It’s more about the philosophy of getting the ball out quick and using short passes for your ball control offense instead of slamming an RB into a brick wall for another second and long. Eventually the defense has to compress and/or stretch, and that opens opportunities for runs into light boxes or deep passes.
On the first play of the game this season, we took advantage of a team compressing the field for one of our horizontal stretch concepts. The #1 WR on the spacing concept will run a fade against a press or cloud corner instead of the hitch to take advantage of a defense trying to crowd underneath space. Carr gets the ball out of his hands immediately and makes the play. A similar concept was ran several times last year, but Dalton either wouldn’t throw the fade or couldn’t hit it when he tried.
On the other side of the field is the stick concept, the QB picks the side with the best look and gets the ball out fast after a quick 1-2-3 read.
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