run those kind of slants

The only defense of it I have is when NBC showed the full field view, if Dez beats that one man there is no one within 20 yards of him. The DB had to make a good play or he is off to the races (and he did).

 

[Diogenes]

how the heck do you run a zero yard slant???? are we the only team in the nfl that run those kind of slants

Not a bad play for earlier in the game. You hope maybe Dez breaks a tackle. You do not make that throw with 26 seconds left, however. A one yard slant in the middle of the field to a guy who was well covered? Makes zero sense. If no one else is open, that should be thrown into the ground.

 

[yentl911]

This team never seems to run any double moves which lets the DBs sit on this short routes. Billick commented about this several times during the game.

 

[sonnyboy]

how the heck do you run a zero yard slant???? are we the only team in the nfl that run those kind of slants

Your as frustrated with the result as I am, but given all the game conditions and Dez's tackle breaking ability, it was absolutely the right call.

Come on, look at the situation.

You can't take a sack in that spot so you need to throw quick off a couple step drop back. You know you're likely to get a heavy blitz from a defense trying desperately to knock you out off FG range. So you're getting single coverage. And an incompletion stops the clock.

It's the safest, smartest call you can make.

 

[jblaze2004]

This team never seems to run any double moves which lets the DBs sit on this short routes. Billick commented about this several times during the game.

I was waiting on a double move. But for some reason we love throwing to the bum ogletree deep He isn't going to make a play unless it hit him in the number or is a perfect pass.

 

[sbark]

This team never seems to run any double moves which lets the DBs sit on this short routes. Billick commented about this several times during the game.

.....takes time, our OLine cant give us that ...its a game of seconds or partial seconds.

 

[AdamJT13]

Your as frustrated with the result as I am, but given all the game conditions and Dez's tackle breaking ability, it was absolutely the right call.

Come on, look at the situation.

You can't take a sack in that spot so you need to throw quick off a couple step drop back. You know you're likely to get a heavy blitz from a defense trying desperately to knock you out off FG range. So you're getting single coverage. And an incompletion stops the clock.

It's the safest, smartest call you can make.

The problem wasn't the play call, it was the lack of forethought/communication about what to do AFTER the play call. Realistically, the best-case scenario involved Dez being tackled in the middle of the field. That happened, and we STILL had no clue what to do after that.