Rhino Pass play decoy

[orangemass]

Not sure if this has been discussed... But what is the rationale of splitting Rhino out on 3rd and long when Benson is Healthy enough to play specials?

Makes zero sense... Everyone knows he isn't going to see the ball... I bet he isn't even being covered... It's baffling...

 

[721Comstock]

Not sure if this has been discussed... But what is the rationale of splitting Rhino out on 3rd and long when Benson is Healthy enough to play specials?

Makes zero sense... Everyone knows he isn't going to see the ball... I bet he isn't even being covered... It's baffling...

Because he's in the game, and he could:

motion back inside pre-snap to be a blocker.
motion from inside pre-snap (to make D think RUN!) and then go outside to cause confusion as to the play, who it might go to, etc.

FWIW - he was "targeted" 2x during the game.
1st was a completion on a scramble drill where Shrader shuffled/pitched the ball forward to him
2nd was basically a throwaway to avoid a sack, that was just in Rhino's general direction (and bounced 5 yards short)

 

[upperdeck]

because subbing benson in also allows the D to change up with it does and kills 10 secs as well. In a perfect world we would be playing Benson as the TE all the time but the success of the running game so far has been power