Medium Passing Test
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:51 am
The rule change Charlie proposed is a very modest change in the zone rules, it affects ONLY the second (yellow) receiver in medium passing plays, PML, PMM, and PMR. I modified a couple plays accordingly and tested them in 100 games and obtained the following stats:
play comp/att yards avg fum int sacks TD points
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JJ7BArHo 376/884 (42%) 5325 14.2 0 22 18 37 222
KC7BarHo 380/785 (48%) 5910 15.6 0 24 29 56 336
LAC8XSln 189/500 (37%) 4524 23.9 0 16 18 46 276
KC8XSln 171/494 (34%) 4455 26.1 0 5 21 48 288
The PML showed some improvement. All I did to change them was to extend the second checked receiver's route five more yards, from about 19.5 to 24.5 beyond the LOS.
This is a small change but it will lead to some new play development that is badly needed, especially in medium passing. Remember, Charlie was urging us to create new medium passing plays at the end of last season.
I think we should adopt this change and ALSO restrict 2-DL defenses to PRD and/or PL. Remember, for that to be effective, we need to put in rules a ban on using pass logic by DLs. Otherwise, we would get around the change in usage of 2-DL defenses by making 3-DL defenses with one of the DLs dropping back into pass coverage.
play comp/att yards avg fum int sacks TD points
================================================================
JJ7BArHo 376/884 (42%) 5325 14.2 0 22 18 37 222
KC7BarHo 380/785 (48%) 5910 15.6 0 24 29 56 336
LAC8XSln 189/500 (37%) 4524 23.9 0 16 18 46 276
KC8XSln 171/494 (34%) 4455 26.1 0 5 21 48 288
The PML showed some improvement. All I did to change them was to extend the second checked receiver's route five more yards, from about 19.5 to 24.5 beyond the LOS.
This is a small change but it will lead to some new play development that is badly needed, especially in medium passing. Remember, Charlie was urging us to create new medium passing plays at the end of last season.
I think we should adopt this change and ALSO restrict 2-DL defenses to PRD and/or PL. Remember, for that to be effective, we need to put in rules a ban on using pass logic by DLs. Otherwise, we would get around the change in usage of 2-DL defenses by making 3-DL defenses with one of the DLs dropping back into pass coverage.