The Anatomy Of A Play
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wow like the break down. this is legit. good post
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Thanks earl always enjoyed it!
Makes me sound like i know what im talkin about while watching the game to say oh shit TE! TE! FUUUU**! sounds better than oh shit tackle round end! tackle round end! FUUUUU**! Hehehehehe..
Keep it coming if you get the chance i love lookin over this stuff!
Hardesty impressed me he looks capable out there and hicks does better than cousins imho but we better keep em both because tony "baby soft" pashos while better than hicks and cousins put together wont last long before the bench is calling his name..
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Satn, Hardesty got high praise for his blocking. Great stuff Earl!!
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great post
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good post full of good info thanks
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That is some pretty decent pass blocking there. It looked to me like Colt was a little late on his reads and pulling the trigger. He had a bit of the deer-in-the-headlights look going on these past few weeks. It's probably the learning curve of the new offense, but from these plays illustrated, it sure doesn't look like it's the line fault.
IS Hardesty a generally good pass blocker? I know that was Harrisons knock, and wonder how Hardesty has looked to you in breaking down the game film?
Thansk, great stuff.
IS Hardesty a generally good pass blocker? I know that was Harrisons knock, and wonder how Hardesty has looked to you in breaking down the game film?
Thansk, great stuff.
I **think** Harrison was a poor pass blocker but more importantly, he was an "unwilling" pass blocker. NFL scouts use that term and perhaps it's obvious but there is the inability to block and the unwillingness to to do so. Harrison was at LEAST the latter of the two and probably both. I think that the more I watch Jerome fail to find any significance on an NFL field, it makes me believe that Mangini was right about him. He's a guy who won't do the essentials and that's not even counting his conveniently coming up lame against hard-hitting opponents.
Pass blocking technique can be taught and I think that Hardesty did fine last Sunday. Early in his career, Ricky Williams was quite a good pass blocker and besides his running ability I really believe that it's his pass blocking and receiving skills that have kept him in the league in his early 30's. If you're going to play RB in the NFL, you have to be able to read a front and pick up a blitz. Otherwise you're going to be one-dimensional and defenses are going to know why you're in the game which means you won't be in the game.
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Wow. THANKS, EARL !
it takes time to set that up in a post,
that is great to check out.
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IS Hardesty a generally good pass blocker? I know that was Harrisons knock, and wonder how Hardesty has looked to you in breaking down the game film?
Thansk, great stuff.
I **think** Harrison was a poor pass blocker but more importantly, he was an "unwilling" pass blocker. NFL scouts use that term and perhaps it's obvious but there is the inability to block and the unwillingness to to do so. Harrison was at LEAST the latter of the two and probably both. I think that the more I watch Jerome fail to find any significance on an NFL field, it makes me believe that Mangini was right about him. He's a guy who won't do the essentials and that's not even counting his conveniently coming up lame against hard-hitting opponents.
Pass blocking technique can be taught and I think that Hardesty did fine last Sunday. Early in his career, Ricky Williams was quite a good pass blocker and besides his running ability I really believe that it's his pass blocking and receiving skills that have kept him in the league in his early 30's. If you're going to play RB in the NFL, you have to be able to read a front and pick up a blitz. Otherwise you're going to be one-dimensional and defenses are going to know why you're in the game which means you won't be in the game.
I **think** Harrison was a poor pass blocker but more importantly, he was an "unwilling" pass blocker. NFL scouts use that term and perhaps it's obvious but there is the inability to block and the unwillingness to to do so. Harrison was at LEAST the latter of the two and probably both. I think that the more I watch Jerome fail to find any significance on an NFL field, it makes me believe that Mangini was right about him. He's a guy who won't do the essentials and that's not even counting his conveniently coming up lame against hard-hitting opponents.
Pass blocking technique can be taught and I think that Hardesty did fine last Sunday. Early in his career, Ricky Williams was quite a good pass blocker and besides his running ability I really believe that it's his pass blocking and receiving skills that have kept him in the league in his early 30's. If you're going to play RB in the NFL, you have to be able to read a front and pick up a blitz. Otherwise you're going to be one-dimensional and defenses are going to know why you're in the game which means you won't be in the game.
