tigerswood
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For those who don't like "running sideways," pre-snap movement of a wide receiver from one side of the formation to the other has been a great way to get a read on how the defense is playing pass coverage. If the DB's stay put, it is a way of overloading a zone on one side.
It's a simple addition that would increase the the possibilities the D would have to consider.
Yep. Pretty simple and something 98% of teams do. Certainly not "asking to punt". Our orbit motion under Grobe was almost always out of the I-formation - we all very fondly remember the orbit reverse to Idlette to clinch the ACC Championship. You do see it occasionally from teams out of shotgun (DeVonta Smith scored in the natty on a swing pass from a cool reverse orbit motion play), but the most common is just crossing WRs/HBs in front of the QB and either handing or tossing them the ball. Can also pretty easily bring another WR around for a reverse/reverse pass (assuming you hand it off vs toss it forward).