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Melvin (Gordon) or James (White) or Abby (Jared Abbrederis) do such a great job of reading our
blocks and cutting off us.������
Arneson has become the wild card in the tight
end bunch sets.
���It���s my first year of playing more than one position,������ said Arneson, a sophomore from Merrill,
Wis. ���With our different personnel groups, I���ll be
a Y sometimes, I���ll be an F, I���ll even be a Z. It has
been a little difficult knowing who I am on each
play, where I have to line up, and where I have to
move to.������
It���s perfectly understandable given all the presnap decoying.
���Sometimes,������ Arneson said, ���I���ll be thinking
about the play when we break the huddle.������
Wozniak kiddingly opined, ���And he���s supposed
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to be the smartest one in our group.������
Pedersen couldn���t resist pointing out, ���If you
ever see Sam standing still ��� with his head down
on his chest ��� he doesn���t know what he���s doing
and he���s thinking about it.������
Just imagine what the defensive safeties are
thinking ��� and they don���t know the play.
���If you look at defenses when we are trading and
jumping around, they get confused, and that���s our
main goal,������ Wozniak said. ���We���re trying to get the
defense thinking, ���OK, which way is the strength?���
It���s hard to get all the trades and shifts down because we have so many, but they���re so effective.������
To pull it off, it takes detailed preparation in
practices, along with game experience.
���It can get confusing depending on what position we���re playing at the time,������ Pedersen said.
