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I have a lot of thoughts on this but not sure any answers... To me, overall, it is more about McVay than personnel..
Yeah I agree. Redzone is scheme, playcalling, and execution. In fact if you look at the top 5 redzone teams (measured by this stat: NFL Team Red Zone Scoring Percentage, TD only) it's fair to ask if their mojo when it comes to this is mostly based on personnel.
They are:
1 Pittsburgh 73.47%
2 Kansas City 73.08%
3 Cincinnati 71.11%
4 New Orleans 68.42%
5 Indianapolis 67.14%
There's no question that on paper a match-up problem at TE would be beneficial, but not every top redzone offense has one. Of my 5 teams, KC has Kelce, and the Bengals have Eifert, though he was hurt last year and not available. Indy has Ebron, while the Saints do not have a stand out there.
So 2 of the top 5 redzone scoring teams have someone who fits the TE as redzone mismatch bill, and 3 don't.
What I conclude from that is that if you want to score a high percentage in the RZ, a big TE would be nice but is far from necessary.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/2019 09:02PM by zn.
