Mighty Joe Young
Living in Troll's Heads Rent-Free for Decades
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No, it isn't. THAT is the point.Hard to have safety valves when you're keeping those extra blockers in.
Most teams would have a tight end in there taking the initial block, and then release to where the defender just vacated. If the QB doesn't have the better option, they check down to that blocker who released, knowing its their safety valve. And to keep from being too predictable, you can also make that call using your running back or even a WR, or else have a WR run 3-5 yards deep and then cross over the middle.
Different offenses do it different ways, but almost all of them have that safety valve built into the offense. The Bears DON'T.
Its a failure schematically. And a QB killer.