Wouldn't surprise me at all to see Leinart go to AJ early on a play action but will it be a slant, a screen or the deep ball? If they get a completion, I think it will help the confidence of both players and if they complete a deep pass it may force the Jags to adjust their defensive gameplan. If that works, you hit them with Foster/Tate on the next series and on the third series, you play action to Jacoby with another deep ball.
That would pretty much soften up the Jags for anything we want to do after that. I remember from his USC days that Leinart has a tight spiral on the deep ball which should be something the Jags aren't expecting. They'll assume Kubiak wants to play it safe but I see no reason to do that. The earlier we hit them with this, the less they'll be prepared for it and the more likely they will panic when they realize he has not one but two deep threats in the lineup.
That will also cause some heartburn for every other DC who later looks at the film. If it succeeds, it will make it tougher to bring the safeties up to stop the running game which will make the ground game easier to dominate.
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