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Travis Hunter Appreciation Thread (Awards: HE12MAN, Walter Camp, Biletnikoff, Bednarik, Lott, Paul Hornung, AP PotY)

Uncle Ken said:
But he's not wrong, is he? Teams will try to tire him out where they are able.
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I've never understood why a team wouldn't put a 4 receiver set on the field, and have the receiver on the far side of field from the defensive bench run a go route. Then no huddle, no personnel change and rotate another receiver over there; run another go route. Repeat one or two more times.

Then target the go route when the corner and safety on that side of the field are both gassed.
 
skibum said:
I've never understood why a team wouldn't put a 4 receiver set on the field, and have the receiver on the far side of field from the defensive bench run a go route. Then no huddle, no personnel change and rotate another receiver over there; run another go route. Repeat one or two more times.

Then target the go route when the corner and safety on that side of the field are both gassed.
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Especially at altitude.
 
BuffLuke80 said:
Idgaf how much she.makes.
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slider said:
I don’t think teams will run their entire game plan around tiring 1 player out
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Until proven differently Travis is one of those special players who can change games. Teams may try to game plan against them to increase their odds but even if your odds get a little better you are asking for disaster going after them. You are much better off trying to go after the weaker guys, even if they are fresh.

With the Broncos Super Bowl 50 Defense (No Fly Zone) there was a line of thinking that said the way to beat the Broncos was to run right at Von. Sometimes it worked but do it often enough and he would slip the block and make a big tackle for loss setting up a passing down when he would ruin the QB.

Same thing teams thought they could beat Talib by motioning him into covering a big guy, large WR or TE. It worked until he jumped the pass and again turned the game.

Hunter is very likely to be one of those guys in the pros who suckers teams into thinking they can beat him, then turning it into a turnover or even a TD.
 
Ringer said:
Kelce's quote should be taken in context. He had very complimentary comments about Hunter, but was speaking about how opposing teams should try to tire him out on defense by running long routes against him.
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Sure, but spending so much schematic effort to simply try to tire out one player, makes the offensive game plan about something other than gaining yards and getting points.

Also, why can’t the defense simply adjust? Move Trav around if the offense is wasting a route of each play just running deep as a matter of course. If the player Trav is on is almost always going deep, then the defense knows part of every offensive play and what’s essentially happening on one side of the field. That seems like a bad plan.

Or simply shift into a Zone or the very popular Cover 4?
 
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