Completely agree.
Being successful as a pass blocker is very important to being successful as an RB, in my opinion. Knowing the defensive fronts, the blitzes, seeing how the protection unfolds from your linemen, understanding defensive line stunts- all are things that can be attributed to pass blocking as well as running. They go hand in hand.
A good RB is an RB who can thinks pre-snap like a lineman. More often than not, the success of an OL is determined pre-snap. If an OL gets to the line and can't figure out who's going where on the defense before the snap of the ball, they're beat. It's rarely a case of matching up physically. As an OL, you've constantly got to be one step ahead of your man.
It's the same for a RB, too. A RB who gets to the line and can understand what the defense is doing before the snap of the ball can see the holes opening up before they actually do open up. And a good way to develop that vision is by paying attention when pass-blocking on earlier downs.
Now, all of this is thrown out on obvious passing situations, of course. Defenses completely change in those situations.
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I **think** Harrison was a poor pass blocker but more importantly, he was an "unwilling" pass blocker. NFL scouts use that term and perhaps it's obvious but there is the inability to block and the unwillingness to to do so. Harrison was at LEAST the latter of the two and probably both. I think that the more I watch Jerome fail to find any significance on an NFL field, it makes me believe that Mangini was right about him. He's a guy who won't do the essentials and that's not even counting his conveniently coming up lame against hard-hitting opponents.
Pass blocking technique can be taught and I think that Hardesty did fine last Sunday. Early in his career, Ricky Williams was quite a good pass blocker and besides his running ability I really believe that it's his pass blocking and receiving skills that have kept him in the league in his early 30's. If you're going to play RB in the NFL, you have to be able to read a front and pick up a blitz. Otherwise you're going to be one-dimensional and defenses are going to know why you're in the game which means you won't be in the game.
Completely agree.
Being successful as a pass blocker is very important to being successful as an RB, in my opinion. Knowing the defensive fronts, the blitzes, seeing how the protection unfolds from your linemen, understanding defensive line stunts- all are things that can be attributed to pass blocking as well as running. They go hand in hand.
A good RB is an RB who can thinks pre-snap like a lineman. More often than not, the success of an OL is determined pre-snap. If an OL gets to the line and can't figure out who's going where on the defense before the snap of the ball, they're beat. It's rarely a case of matching up physically. As an OL, you've constantly got to be one step ahead of your man.
It's the same for a RB, too. A RB who gets to the line and can understand what the defense is doing before the snap of the ball can see the holes opening up before they actually do open up. And a good way to develop that vision is by paying attention when pass-blocking on earlier downs.
Now, all of this is thrown out on obvious passing situations, of course. Defenses completely change in those situations.
Now, all of this is thrown out on obvious passing situations, of course. Defenses completely change in those situations.
Not necessarily. On Monday night, the Cowboys were faced with 3rd and 21 on their final drive. That's as obvious a passing situation as you can have. Haslett dialed up a 0-blitz. That's no deep safety, man coverage and everyone else blitzes. Our most recent coach was on ESPN explaining how the Cowboys dealt with that and it basically boiled down to changing the alignment of the blockers presnap and forcing the Redskins to switch into a basic front. Once that happened, everyone on offense had a clearer picture of whom to block.
The Raiders did the same thing to the Jets all day long. They took all of Rex Ryan's beloved overload schemes (loading up one side of the formation) and kept forcing them to switch to a base-front alignment. That made the Jets D look very pedestrian.
Where the hell were you the first couple of weeks?
Working....insanely busy and three nights a week I am essentially a single parent when my wife works late.
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I'm your biggest fan!! Great post. Would love to see narrative next to picture so that I'm not always scrolling up and down. But hey, we "anatomy" lovers can't be choosers. Thank you, again.
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I love these posts. By all means, keep them coming whenever possible.
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awesome work, earl.
awesome work, earl.
Are you related to any of the Kanicki's by chance?
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