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Originally Posted by Ozymandias

Well, what you are suggesting is ****ing insane and ridiculous. I didn't see the team leaving 8 and 9 men in to block very often.

Just because they aren't running routes doesn't mean they are blocking. Matter of fact, that doesn't make sense and makes you sound like an idiot and know nothing about football when you assume that. Some routes are decoy routes where you try to take a DB or a LB away from the play even though you are not, and will not be, a target for the pass. Basically, it's done to get guys out of the "box" because if they all stayed in and blocked, it'd actually be EASIER for the defense to get into the backfield because, in case you haven't noticed, WRs don't block all that well. Especially when the defense is blitzing.

In addition to that, there were also plays where there would be only one or two receivers running routes at or beyond the first down yardage on 3rd down, the rest were short of that yardage and thus were not ideal targets for Hoyer when he's trying to pick up the first down.