dave mcbride Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 A key to the success of the Pittsburgh offense was a bunch formation that Whisenhunt used more liberally on Sunday than he had during the season. The Steelers were able to dictate some crucial matchups from the alignment and were effective in throwing and running out of the set, in which three players, usually two wideouts and fullback Dan Kreider, were clustered to one side. Unofficially, Roethlisberger completed seven of nine passes for 103 yards, and the Steelers rushed nine times for 37 yards from the bunch formation. The alignment, along with an empty set that Whisenhunt also used, often left the Colts' defense feeling, well, empty. "It's something we used during the season," said Whisenhunt of the bunch formation, "but we definitely expanded the package for today, because we saw some things the first time we played them, and we felt we could take advantage of them. Ben did a really nice job in it. We were very productive with it." http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs05/c..._len&id=2293780 maybe the newly unemployed MM gave his former protege some advice?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grog Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 A key to the success of the Pittsburgh offense was a bunch formation that Whisenhunt used more liberally on Sunday than he had during the season. The Steelers were able to dictate some crucial matchups from the alignment and were effective in throwing and running out of the set, in which three players, usually two wideouts and fullback Dan Kreider, were clustered to one side.Unofficially, Roethlisberger completed seven of nine passes for 103 yards, and the Steelers rushed nine times for 37 yards from the bunch formation. The alignment, along with an empty set that Whisenhunt also used, often left the Colts' defense feeling, well, empty. "It's something we used during the season," said Whisenhunt of the bunch formation, "but we definitely expanded the package for today, because we saw some things the first time we played them, and we felt we could take advantage of them. Ben did a really nice job in it. We were very productive with it." http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs05/c..._len&id=2293780 maybe the newly unemployed MM gave his former protege some advice?? 569141[/snapback] Actually, I believe the Bills had very good sucess when they ran plays from that formation. I wish he would have used the bunch instead of passes to Shelton, we probably would have scored a few more TD and conveted a few more 3rd downs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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