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London (play) Calling: Good or Bad?

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Given how many posters have been blaming DeFilippo's play calling for the offensive failure in London I thought I'd look at the all 22 and point out the number of missed opportunities and well defended attempts to go downfield. 

Opportunities From First Possession :

2nd Dwn - Oliver runs a deep cross 16 yards down field but just before he cuts to come open, Minshew is pressured from the RT position and dumps it to the shallow crossing Chark. 
 same drive later -

3rd and 4 -  Oliver and Conley sent deep, Cole sent beyond sticks, Chark does a quick comeback, pressure from right side behind the pocket moves Minshew forward where he throws a tough to grab ball to Fournette incomplete. 
If 15 could buy a half second longer he has Cole for the first down and big gain, or if the pass to the back is a little better it's a first down. 

This drive featured only ONE PASS PLAY that didn't feature multiple receivers running beyond the sticks and only two plays that didn't involve multiple receivers deep. Minshew can be observed trying to look to the receivers downfield but gets hurried during those plays.  This scripted first series was not conservative at all. 



Second Possession  -  synopsis of opportunities and conservative calls:

1st down Play Action Pass -
Chark and Conley go deep (post route double move and deep in), 27 and DeValve run to flats after chipping. Deep routes get good safety help and 15 checks to TE for 6 yards. NOT A DESIGNED short pass. He was looking deep and he actually looked deep too long to take advantage of the wide open TE and the LB stopped him for only 6. 

(good run by 27 - 7 yards - followed by quick pass to 27 which was poorly timed and well defended - this was the first "conservative call"  that I've really seen and it was poorly executed and well defended)

Now they call a run up the middle and it features good design and blocking except for Koyack completely ignoring a blitzing LB who stops LF for 1 yard when it could have been at least 5 or 6. BIG running lane was opened by design between C and RG. LF caught instead from behind before hitting the hole. Why Koyack helped Cam instead of picking up the guy RIGHT in front of him is a mystery to me. 

False start on 3rd and 10 hurts the drive. 

3rd and 15 - Minshew has a shot to exploit zone coverage here with Keelan Cole getting open between the LB and Safety but chooses to hit LF in space instead. Fournette dances around rather than getting north and south and it's Logan Cooke time. Not a conservative call, but a conservative decision at QB and a poor play by 27 IMO. 



3rd possession:

1st down: TE Oliver in motion from left to right leaks into flat to accept a 4 yard pass. The DB was supposed to follow Conley who was clearing out the area, but the DB doesn't bite and tackles Oliver for short gain. 
If Jags are smart they keep this in the book and fake the TE pass but go to the slant that comes open as a result of the motion TE. 

2nd down:
Designed short pass to Chark. Two other receivers effectively clear the are and Chark would have one guy to beat and had space to do it.  Pass is tipped by pass rusher.   Could have been a nice gain up the left sideline for Chark otherwise. 

3rd and 6:  Big gain but also a missed opportunity. Minshew has a pretty clean pocket but moves too far up and right when he's got lots of room to his left. Meanwhile, Chark is running free over the middle deep and Oliver is deep with some healthy cushion from the safety. Nonetheless Minshew does his thing and buys time to hit Armstead for a bug gain.

1st down: Oliver and Conley running beyond the sticks well covered - Chark and Cole run just shy of sticks. Incomplete pass to Chark. 

( 11 yard run, followed by 1 yard run)

2nd and 9:  Four receivers run beyond the sticks on curls/comebacks and LF is the checkdown. Minshew hits Conley for 12 yds and a conversion. 

1st down:  Looking for a shot to the endzone here, but Chark is doubled there and Minshew overthrows DeValve instead. Interesting note here - the TE's are crossing one another over the middle here and Koyack's route kind of screws up the timing for both of them by getting in DeValve's path. 

(27 runs left for 4 yards)

3rd and 6:  Cole, Conley and Chark all going to end zone. Play is spoiled by pressure from RT and Minshew doesn't see his outlet underneath in Armstead. Incomplete pass. 



Bottom line here is that:
* there were a small number of conservative calls but not many. Nothing unusual at all. 
*There were a couple of  conservative decisions from the QB.
*There were a couple of missed opportunities by the QB.
*There were a number of protection failures made by TEs and linemen that spoiled plays.
*There were some good plays by the defense. 

Putting the offensive woes of the Jags in the first half of that game on conservative play design or play calling doesn't make any sense to me. Especially now with this review. 
Of course we know they weren't conservative in the second half as they had to play catch up.
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London (play) Calling: Good or Bad? - by NYC4jags - 11-05-2019, 10:56 AM
RE: London (play) Calling: Good or Bad? - by Kane - 11-07-2019, 01:31 PM
RE: London (play) Calling: Good or Bad? - by Kane - 11-07-2019, 01:52 PM



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