Logic:
- The shove gets let’s say an average of 2 yards/carry.
- Lots of shoves: I think the safest time to do it is 2nd and 4. So we can do a quick checkdown to Brown, the TE, Gainwell, QB scramble. Then shove it each down until you get the pretty much garunteed 1st.
- Stamina/willpower: The defense will wear out quickly from trying to stop the shove or just give up and not try, making for easy additional shoves. They may also get emotional and which takes their focus away from the game.
- Variations: When we are predictably shoving each down, we can run variations of sweep plays, thus forcing the defense to take half steps away from the pile and making the shove easier. As we have seen historically, defenses are unable to defend both the shove and whatever else play we run away from the shove.
- First down shove: This could depend on how the defense reacts. A normal shove would make it 2nd and 8 if the defense tried to just defend the shove. But a sweep from here could be successful/big play if the defense only defended the shove. If the defense spreads out to defend a sweep, we could shove and get 2nd and 6 or 5.
Even Andy Reid said not too many people get injured on QB sneaks. I’ve played linemen for 5 years and used to do QB sneak-like drills as warm ups before every game because you’re only playing a few inches a part and not getting hurt. It’s funny that you guys think that men running full speed at each other in open field is somehow safer but the QB sneak is somehow too dangerous.
Did you guys know that field goals/extra points are the same thing and are also very similar/pretty much the same thing to how you play the QB sneak? No one is complaining about that play injuring people.
Also, it’s how games used to always be played on almost every down.
Also, not saying we need to sneak it every play, it’s just a really good formation that you can do a lot out of.