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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 2584418, member: 8215"] If there is no place for it then one particular man named Shane Webcke was excellent at a sadly superfluous role. There is always a need for one-out running, and its main purpose of course is field position - which is exactly what the Broncos needed in order to have the best shot at a field goal. Have you ever played football? If no, maybe I should explain why. When the opposition has a set defensive line and has time to retreat back the 10 before the PTB, unless you're on the opposition's line (and therefore no longer need field position) then one-out plays are the best way forward. Every pass loses you maybe half a second and, say, half a metre minimum (and that's a pass that'll look flat), and in that much time a charging opposition will have advanced 3-4 metres. So if you're trying to make the rule-of-thumb 10 metres per play, then you'll only get 6 or 7 if you put an extra pass in there. It's why dummy-half running is so effective early in sets, because there are no delays or loss of ground that way. The only time you should switch from one-out running is if the defensive line can't get on-side quick enough, and the only way you do that is by having big men bend the line or fast guys belly-out and get fast play-the-balls. There are of course variations of the same thing - like running two forwards in tandem, but the only difference there is that you're using one of them to keep the defensive line in two minds, and hopefully the ensuing collision favours the runner. It's still one-out. If one forward passes to the other it'll only be because the second player has more room (because the middle defence often moves up slightly faster) or if the defence has committed too many to the primary runner and there is space for the second runner to make a break or at least bend the line better. What happened on Friday night was that the Broncos were stringing too many passes together, and not hitting the line hard (often trying to use footwork), at a time where the Bunnies defence was on the front foot. The result was effectively zero metres gained every play. And worst of all, after all that, the defence had not been made to retreat at all so were primed to charge down the eventual drop-out attempt. One-out stuff would have undoubtedly been the better option. [/QUOTE]

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