So...on the subject of the pedophiles and their "fluke" offense or whatever you want to call it. I watched some of the psu/osu game to see what actually transpired (fluke or not - conclusion: not a fluke, just a gritty win with a huge special teams play to take the lead. their defense held). In that game I saw two of those now infamous "arm punts" aka extremely well-executed back shoulder throws.
i'm not sure the first touchdown to Godwin at the end of the first half qualifies as a "back shoulder" or not, but it is the now ubiquitous short throw where only the receiver knows the ball is about to hit him in the back, so he turns and blocks out the defender who might be in great coverage but is now on the receivers back while the WR is the only one in position to catch the ball. probably not a fade.
there was also a true arm punt albeit an exceptional throw and catch by Blacknall down the sideline that led to psu's only other non-special teams touchdown. he throws a deep ball down the sidelines and the receiver makes a terrific adjustment to catch the ball which was thrown where the defender could not make a play on the ball.
so my question to you guys who are far more knowledgeable than i am on this stuff: how on earth do you stop this? second question: is this relatively new? i don't remember in the good ole days of dan marino, john elway, elvis grbac these types of throws. back in the day it was all about hitting your guy in stride. now it seems that receivers are getting bigger and bigger and just posting up the DB and if thrown to the right spot it seems impossible to stop one-on-one.
what say you guys - how does Don Brown defend psu's back-shoulder attack?
i'm not sure the first touchdown to Godwin at the end of the first half qualifies as a "back shoulder" or not, but it is the now ubiquitous short throw where only the receiver knows the ball is about to hit him in the back, so he turns and blocks out the defender who might be in great coverage but is now on the receivers back while the WR is the only one in position to catch the ball. probably not a fade.
there was also a true arm punt albeit an exceptional throw and catch by Blacknall down the sideline that led to psu's only other non-special teams touchdown. he throws a deep ball down the sidelines and the receiver makes a terrific adjustment to catch the ball which was thrown where the defender could not make a play on the ball.
so my question to you guys who are far more knowledgeable than i am on this stuff: how on earth do you stop this? second question: is this relatively new? i don't remember in the good ole days of dan marino, john elway, elvis grbac these types of throws. back in the day it was all about hitting your guy in stride. now it seems that receivers are getting bigger and bigger and just posting up the DB and if thrown to the right spot it seems impossible to stop one-on-one.
what say you guys - how does Don Brown defend psu's back-shoulder attack?
