No, it's not our love of dogs. It's our total inability to understand The Blitz. The blitz is kind of my Holy Grail. I hope by the end of the regular season I will be able to recognize it when the players are at the line of scrimmage. Apparently Vick also lacks the ability to recognize the blitz, even when he's on the line of scrimmage & staring right at the other team's defense.
What I do know about the blitz is that it's a defensive play and the goal is to tackle the QB. What makes it confusing is that the defensive players change position on the line right before the snap and each team has different blitzes with different names & formations. When I learned about the weird names for the different blitzes I decided to make up my own blitz called the "Zoomobafoo Blitz". Just because I can! The goal of the Zoomobafoo Blitz is to always sack Brett Favre...even now when he's just walking down the street and enjoying his retirement.
QBs and the offensive line really have to be good at reading the blitz because it means they will have to make quick changes to their plays right before the snap. I don't yet understand how the QB recognizes that a blitz is about to happen, and Wikipedia isn't helping me any. My neighbor even hit the pause button on his DVR during week 1 to try and show me the blitz and I still didn't see it. Am I blind to the blitz? The rumor is that Vick is blind to the blitz too. In the Eagles vs. Falcons game on Sunday, Vick had a lot of turnovers and some of it was due to not recognizing the blitz and being pressured to pass, ending in interceptions, fumbles & being sacked. I realize that QBs have a hard job, and I've clearly expanded my knowledge enough to give credit to football players and how much strategy goes into the game (Me: "Wow, they really aren't just big, fat guys running around the field. This takes a lot of work." Boyfriend: "No shit."). But why would the Eagles sign such a large contract ($100 million to be exact) with Vick if he's still learning how to read the blitz? Don't you want to invest in someone who already practiced and focused on perfecting this skill in college? Maybe I'm being too harsh, or maybe I'm just jealous because I wish I could get a guaranteed $40 million despite not knowing a major part of my job. I guess we'll have to wait and see which one of us is able to bulk up our blitz knowledge in time for the playoffs. I'm already watching tape.
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