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by Larz, Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 05:23 (31 days ago) @ Mike (bart)

Not to over play the fly motion. You have to have guys responsible for stopping it and they need to be aggressive on the edge and tackle well in space, but the number one mistake teams make is too many people watching the fly and then all of a sudden a lineman is in your face as they run up the middle.

Your interior players, especially LB’s need to be disciplined and stop the inside run first. It’s almost like defending the option. NIU didn’t preset a major threat with the fly, the guys they had running the fly were not dynamic, but that RB was a problem.

As you note, it can be hard to figure out where the ball is. Part of that is the speed of the fly motion, there’s also little technique things like the fly guy turning when he executes the fake so his back is slightly to the defense at the mesh point. It looks like you are getting the ball and also obscures the defenses view of the ball. Again causing that bit of hesitation.

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I used to run a very similar offense to NIU - Larz, 2024-09-09, 20:02
- Kinda reminds me of a Kelly-Era BYU game - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2024-09-10, 07:32
  - Was that senior day 2012? Golson dinged, so we had to - BillyGoat, 2024-09-10, 09:32
    - Don't think it was Senior Day - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2024-09-10, 10:57
      - Yikes. That was FREEZING for an October game then. - BillyGoat, 2024-09-10, 11:05
        
        Agreed - I recall there were some flurries flying around - Jeremy (WeIsND), 2024-09-10, 11:11
- By the way, #1 is from Savannah. Beach High School. - Grantland, 2024-09-10, 06:20
  - He’s a problem for sure. Talented RB. Hope he has - Larz, 2024-09-10, 06:30
- The timing on the fly motion was so good - Mike (bart), 2024-09-10, 03:27
  - I think I posted at least once below that I was surprised we - BillyGoat, 2024-09-10, 05:55
    - That’s absolutely it - Larz, 2024-09-10, 06:04
  - The key is - Larz, 2024-09-10, 05:23
    - Thank you Larz. As I was reading it I thought "sounds - Grantland, 2024-09-10, 05:48
      - No worries! Absolutely, very much like defending the option - Larz, 2024-09-10, 05:58
- Thank you for this. - terribletr, 2024-09-09, 22:02
  - No worries! Motion is a killer for sure! - Larz, 2024-09-10, 05:27
- It felt during the game... - domer.mq, 2024-09-09, 20:24
  - Yes, they really struggled with that. Totally agree - Larz, 2024-09-09, 20:35
- The analysis of the ND offense is actually easier - Larz, 2024-09-09, 20:20
  - We are so bad getting in and out of breaks at WR - Mike (bart), 2024-09-10, 03:37
    - Kris Mitchell is a 1,000 yard receiver - Jay, 2024-09-10, 07:11
      - Yeah it’s so odd - Larz, 2024-09-10, 07:28
        
        My guess (as per linked post above) - Mike (bart), 2024-09-10, 07:34
        
        watch the Duke highlights - HumanRobot, 2024-09-10, 07:35
        
        The NIU game film is fairly hopeless - Mike (bart), 2024-09-10, 07:40
        
        check out - HumanRobot, 2024-09-10, 08:02
        
        Lead foot going in the totally wrong direction - Mike (bart), 2024-09-10, 09:04
        
        How did he win the Manning Academy with these flaws? - San Pedro, 2024-09-10, 09:26
        
        We paid $2 million for a QB who can't hit a crosser. - San Pedro, 2024-09-10, 08:40
        
        Don't cry for Jay Jordan... cry for us - atxND, 2024-09-10, 08:59
      - It's really strange. Terry mentioned his hands. - San Pedro, 2024-09-10, 07:24
        
        his FIU highlight tape is fantastic - Jay, 2024-09-10, 07:29
    - It also doesn't help when they don't make plays - Domer99, 2024-09-10, 06:51
      - Greathouse has to make that fucking catch. - KGB, 2024-09-10, 06:55
    - Once again our most twitchy receiver is a walkon lax player. - San Pedro, 2024-09-10, 05:56
      - Yeah. As improbable as it seems, Faison seems to be our - BillyGoat, 2024-09-10, 06:41
    - Yea it really stands out. It’s odd. - Larz, 2024-09-10, 05:33
      - Denbrock may be surprised to discover - San Pedro, 2024-09-10, 06:02
        
        Hard to imagine what his plan for the season was - Mike (bart), 2024-09-10, 06:11
      - The pass scheme has been shocking - Mike (bart), 2024-09-10, 05:59

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