LaDainian Tomlinson Takes Direct Snaps

by John B on Aug 14, 2010 10:30 AM EDT

LaDainian Tomlinson lined up at quarterback in a Wildcat look at Jets practice this morning.

LaDainian Tomlinson taking direct snaps again. Unofficial name: "Wild Horn Frog."

Brad Smith is probably going to remain the primary quarterback in these packages. He's pretty good at finding and exploding through holes, and his ability to throw makes defenses think twice about pulling their safeties all the way up. I like to see Brian Schottenheimer mix it up a bit, though. Miami has different looks out of the Wildcat.

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of course,

they’re doing the same thing up here in philly with Vick and D-Jack. but they dont put the work, reps and attention to detail in the blocking of wildcat plays, so to all the other teams it is a gimmick and will not be as effective as our plays. And u know rex wants to run it on us after getting embarrassed last yr twice.

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by sonnycrockett on Aug 14, 2010 8:44 PM EDT reply actions

Iirc, LDT has a pretty decent passing record in the NFL, certainly has thrown more than Smith. I think they were mostly HB option passes, but were quite common under Schotty in SD. I think he has a few TD passes too. Perfect situation for him.

by Judgegavel on Aug 14, 2010 9:00 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Wow.. why are yall trying to learn the formation that so many of you called a gimmick the last 2 years?

Funny how I bet its not a “gimmick” any longer now that yall are running it right?

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by MainePhinFan on Aug 14, 2010 10:36 PM EDT reply actions

Brad Smith has been running option plays for us since 2006, when Schottenheimer became the OC, when Chad Pennington was still a Jet.

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by dvdvil on Aug 14, 2010 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions

so does that mean you insulted the formation even though your team runs it??

sounds like a hypocrite to me…

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by phins23 on Aug 15, 2010 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions

^^this^^

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by snook36 on Aug 15, 2010 9:14 AM EDT up reply actions

We still call it a gimmick.

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by dvdvil on Aug 15, 2010 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions

Yea no matter how you cut it it’s a gimmick play, so is the HB option pass the chargers were using with LT. I don’t see how that’s hypocritical. Almonds got a chip on their shoulder.

by Judgegavel on Aug 15, 2010 10:25 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Stupid auto correct that’s someone not almond

by Judgegavel on Aug 15, 2010 10:35 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Haha, I thought that was a new slang I wasn’t aware of.

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by dvdvil on Aug 15, 2010 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions

How is it a gimmick play?

It is a legitimate part of our offense and has been for the last 2 seasons. Teams have game-planned towards it and it has still proved to be successful. Last year we even started taking the QB off the field for the formation so teams knew what was coming and they still couldn’t stop it. At what point is the play not a gimmick anymore?

by GoPhish13 on Aug 15, 2010 8:01 PM EDT up reply actions