JTO mentioned Deebo not going full speed on plays where he’s a decoy or not the primary. I’ve noticed the same when watching Jonnydel, Chase Daniels’ and Kurt Warner’s breakdowns. Maybe I missed it, but I think JTO is the only one to callout Deebo?
Are JTO and my eyes deceiving me? Is Deebo loafing, slacking, pulling a Randy Moss?
Is Kyle playing the long game, schematically, where the film on Deebo looks poor only for defenses to not key on him so much?
Our offense is more vertical than it used to be so…in some ways Deebo’s importance has kinda reduced. It feels weird to say this but lately it feels like Kittle and BA are basically competing unofficially to be the top target on the team and it’s elevated our passing game to a new level.
The short stuff near the LOS is not as important as it used to be… though I still have to say that we need the full cast healthy to win the SB.
This offense is built around Purdy-Aiyuk-Kittle-Trent in the pass game.
Our run game itself isn’t as good as it was in 2019 or 2021…which is weird when you consider we added CMC…we are better when we pass (#1 EPA Rank) than when we run (#10 EPA Rank).
The offense itself makes Deebo more useful as a decoy now.