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Originally Posted by Masters  I'd agree if they had lined Cribbs up in the backfield with Wallace in some flavor of wildcat. But they didn't. They basically just changed the QB for two plays in the redzone and wasted a redzone opportunity (it was a hand off and a pass play). It didn't give anything for other teams to think about, other than why would you waste two downs in the redzone and kill the steam your O had on that drive. I don't believe another team is going to watch film of that and think "uh oh, we got to watch out for that". I am sure most teams would love to see the opposing team change the QB out in the middle of a drive, let alone one that marched right down the field. I don't see other teams worrying that CLE might check Wallace in and use him as the QB. |
Not to beat a dead horse, but my point was not that Wallace came in as a QB it was that teams may recognize the fact that that was preseason and during the season they may bring in Wallace and pair him with Cribbs. That's the part I think that may make them want to spend some time defending what could happen if Wallace is brought in in the red zone.
Personally, I don't like it as much in the red zne as I would if it was out at the 40. Notice how little they were bringing Cribbs in motion. I believe that will change to keep teams from bringing a safety into the box.