Whatever happened to the QB sneak? This is easily the best way to get first downs in short yardage situations, yet I think I have seen it once this whole football season, high school, college and pro combined. Seriously, if it's because you don't want to injure the quarterback, toughen up. I rarely have seen a QB hurt on a sneak.
Case in point: I was covering the Michigan Tech-Northern Michigan game this weekend, and Tech had just come back from a 20-point fourth quarter deficit. It was 34-27 (due to another missed PAT, but that's another topic for another post), and the Huskies had first and goal at the 2-yard line. They had been running the ball well for the whole last stanza, so I don't blame the coach for trying to run the ball in. But if you run a QB sneak, there's no way you don't get at least a little yardage. Run it four straight times, and you're golden. Seriously, there's no way Northern stops four straight QB sneaks with two yards to go.
The Packers are awful at this as well. If it's third and one, hustle to the line, snap it and just have Favre fall forward. Boom, first down. I have rarely seen a d-lineman over the center against the Packers all season, tell me why that wouldn't get at least one yard?
So, in conclusion: QB Sneak on third or fourth and one, good. Slant pattern in same situation, bad. Halfback dive with small running backs in same situation, ugly.
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