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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.It definitely didnt deserve its own thread so I will just post that little scoop by Kyed here.
Could be updating the emergency lists. Could be something else.
McD's passing attack schemes frequently use ALL potential targets pretty much everywhere in formation, including TEs and RBs (even Dwayne Allen and Develin have been split out to the X). So, I tend to avoid being quick to pigeonhole guys as to where they'll line up.
That said, each of these guys may be most optimally used out of certain spots. So, going at it from that direction:
Hogan = X or Z equally, but probably some Y, too
Britt = Z, X, maybe some Y occasionally
Patterson = Z or Y
Decker = Z or Y
Edelman = X, Y or Z
Dorsett = X, Y or Z
Projecting Berrios/McCarron as Y or Z (McCarron got smothered at the LoS by Lewis in press on one play in practice).
To me, one of the primary requirements for the guy lined up directly on the LoS at X is the ability to consistently break close-proximity press-man coverage. The guy can either juke his way past it (Kenbrell Thompkins had one of the sweetest moves I've ever seen against the press out of the X), or muscle his way past it. However, a guy who muscles his way past press can still have his route-timing disrupted, simply from being physically engaged momentarily (although Brady seems to possess an uncanny ability to notice this pre-snap and to adjust his read-progression and timing to compensate).
OTOH, the Z (flanker) spot offers the receiver at least a one-yard cushion for his first step, so guys who may not be consistently successful against press can still run pretty much the same routes as the X. The Z spot also offers more opportunity for the receiver to take a "fake" step downfield, and then catch an uncontested quick forward pass behind the LoS and run with the ball. I suspect that Patterson may be the receiver on several such plays over the course of the season.