What do you think of 5 wide?
I'm thinking it's kind of a mistake. It basically says, obviously, "we're throwing". Maybe I'm missing something. It's usually a short pass too. One reason so many balls were batted possibly in the first half, is they throw too short.
Anyway, I always dread seeing 5 wide. Play action, or at least plays with 1 or 2 RBs in the backfield are better for confusing the defense. Although some of the Blount runs were seemingly obvious runs based on the way the OL was lined up.
I would think you'd want maximum confusion on the defense so the best way would be to run plays with multiple options available to the QB, ie the same formation could be run, pass, play action pass, etc.
I'm thinking it's kind of a mistake. It basically says, obviously, "we're throwing". Maybe I'm missing something. It's usually a short pass too. One reason so many balls were batted possibly in the first half, is they throw too short.
Anyway, I always dread seeing 5 wide. Play action, or at least plays with 1 or 2 RBs in the backfield are better for confusing the defense. Although some of the Blount runs were seemingly obvious runs based on the way the OL was lined up.
I would think you'd want maximum confusion on the defense so the best way would be to run plays with multiple options available to the QB, ie the same formation could be run, pass, play action pass, etc.