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This got me think
For example, let's say that the other team has really fast DBs, but they are all short and you have a big bodied taller WR who is maybe the 5th best WR on your team on a given day, but he matches up really well against their DBs because he can out muscle/jump them. Or in the case of our abundance of strikers and safeties, maybe a different player gets the start each week not b/c they are necessarily better than the other player, but b/c they match up better to that week's competition.
Do teams do this? Do they maybe do it, but it's not as obvious to me (ex: the normal starter starts, but then the better match up gets more play)?
This got me thinking - obviously defenses will play more DBs when a team is lining up more Wrs and an offense may pass more if they think the other team is weak in the secondary, but something I don't believe I have seen very much is teams playing playing different players based on matchups.You might see sub package against a predominantly passing type team
For example, let's say that the other team has really fast DBs, but they are all short and you have a big bodied taller WR who is maybe the 5th best WR on your team on a given day, but he matches up really well against their DBs because he can out muscle/jump them. Or in the case of our abundance of strikers and safeties, maybe a different player gets the start each week not b/c they are necessarily better than the other player, but b/c they match up better to that week's competition.
Do teams do this? Do they maybe do it, but it's not as obvious to me (ex: the normal starter starts, but then the better match up gets more play)?