Play calling. I don't want to see us passing as much on 2nd and 3rd and 1. Do it a couple times but we have made it a habit these past couple years and that's no good.
Originally Posted by: DarkaneRules
Great point, and I've said it before... going for the bomb pass play on 2nd/3rd and short is a great play when teams aren't expecting it... BUT Mike McCarthy gets into happens (like this and Kuhn on FB run) and they go from successful trick plays to everyone is expecting it and working at much small % of the times they run it.
Like Kuhn FB run,
Kuhn had 10 carries for 8 yards against NFC North teams. An average of 0.8 yards per carry.
Kuhn had 13 carries for 55 yards against teams outside the division. An average bit over 4.23 yards per carry.
He did the Kuhn FB run against teams in the division that they knew it was coming.
The 2nd/3rd and short long pass he's used it enough that I think most coaches game planning him that they know it's coming.