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<blockquote data-quote="Boomergump" data-source="post: 60469" data-attributes="member: 639"><p>I don't know if we actually do have the widest splits or not. I watch a lot of football but I don't study film on other teams. I probably see NAVY play about three games a year and maybe AF or ARMY one each. We normally have the widest splits that I can think of. I like the wider splits because they spread the defense and stretch them from sideline to sideline. Back side players have further to go in order to chase plays. Plus, you get more one on one match ups for the guy with the ball in his hand and less gang tackling. There is a down side and we have seen it. But I think the positives outweigh the negatives. When you have the defense spread slightly more, it forces them to cheat a little to get to their assignments. I think CPJ likes it because a cheating D with space between players is easier to read than having a closely stuffed box full of humanity. In general, as an option team, we want to force defensive players to commit. That is easier to do when they have ground to cover. Just think of an unblocked DE on a standard TO play. If the OL is bunched together it will be way easier for him to disguise his intentions and he can hedge his bets a little. A DE who is hanging around in tight spaces is harder to read. If he is spread out with the OT in a wide split, he will have to move if he wants the BB. He won't be able to fake his intentions as easy.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, that is how I see it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boomergump, post: 60469, member: 639"] I don't know if we actually do have the widest splits or not. I watch a lot of football but I don't study film on other teams. I probably see NAVY play about three games a year and maybe AF or ARMY one each. We normally have the widest splits that I can think of. I like the wider splits because they spread the defense and stretch them from sideline to sideline. Back side players have further to go in order to chase plays. Plus, you get more one on one match ups for the guy with the ball in his hand and less gang tackling. There is a down side and we have seen it. But I think the positives outweigh the negatives. When you have the defense spread slightly more, it forces them to cheat a little to get to their assignments. I think CPJ likes it because a cheating D with space between players is easier to read than having a closely stuffed box full of humanity. In general, as an option team, we want to force defensive players to commit. That is easier to do when they have ground to cover. Just think of an unblocked DE on a standard TO play. If the OL is bunched together it will be way easier for him to disguise his intentions and he can hedge his bets a little. A DE who is hanging around in tight spaces is harder to read. If he is spread out with the OT in a wide split, he will have to move if he wants the BB. He won't be able to fake his intentions as easy. Anyway, that is how I see it. [/QUOTE]
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