(09-25-2020, 03:02 PM)knarnn Wrote:

(09-25-2020, 02:52 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote:
This is not a zone blitz, its only a 3-man rush. This is a red zone Cover 2 with a DT peeling off into coverage.  They were in a 3x1 formation with the back offset to the weak side.  The weak corner does not allow an outside release, passes the inside route to the safety, and would be responsible for Henry in the flat.  Jack faked like he was blitzing and dropped to to hook-curl zone, but he was looking at the back in the flat (who the corner would have had) when he should have been expecting a crosser from the the trips side.  The safety had the WR on the inside route.  That was Jack's play to make, but he had his eyes in the wrong place and did not follow his keys properly.  Dropping the DT here was to help re-route any crossing routes (which he did... though it could have been more effective), take away another potential throwing lane, or fill a gap if the QB started to scramble towards the end zone.

On 3rd and goal from the 5, I have no problem with this play call... its solid.  Especially against a QB like Tannehill.  But it was poorly executed, particularly by Jack.  Jack is a very athletic player, but tends to make mental errors like this throughout the game and it holds him back from being elite.  Poz would have made this play.  Now if you want to argue "well that is coaching because Jack made a mistake"... I'm with you.  But the scheme here is fine.

That’s what I said.

It’s a bad play design. You would normally drop a DT with QB spy responsibility on a zone blitz. The hope is to confuse the QB enough to allow the blitzer to get there. Dropping an extra lineman in a cover 2 scheme is ineffective there. Tannehill had all day to make a decision and waited until his man came free inbetween zones easily crossing Taven.

I don't know what play you're watching.  We actually had decent edge pressure on the weak side (for a change) but Tannehill threw the ball in about 2.5 seconds.  We don't get to the QB in 2.5 seconds even when we blitz.  The play was poorly executed by Jack... his eyes were in the wrong spot.  The design and call were good... the execution by Jack was not.  If you don't understand that, you're just being emotional and nothing I can tell you will help you get it. But that's fine.

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