jblomenberg16
Grandmaster
The offense does fine - until we get in the red zone, and Pep stubbornly insists on switching to that asinine "jumbo" package. I mean, why try to throw to TY Hilton, Donte Moncrief, or Hakeem Nicks when you could instead throw to Jack Doyle, Anthony Costanzo, and some third-string TE you just picked up off the street?
Fair point, although that jumbo package and throwing to big "basketball" tight ends seems to be the thing to do in the NFL these days. From personal experience (I was a college defensive back) smaller speedsters like TY and Reggie are a lot easier to cover inside the 10 than they are in the open field, mainly due to them having less room to operate. So, exploiting physical size, such as with taller receivers like Nicks or the TE's is often a popular strategy, as they typically are taller then the guys guarding them. The QB can throw a jump ball and let them go get it. You see very few corner fade routes from inside the 10 anymore unless it is to a WR that is 6'6" or taller.
Add to that bringing in a jumbo package, and the defense has to counter with similar beef of its own to defend the run, making pass coverage more difficult. To make it most effective however, we have to have a respectable running attack, and we just don't have it now with Bradshaw out. Everyone knows we'll run play action out of the jumbo and try to hit Fleener or Nicks, and can put appropriate personnel in to defend it.