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There is just nobody in the league like Taysom, I would hope Kubiak is cooking up plays in the lab.
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Exactly. I'd like to see it not even be so much of a trick play but part of the offense. Make the pass a legitimate threat. Force defenses to factor it in. Let Taysom do his Wildcat power off tackle stuff but then throw in some short, high % passes in there as well. Just a simple crossing route where the TE gets lost in the shuffle at the LOS and then sneaks out. Any type of pass will work as long as they show that Taysom is a legitimate threat to throw on any given play. Simply force the defense to hesitate for a split second before they sell out against the run.Surprised nobody's said trick plays (like the CMC one). Stuff like that mixed with all the motion makes Taysom a legitimate threat on any trick play via running or passing.
That’s what makes it tough to carve out a specific role for him.Isn’t Taysom too light to be a true tight end; too tall to be a true fullback; too stiff and upright a runner to be a true running back; lacks enough wiggle to be “Debo” or a true wr …..
He is a strong runner and reasonably fast, hits hard and gives his all but gets hurt often. He has a lot of the qualities of all those positions but is really not a standout at any one of them. He is a good gadget player that will give his all but would probably not survive full-time duty at any of those other positions - just my observation, right or wrong, not an expert by any stretch.
If you try to have him do the portions of those roles that he excels at from those positions, you need to have enough play designs with him doing things he doesn’t excel at to keep from tipping off the play based on his alignment, and determine whether you are coming out ahead on average.
I'm sure Taysom could be used in a FB role but do you really want him out there banging his head into defenders over and over? He's no spring chicken and he's no stranger to injures.He is a strong runner and reasonably fast, hits hard and gives his all but gets hurt often.
Not really much to cook up. Keep the QB runs and mix in some read options for Kamara and Miller and hit them with some play action out of those two plays, exactly how he's been used.There is just nobody in the league like Taysom, I would hope Kubiak is cooking up plays in the lab.
This is what I’m looking forward to. In the beginning Payton’s offense was great. The substitutions and such worked well. You’d have every player on offense getting a turn to get the ball. What it turned into was a predictable offense based on personnel packages. It didn’t fool defenses anymore, and certainly not since Payton left.i was listening to Underhill and he said the magic of Kyle Shanahan is that everything looks similar and they break tendencies often. You can’t really have too many substitutions if that is your goal. There will be ways to use Taysom, there always are, but I think the main contributions need to come from our running backs and wide receivers, and hopefully an upgraded, every down type of tight end.