On third and very long Mike Holmgren liked to call a draw play for Mack Strong. Around Field Gulls it was colloquially known as “the give up play.” Well, Mr. Holmgren, meet Travis Homer.
It seems an odd legacy to live on for a scatback, but Homer’s role within the offense comprises three duties: running hopeless inside hand-offs to improve field position, running decoy routes, and throwing blocks. In these three duties he does not excel. Which means, with Carson out some length of time—when Carroll says “a week” I hear “after the bye”—we may be stuck depending on Carlos Hyde.