2nd Down - Deep Pass - How am i wrong?

[hawklaw1212]

Ok - I am not an esteemed D1 football coach, but hear me out.

2nd down and 6 or 8 - why not at least once go deep. Not 13 yards deep - but F’n sling as far as you can throw it deep.

Possible results:

1 - WR catches it - GREAT
2 - Pass Interference - GREAT
3 - Incomplete Pass - ok, but now they cant stack the box as much - GOOD
4 - Interception - since it was a bomb pass, ends up being similar to a punt - GOOD (because at least you accomplished No 3)

Ok - where is the downside on this, and why do our million dollar+ coaches not see this?

 

[BioHawk]

Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah. Just hold your horses there cowboy. We don't need any of that kind of malarkey in these parts of the football world.

 

[hawkirugged17]

Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah. Just hold your horses there cowboy. We don't need any of that kind of malarkey in these parts of the football world.