Week 17 Discussion Thread

[CJSchneider]

Originally Posted by Babylon

The problem right now is this is a novelty to most of these guys (coaches included). It's like they all of a sudden started running the wishbone in the NFL.

They way i was taught was that as a DE you forced everything inside and if you were unblocked you took a straight path to knocking the QB on his ass. Problem nowadays is they'll flag you if you hit them after they've handed the ball off.

Originally Posted by Jvig43

Its funny because I was thinking this last night, and I'm not sure if it's the coaches fault or Ware's fault but you always force everything back inside. I played OLB my Jr year and CB my Senior year and you were ALWAYS taught to just take the outside guy and force it back inside to the front 7.

I don't care what kind of scheme they are running thats pretty basic stuff.

I teach my DE's to keep their outside hand free and turn it back inside or go after the deepest man in the O-backfield. The point being let nothing get outside of you.

[Babylon]

Common theme is putting the QB down hard, they tend to run things to the other side.

[Cudders]

Defending Washington’s offense and RGIII’s wrinkles often comes down to the second man. When the first man commits, the second man makes the difference.

As has been said ad nauseam, the read is designed to enhance defensive conflict. You can crash or contain. Your choice dictates what the offense does. But that’s just the first component. Against those option concepts, the first defender can’t win because RGIII is a smart runner that won’t misread his man. So the second man to the ball is just as important.

Dallas adjusted in the fourth quarter. Washington ran the same concept all night. Isolate the edge linebacker and let him dictate the direction. Shanahan dialed it up at the start of their penultimate drive in the fourth. Pistol formation with Morris as the back and a blocker flanking RGIII. He sticks the ball out for the hand-off as the blocker moves across the formation. He reads (I believe) Ware in a wider technique.

As soon as Ware crashes down on Morris, (I believe) Sims loops from the inside shoulder of the offensive tackle into the abandoned lane. Except he pushed his pursuit too far wide. Instead of meeting RGIII in the gap with a chance at a clean shot, he gets caught flat-footed in an awkward position where an arm tackle is his best shot. Dallas had the perfect design called for the situation. The defender just didn’t execute.

The fact that Washington’s inside and outside stretch concepts are the best in the NFL doesn’t help defenses though. It’s a tough ground game to gain traction against.

[DiG]

Originally Posted by Cudders

Pistol formation with Morris as the back and a blocker flanking RGIII. He sticks the ball out for the hand-off as the blocker moves across the formation.

The fact that Washington’s inside and outside stretch concepts are the best in the NFL doesn’t help defenses though. It’s a tough ground game to gain traction against.

It doesnt hurt either that RG3 has some of the most incredibly deceptive hands I've ever seen. I dont know how he pulls off a lot of his play actions. It's unreal.

[MetSox17]

Originally Posted by D-Unit

Russell Wilson and Colin Kaepernick are better than Romo.

Oh, D. You get so silly after losses.