(10-17-2022, 09:05 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(10-17-2022, 08:45 AM)rpr52121 Wrote: It can depending on the offensive play calling. Normally the holes are at the intermediate level with C3. You can force other holes with certain flood concepts. Mesh, Pederson's historical bread and butter, normally only works if they are bad at communication.

Good insight there ^

Pederson does run this a lot, and if the defenders don't fall prey to pre snap movement and fight through the rubs they know to anticipate (especially out of bunch formations) then it is less effective. 

Also - as evidenced yesterday, teams will get better at defending it the more they have tape of it. 
Notice the number of screens and swing passes getting destroyed in the back field for losses yesterday. 

Also - how many holding penalties were called (and not called) when Jags WR and TE were held up on shallow crossing routes/underneath stuff yesterday? That was evidence the colts D was coached up on defending the mesh concepts.

Less WR screens on the outside and more RB and TE screens over the middle would have probably been better. They didn't really get him outside of the pocket much yesterday neither outside of the designed running plays in the redzone. I am glad they finally started doing that. I said that the other day. He had two rushing TD's but he probably left two or three more off his stat sheet in earlier games this year.

Those designs were the same exact designs they ran him in at Clemson and he would knife through the line and find a lane or two. He's not the fastest runner but he's an effective runner. Especially inside the 20. They need to probably try selling that this Sunday against the Giants though and do some trickery with the TE's. Engram or Arnold should be able to sneak off the LOS in those formations for an easy pitch and catch. 

I like what I am seeing though out of Pederson with Lawrence. Each week he's trying to wrinkle in something new or different and it works to an extent. They just need to execute in more situations and the defense absolutely has to dig it's head out of it's [BLEEP] fast this week.

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