Yeah, as BB mentions, the key to the play was Bailey turning toward the sideline, so he couldn't make a play on a ball thrown to Edelman
sachmoney said:Loved Belichick running through the two plays where Gronk was brought in to pass protect. The best coaches in football know how create wrinkles off of tendencies and the adjustments of their opposition. On the first play, the safety made himself useless by delaying his blitz or whatever he was doing (if you're delaying your blitz on Brady this year, what are you doing?). On the second play, the blitzers are all coming harder, but the Pats bait and switch with Gronk. I don't know if I am more impressed by the recognition and adjustment or the pure creation of a numbers advantage (1 on 0) by letting two guys blitz virtually untouched.
We are so used to seeing this machine, but so few coaches/quarterbacks do this kind of thing. It's special to see.
I literally stood up and started screaming at the TV when he threw the last one. Early, hardnosed play from a guy who knew he had shit the bed the week before.bigq said:Just noticing that LaFell took out two defenders with two separate blocks on Gronk's long TD. Nice.
That doesn't sound like you at all.Myt1 said:I literally stood up and started screaming at the TV
Like bowling pins!tims4wins said:Sweet double block by Tre Jackson on the Dion Lewis screen too
Al Zarilla said:Bill likes to start a play, rewind, start, rewind. Reminds me of the late great Victor Borge. He would start a tune on the piano, interrupt himself to tell a joke, repeat and never get to playing a tune. It would drive my wife crazy and I'd tell her that was his schtick. Wonder how Bill gets through all the film of all the games if he rewinds that much in the film room. His wife probably hardly sees him for 8 - 10 months a year.
I agree. People call it a finesse offense because it involves a lot of passing. But Blount is an absolute sledgehammer. Gronk and Chandler are big, physical tight ends. Their WRs aren't big but they are all tough as nails and are willing to hit. Their OL is probably more speed-oriented than power-oriented, but obviously they can get out and block.Yeah this is hardly a finesse offense - you could argue that the Moss/Welker teams were not particularly physical offensively, but this team seems to be. Edelman and Jojo are pretty physical receivers. Dola is a good blocker. Like you said, Gronk & Blount are as physical as they come.
Really wanted to follow BB #mytwitter.So not on Mytwitter either.......
It looks to me like the Pats were in zone and Butler was responsible for the middle to deep right side of the field. At the snap, ODB runs a quick 2-3 yard crossing route which Butler starts to shadow. Then he sees the TE running up the seam so he breaks off in case he runs a deep out in front of the safeties. You can see the CB on the other side of the field having similar responsibilities and stays with his receiver as he goes up the left sideline while keeping his eyes on the QB. Vereen is actually open running his out route in that area but Eli didn't have enough time to find him before the sack.How about the 2nd breakdown...Jone's strip of Manning at about 2 minutes...but look at Butler...can anyone tell me what the hell he was doing?
The arm-block wave at Cromartie was by Chandler.I also thought the final FG talk was great. Williams "taking one for the team" (as he got destroyed by 2 guys, but kept them away) and -Cromartie getting only a brief arm-diversion/block by Stork(?) and nearly blocking the kick, but thwarted by flawless execution by Cardona-Allen-Gostkowski and that extra millisencond it took for him to loop around.
I'm surprised that TV doesn't time the FG from snap to kick like NASCAR coverage times pit stops. Just a couple of tenths or hundreths makes a huge difference. I notice that the time from snap-to-pass is getting regular play, so maybe the FG time will, too.
I thought so too, but -cromartie was lined up very wide, and if Chandler had shifted at all that way, he would have opened a gap to the inside. My guess (and its only that) is that the focus has to be on the inside guy, and whatever they can to the outside guy is just a bonus, but if he's far enough outside so that a giant like Chandler can only get an arm to him, then the speed of the execution avoids the blocked FG on such a long route. Obviously, if -Cromatie is one step more inside, he runs right into Chandler.Yeah that was a pretty pathetic effort by Chandler on that. I'm surprised Bill gave him even some faint praise.
Chuck touched on this in the ITP glossary entry on field goal protection: http://insidethepylon.com/football-101/glossary-football-101/2015/10/16/itp-glossary-field-goal-and-extra-point-protection/I thought so too, but -cromartie was lined up very wide, and if Chandler had shifted at all that way, he would have opened a gap to the inside. My guess (and its only that) is that the focus has to be on the inside guy, and whatever they can to the outside guy is just a bonus, but if he's far enough outside so that a giant like Chandler can only get an arm to him, then the speed of the execution avoids the blocked FG on such a long route. Obviously, if -Cromatie is one step more inside, he runs right into Chandler.
Or...Chandler really screwed up, got lucky, and we'll never seem him out there again.
This was one of the things that was cool about the Chandler Jones mic'd up a couple weeks ago - per SOP he let the edge guy go and blocked the interior guy, but Belichick asked him to send a message the next time so he let the inside guy go on an XP and drilled the outside guy, then reported "he doesn't want to do that again."Field goal and extra point protection is designed to handle pressure up the middle, which is the area of greatest concern. While edge rushers occasionally pressure a kick, the route is generally too long for them to get there in time if the operation is efficient.
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The greatest threat to a kick being blocked comes right up the middle. Edge rushers have to cover nearly nine yards in order to get a hand on the ball, while rushers up the middle need only to push one to two yards back into the backfield to be effective when jumping vertically.
He tried to do better but alas, he just couldn't catch him.Yeah that was a pretty pathetic effort by Chandler on that. I'm surprised Bill gave him even some faint praise.
Protection for kicking is always inside out. They are taught to look inside first.I thought so too, but -cromartie was lined up very wide, and if Chandler had shifted at all that way, he would have opened a gap to the inside. My guess (and its only that) is that the focus has to be on the inside guy, and whatever they can to the outside guy is just a bonus, but if he's far enough outside so that a giant like Chandler can only get an arm to him, then the speed of the execution avoids the blocked FG on such a long route. Obviously, if -Cromatie is one step more inside, he runs right into Chandler.
Or...Chandler really screwed up, got lucky, and we'll never seem him out there again.
Nit surprising, but still good stuff.Chuck touched on this in the ITP glossary entry on field goal protection: http://insidethepylon.com/football-101/glossary-football-101/2015/10/16/itp-glossary-field-goal-and-extra-point-protection/
This was one of the things that was cool about the Chandler Jones mic'd up a couple weeks ago - per SOP he let the edge guy go and blocked the interior guy, but Belichick asked him to send a message the next time so he let the inside guy go on an XP and drilled the outside guy, then reported "he doesn't want to do that again."
I'd always taken the "Modell's shenanigans brought down the house" with a grain of salt, figuring that Cleveland was BB's test kitchen, but the more I read about it, the more I come back to Modell.The excellent episode of "A Football Life" dealing with the 1995 Cleveland Browns is like an extended "Belichick Breakdown" look into the mind of BB. He's always been this analytical, thorough and prepared. He was about to do great things with the Browns when that serial douchenozzle of an owner Art Modell moved the team to Baltimore. And big surprise: the Browns season went to hell in a handbasket.
The roster of Assistant Coaches he had on staff was unbelieveable.
Interesting stuff on Brandon King and his ST versatility. I went to one of the open summer practices and noticed he was working with the specialists even when the team broke out for individual position drills. I'm not surprised to see him on the roster now and it's pretty cool to see him making plays. Looks like this year's Ebner.Must be a Thanksgiving thing - this one's up a day early. Plenty of special teams stuff for ITP's resident expert!
http://www.patriots.com/video/2015/11/25/belichick-breakdown-top-plays-week-11