Dan Orlovsky
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A smaller option of what I can do.
And it's easier for the defense to figure all that out.
Okay, if I'm in the gun and the back's to my left, am I actually going to hand the ball outside left?
Am I going to hand the ball inside left?
Because that's really hard for a tailback to be to the left of a shotgun quarterback, get the ball, and then get on the right track when it comes to the timing of blocks.
Am I going to fake the ball to the left and then go all the way out to my right?
Again, it's the unlikelihood of.
So I think it shrinks what the defense has to think about.
The second thing is, when I'm under center, I turn my back to you in a play-action fake.
You cannot see the ball.
And the gun, you can't all the time.
There's always, you can always see the football.
Now, many are Miami would at times like spin to all around for some of their play fix, which I like, but it's not the defense is very rarely when you're in the shotgun.
playing on their heels like if you could imagine a quarterback under center taking a ball or taking the snap and immediately opening up to his left and giving his the defenses back defenders are constantly thought go to the ball go to the ball go to the ball so like their initial reaction is like i don't see the ball i'm gonna go chase the ball i'm gonna chase the action
Where in the shotgun, you constantly see the ball.
Quarterback catches it right around chest level.
You can see always.
Defensive linemen can see.
Like, if you watch teams β I watch defensive linemen against shotgun teams.
The ball gets snapped, and, like, they're β