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Message: [QUOTE="007, post: 1163381, member: 393"] The irony here is that GM kinda sorta was trying to do something similar here before he deviated from that plan. Google interviews from the time he was named OC and he talked about using the Spread to emphasize a power inside running game. He talked a lot about being physical and spreading the field at the same time. Part of the problem, IMO, is that he either lost faith in the vertical stretch and/or didn't think he had the personnel to get it done. If you can not make the screen game work, and you don't stretch the D vertically, it's really hard to run inside consistently. Lester showed a willingness to go vertical regardless of the QB, and the inside run game benefited. He also made a great adjustment to the bubble screen game by sending the RB in arc and using a flare pass to hit the RB while they were moving forward but still behind the LOS, with WRs blocking on the edge. Much more effective with our talent. [/QUOTE]