Official "suicide swing" pass play thread

LSSpam said
It's a pre-snap read. Drew reads the defense, whether they're playing off the LOS and away from the sidelines, and checks to it. Bush doesn't get nailed "MOST OF THE TIME". Most of the time he gets 3-5 yards and goes out of bounds.

A swing pass is a swing pass. It's a route the running back runs. There are no "versions" of it.

No. That's not what it intends to do. The purpose of it is to force the linebackers wide or the CBs short. It's "stretching the defense". "Stretching a defense" doesn't mean sending everyone 30 yards deep. Then the defense just plays 30 yards off the LOS. Stretching a defense involves someone on the LOS, someone 30 yards deep, someone in the middle of the field, someone on the sideline. In otherwords, force them to defend the entire field.

Again, the swing pass is, more often then not, almost certainly a pre-snap checkdown by Brees at the LOS because of what the defense is showing.

Please do not talk down to me like I don't know what our "intentions" are with this play.

You don't find it a little dumb that Reggie Bush's primary role in this offense is to "stretch the defense" for what you call 3-5 yards. However I would say more like 4 yards once you factor in the no gains. Not to mention the incompletions when it's covered up.

You can "stretch the defense" with your full back, your TE, or your slot receiver...you don't have to use the most talented player on the field...unless of course the play is working for big yardage.

So...go stretch defenses elsewhere with 50 million dollar players. No matter how much we differ on how many times he gets "HIT" you can't argue that he does take his worst hits when he's vulnerable on these swing outs. Also, there are different versions of swing outs, deep swings, shallow swings, 3 step swings, 5 step swings, full back swings, slot swings, delayed swing outs...etc. etc. etc.

By your admition we have a #2 overall face of the franchise 50 million dollar halfback who's primary role is to stretch the defense for a "3-5" yard gain and take un necessary punishment while doing so.....BRAVO !!!!