More Banjo: Week 9 @ Los Angeles Chargers

[pbmax]

If they’re playing man to man, it’s the softest man to man I’ve ever seen. The defender is trailing the receiver by 3 yards or the receiver catches the ball in the middle with no defender in the picture. I don’t have access to the coaches film, but on a lot of plays we had no defender following a motion man. That usually signifies zone. If Romo said they were mainly playing man to man, that coverage is very puzzling...and very poor.

Those crossing routes are designed to defeat man to man. If they have time and get past the underneath defender (even in man to man, ILBs often take drops if no receiver needs to be accounted for) its hard to defense in man to man.

Pass rush wasn't getting home.

[Fritz]

But is the pass rush not getting home because the line is playing more conservatively, thinking about filling gaps and using only straight-ahead rushes? Or are teams now doubling or chipping the Smith Brothers while others are not winning one-on-one's?

[mraynrand]

Or are teams now doubling or chipping the Smith Brothers while others are not winning one-on-one's?

I don't know if this has increased, but teams are running it and getting the ball out fast. Not controlling for TOP, Chargers ran it 38 times vs. Pack compared to 23 times average this season. Oakland 31 vs 25.

[Fritz]

That makes sense. If the Packers are going to get gashed for five or six yards a pop in the run game, why not hand it off a few times?

[Fritz]

That makes sense. If the Packers are going to get gashed for five or six yards a pop in the run game, why not hand it off a few times?

[pbmax]

But is the pass rush not getting home because the line is playing more conservatively, thinking about filling gaps and using only straight-ahead rushes? Or are teams now doubling or chipping the Smith Brothers while others are not winning one-on-one's?

To stop those crossing routes, you need inside pressure to clog up sight lines. They are not getting it.

wist may have burned out too many neurons relieving his anxiety by self-medicating, but he's not wrong about the still too short supply of talent on that side of the ball.

tex is right too. Northwestern is not getting it done inside.

[pbmax]

But is the pass rush not getting home because the line is playing more conservatively, thinking about filling gaps and using only straight-ahead rushes? Or are teams now doubling or chipping the Smith Brothers while others are not winning one-on-one's?

I think its a reaction to a good pass rush. It could be opponent dependent, but opposing offenses have not been taking 5 and 7 step drops to go deep for quite a while.

[Fritz]

To stop those crossing routes, you need inside pressure to clog up sight lines. They are not getting it.

wist may have burned out too many neurons relieving his anxiety by self-medicating, but he's not wrong about the still too short supply of talent on that side of the ball.

tex is right too. Northwestern is not getting it done inside.

My God, with the resources both Ted and Gutes have plowed into that side of the ball, you'd think they'd have an All-Star defense at this point.

Lots of mistakes. Josh Jones. Rollins. Oren Burks. Josh Jackson. Rashan Gary.

[ZachMN]

We need bigger bodies on the line to clog things up. I will always argue that your success depends on how either line plays; better D line makes linebackers etc all better. Oline good same thing.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

If he doesn't run Jones and Williams at least 25 times against that awful Panthers' run defense I'll be very disappointed.

If he does run Jones and Williams at least 25 times against that awful Panthers' run defense Tex will be very disappointed.

Someone's going to be very disappointed.

Ain't nobody's gonna be disappointed if the Packers come out passing for an insurmountable 50-0 lead at the half, and then watch nothing but Boyle handoffs in the 2nd half.

All running the rock does is distort the GAB's fragile rhythm.

[pbmax]

Ain't nobody's gonna be disappointed if the Packers come out passing for an insurmountable 50-0 lead at the half, and then watch nothing but Boyle handoffs in the 2nd half.

All running the rock does is distort the GAB's fragile rhythm.

At home, much more doable. They couldn't do it versus the Super Chargers.

[call_me_ishmael]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/28065597/the-nfl-non-qb-mvps-why-tj-watt-leads-way-why-christian-mccaffrey-missing

#1 rated non-QB in the MVP race according to ESPN.

And we're stuck with oft-injured King instead of the home town kid :'(