raymattison21 wrote:
Makes you wonder what the qb was doing here. Looking at the receivers you get a good feel for all their route scenarios. The drag took it at 1 second following the snap in his normal fashion turning that pattern in to a zig zag.
The next guy to end his route was the TE ....3 seconds later he turns his pattern in to a deep out at 15 yards flooding the right side of the field with the wr1 and the rb turning his route from a flat to a wheel.
A second later the wr2 who get the deepest down the field turns completely around a bolts back to the line of scrimmage. He was the only one open after the QBs missed the drag/quick zag early in the play. But the wr2 actually ended his route and was the only way he to run to open field.
The wr3 running deep post ended his route a second later in the muddled right side with every one else besides the wr2 probably why the wr2 was open. Why the qb did not throw it or move or get tackled is a different story but it was great to see the end route scenarios.
I don’t know what dictates them as to when or why they do what they do but after 6 seconds that all ended there routes sometime in that time frame.
Really like the old zone defense where they used the position of the other zone defenders to find a better position (zone) to cover to keep some balanced spacing between them. That concept should be used for the receivers at the end route scenarios.
Don’t get muddled up vs cover 1 just run to the open space. I wonder if the qb would have made a throw if someone was open? It was like the drag and hb swing were dump and offs and were ignored and the DBs had lock down coverage in man for the entire 6 seconds. Truly showing how overpowered man bump is . And how easily QBs could just take off and run for first downs if they were allowed.
Reading between the lines,
Had his OL pushed back into him from an inside rush
At the same time, couldn't go backwards as the outside rush was looking for the strip sack
Likely he ducked under the next attempt from the opposite side (no way of knowing) or the OL bumped the DL off line
4th attempt to sack sees him try to scramble to his right
5th attempt finally gets him.
My guess is he never had an open lane as he was getting rushed from all sides - no line of sight for a throw, no room to go forwards, backwards, left or right - just a question if something would open up before they got him.
It was like watching Russell Wilson evade pressure after his pocket collapses in on him and he has nowhere to run too.
There's a couple more plays from the game that I'll put up for you later (time permitting)
