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Options routes require smarts, instincts

By Seth Wickersham
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Analyzing the NFL is often about glamorizing the mundane and intellectualizing the simple. Sounds bad, but it's true. Basic tasks that are executed correctly, like a running back's "vision" to find a hole -- isn't the ability to not run into other people a fundamental tenet of society, not just football? -- are celebrated. I'm guilty, I admit it. And so, describing one of this season's most unstoppable pass patterns -- the option route -- comes down to praising a receiver's ability to pick bet ...

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