OK, so I was just charting the Week 4 game between Baltimore and San Diego, one of the games which had fallen through the cracks in the game charting project. This one is famous as the game where Martyball died, and it really is ridiculous to watch the Chargers line up in a 2-TE I formation on second-and-18.

But that's not the strangest part of the offensive game plan. You know that play where the wide receiver motions in tight, then comes around for a fake end-around after the QB has handed the ball to the running back? In the third quarter, the Chargers ran that on THREE STRAIGHT PLAYS. Then they ran it again two plays later. Then, on the next series, they ran it two more times. That's six times in the space of roughly ten offensive snaps.

The point of this play is to set up the actual end-around later. So did the Chargers ever run an actual end-around?  Nope.  Eric Parker just keeps running around behind the quarterback, not blocking anyone, with the Ravens completely ignoring him.

Good going on those calls, there, Chargers.

Post by Aaron Schatz