Big Red
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Edmonds surveys the defense before the snap: “Sometimes they have a tendency to go heavy (on the right), and there will be two guys on the left. (Special teams coach Jeff) Rodgers told me (not to audible if the distance was) over fourth-and-10-plus. But if we didn’t get a heavy look (on the left), we had the green light to go ahead and run it.”
Kingsbury gives Edmonds the latitude to call the fake: “We had it in as a check. Chase checked it and saw it. We carried that (fake punt) for quite awhile (this season).”
Turner’s job becomes more complicated when Steelers defensive back Kameron Kelly motions into the play at the last second: “I’m looking at (linebacker Tyler Matakevich) first. When I see (Kelly) I’m like, ‘Aw, crap. I’ve got a little dilemma.’”
Edmonds almost calls off the fake punt after Kelly moves: “It did worry me. I was going to check back out of it, but the play-clock was at, like, 2. I didn’t want to burn a timeout, and I didn’t want to take a delay of game. He was still far back. If he climbed up, I probably would have taken a delay of game because he was on the line of scrimmage. But because he was sitting back, I felt comfortable with Zeke and (Dennis) Gardeck climbing to him.”
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