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Why Isn’t Every Pass Attempt Play-Action?

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The Costs of Doing Business

Shanahan's playbook says block 15 14 week aggressively. Backside tackle and tight end will be responsible for defensive end and Sam linebacker. The benefit is that you fool linebackers, but the cost is that if somebody's blitzed, the backs got to go get them. And critically, when you're under center, the quarterback's back into the defense. He doesn't see a play action fake.

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