[papabear]

One thing I have noticed over the last few weeks is that our bootlegs/roll outs never seem to catch anybody off guard. With Schaub (or choppa) at QB we're not exactly looking for the run, but it seem a defender to the roll out side is right there with the QB every time. Now if a team is playing sound defense then there should be someone there to protect against a roll out, but you would expect to catch them off guard occasionally.

I haven't gone back and tracked all of our plays, but I am beginning to wonder if Kubiak/baby shan have fallen a little to in love with the bootleg. There are definite advantages to it, but you are also cutting the field basically in half. If the others team is ready for it you have really limited your options. I wonder if teams have picked up on a down and distance situation tendency in our play calling. Nothing more than a guess, but I think we might be getting into too much of a good thing territory.

We are, despite what Kubiak might want/try to do, a team that sets up the run with the pass. The running game has been great with Slaton toting the ball. You could make a case though, that all the play action and bootlegs are working in reverse to hold the linebackers in coverage a half a step longer before filling against the run. I just worry that we're a little to predictable right now.