AlexanDragon wrote:
Exploits huge trouble to me
Absolutely this. This is why I spent so much time figuring out exactly how to get the 46 Heavy to work. I knew for months that it put pressure on the QB in the key plays that offensive game planners love to use - TE Middle, Waggle, Max Protect, HB Flare, etc. - that put the RB in space against (usually) a slower defender and pull the rest of the coverage downfield. On a guess, and because I normally rotate LBs to the DE in pass situations, I rotated McKeon into position and, boom!, the debate over the 46 began.
I want to note that IoT has been using the 46 effectively with DEs for all of his LCs in this league. It was looking at his data and film that finally sparked the idea for me about McKeon in the DE spot.
The bigger advantage to the defense is that the 46 does so well against the ultimate broken offensive play: the FL Hitch. It gives up some yardage, but it largely holds teams in check that use it - and I recorded the 2nd sack in my database against the Hitch using the 46. Seriously, the play is so broken that only two defenses really slow it down that I've found, and none routinely put pressure on it.
So I went into this experiment trying to shut down exploits (in the traditional sense of pull the coverage and the MFN sense of this play is broken), and stumbled into a debate over another one. I didn't really expect to have 50+ sacks with a player, but here we are. I know the 46 can be beaten. I've given you all the plays to do it.