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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1026897" data-attributes="member: 7261">I also have to wonder if a few other things are happening with the Love Shove in Green Bay.  First, that took a lot of practice to run and something I am sure the Eagles worked on it quite a bit in practices before they perfected it.  Second, given its newness, defenses have been trying to figure out just how to defense it.  While I wouldn't give up on it completely if I was MLF, I would figure out some other ways to pick up those short yardage situations.Let's face it, the 3rd/4th and 1 has always been a tough yard to gain for the Packers and for that matter a lot of teams in the NFL.  Why?  Defenses are about 90% sure it will be a running play and have 11 guys ready for it.  I've always thought the key was to mixing up what you run, keep the defense guessing.  Naked bootlegs, Fake handoff, flip the ball to tackle eligible, Fridge up the middle, brotherly shove, etc.  But running Jones or Dillon straight up the gut, when they are starting 4-5 yards back from the line to gain for the first down, that's asking a lot of your runner and OL.</blockquote>

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