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Falcons Add 2 RB set to attack

The Sentinel report yesterday that said BG was going to use a two-back set more this season. Apparently, it has been in the offense, but not used much. Its a way to get Lane and Pope in the game, and Coach says you still have the ability to split one of them out or even go empty with both in the game.

Its called "Ponies." The team has been working on blocking assignments since the extra back will put a defender closer to the line. In an understatement, Coach says "We're not just a team that's going to line up and run an I-back at you 50 times. Quite honestly, I don't know if we could holdup doing that."

Spreading guys out opens the running lanes, he said. We also want to use the TE more.

Finally, a dude named Martell Mallett, a redshirt FR walk on from Pine Bluff AK is behind Macon and Cole on the depth chart, though Cole has not practiced.

This is interesting. I think we could do some good things with it. Most notably, I think there is a strong possibility that this is driven by Omar not being essentially a 2 RB like Josh was, and the fact that we don't have as much depth at receiver, so the pure 4 WR sets aren't as attractive. Anyway, I found in interesting.