Chidi29
01-14-2012, 09:54 AM
Obviously not the way you want to go out (as if there was a way). Lot to write so let's get into it.
First Half
- Kickoffs: 4.23 (-8, TB), 3.90 (OZ), 4.22 (OZ), 4.02 (OZ), 3.93 (-8, TB), 4.19 (-4), 4.40 (OZ). A strong end of the year performance for Suisham though no doubt helped by playing in Denver.
- Cotchery again the upback on kick returns. Not that we had any.
- Starting o-line: Starks, Kemoeatu, Legursky, Foster, Gilbert
- On the 33 yard pass to Miller on the first drive, we again fail to pick up the TE stunt and Ayers gets a clean shot on Ben. Picture.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Ayers_stunt.png
- Madison/Lewis starting gunners and jammers.
- Let's not forget how crucial of a 3rd down drop Cotchery had one the second drive. Beautiful play call too vs on coverage. Heath looking to run down seam naturally picks CB covering Cotchery, running a slant. Play was against Cover 1 with safety to the far hash and away from where Cotchery would have made the catch. Was a lot of green ahead of him.
- Hampton's injury occured on second play of the game. Blocked by Walton, looks like his left knee gets caught in the ground.
- Used some tight/bunch sets early in the game to get the ball to Heath in the flats.
- Nice example of Ben's maturity from a mental standpoint. Uses hard count to get Broncos to tip their hand at a run blitz/stack the box look. Checks out of the play to fade to Wallace. Pass falls incomplete but still a good idea. Pictures of the pre and post hard count.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/pre_hardcount.png
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/post_hardcount.png
- Added wrinkle to the screen game. 4x1 set, looks like screen (had a 4x1 set earlier and ran a quick screen). Pump to backside "Z" receiver. WR on strongside, Ward in this case, fakes screen off the snap and then breaks to a slant. Pass was incomplete but again, another good idea and a good way to keep defenses honest.
- Some special team positions to run through on kick coverage. Madison at L4, Sly L3, Will Allen L2, Cromartie-Smith L1, Foote R1, Battle R2, Worilds R3.
- Too bad Wallace couldn't hang onto the 52 yard almost-catch. Perfect time for the post vs Cover 2. "Z" receiver Brown runs a 9 to widen out the SS and the MIKE has no chance of catching up to Wallace.
- Foote came into the game with 13:00 left in 2nd.
- Saw Clark talking to Troy after second long catch by Thomas.
- Tebow QB draw for a TD. Lot to look at. Broncos line up in a 3X1 formation with a TE standing up on the three side with us in our 2-4-5 nickel. Key player I want to look at is Larry Foote. Here he is lined up initially.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Foote1.png
But seeing the empty alignment, he widens outside the hashes at the last second.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Foote2.png
This gives enough room for WR Matt Willis to block Foote instead of one of the lineman (RT or pulling guard) having to do it, letting the lineman get to the 2nd level no problem and block Troy out of the play. Picture of Willis' block on Foote to the left of your screen.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Foote3.png
- David Johnson was absloutely blasted by DJ Williams one on attempt. Knocked on his butt.
- Obvious Ben's ankle was in really bad shape, for the moment at least, after the sack the play before the interception. He took an old school drop where you don't open your hips and just drop straight back.
- David Johnson logging a few snaps as the 3rd down back due to depth issues at RB.
- Looked like there was a silent snap count on punts; Mundy would wave his arm to Kapinos to let him know of the snap.
- Ben throwing the ball away with :40 left in the half. The play where some and at the time, me, said he should have checked it to Heath. Looking at it again, there was a LB closing fast on Heath so it's understandable to float that one to the sidelines.
- That was Starks' final play too. I think I heard that he got hurt a few plays prior. I'm no Starks fan but he sure is a tough cookie. Played snaps after hurting his neck last year too before finally being taken out.
Second Half
- Yet another illegal substitution penalty. Probably our 3rd/4th on the road this year.
- Another screen wrinkle. Fake screen to the "X", block/release screen across the field to Heath.
- Did look like the hit on David Johnson that was initally flagged and then picked up was clean. Hit him at the top of the chest which is legal.
- I've said it before. Antonio Brown is one of the quickest 0-60 guys I've ever seen.
- Redman's 33 yard TD run down to the one. Again had David Johnson's blocking used as window dressing. Blocks the opposite side off tackle and the MIKE 'backer Mays (#51) follows him. That combined with the counter by Redman doesn't let Mays fill the gap Redman is running to and while he gets a shot at making the tackle, doesn't have the time to get square and Redman runs through him. Picture.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Maysfooled.png
Did this earlier on a 3rd and 2 conversion we picked up.
- David Johnson and Heath had huge blocks to seal edge on Wallace's TD, letting him walk in.
- Ziggy Hood saved us a touchdown and even the opportunity to go to OT on the first play of the 4th quarter. Read option by Tebow. Hood somehow able to change directions quickly enough after initally stepping to the back to close open gap and force Tebow to go east/west long enough until help arrived.
- Cam Heyward showing brute strength, pulling Lance Ball down with just one arm.
- One on delay of game penalty (was called offsides by Sanders but playclock had gone down to zero), it doesn't look like we broke the huddle until there were :13 left. Leaves us very little time to declare fronts and make all the needed pre-snap adjustments.
- Kudos to Suisham for his 3/3 performance. Did help all his kicks were from the right hash.
- Lots of credit to Heyward and Mundy for coming from the backside to make the tackle/force the fumble of McGahee that let us tie the game.
- Fairly obvious post was coming to Wallace on Bailey's near INT. Motioned him to a narrow split without him getting lined up and set. The single high safety was playing up but running a post vs Cover 1/3 isn't a great idea, especially when you're a bit limited by the end zone.
- Big, big credit goes to Ramon Foster on the Cotchery TD. Helps out Gilbert by knocking the DE to the ground, letting Ben step up and make the throw. Picture.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Fosterblock.png
- Sanders' catch on the final drive. Faked WR screen to Wallace, DB on Sanders slows up and it's more than enough to let Sanders get a step on him. Makes a nice catch, too.
- Another delay of game. With just a few seconds left on the playclock, we're not even on the line yet. Unacceptable, especially coming out of a timeout where we have ample time. On the last drive of regulation with a chance to win the game, it's disgusting. Picture, check the playclock and the fact that Brown and Wallace are still jogging to their spots.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/LateBreak.png
- For what it's worth, and not much because I don't want to sound like a whiner because the loss is completely our fault, Champ Bailey did run onto the field and down the sidelines on Thomas' game-winning TD. Technically illegal and I *think* would have negated the TD.
- Legursky didn't get any sort of push in the run game, constantly being blown back. Did have the balky shoulder so I realize that's part of the equation. Almost all of his bad snaps came from having a DT lined up over him.
- All the credit in the world to Hood, Heyward, and McClendon for basically playing the entire last three quarters and still shutting down the Broncos' rushing attack. Especially to Heyward and McClendon, guys that never play that much. And to still show the hustle/extra effort they did is outstanding.
- Maybe I underestimated the loss of Clark, even though I knew it was a big loss. It looked like Troy was helping out Mundy quite a bit as to where he should line up.
- Shocked we gave up as much chunk yardage as we did. Never happens to us. Just shocking.
Sacks
- 2nd and 7, 9:56 left in 2nd. 21 personnel. Playaction. Broncos bring four. Starks put on his butt by Ayers and Ayers runs into Ben to bring him down. Really embarassing for Max though I do want to throw out two cavaets. I don't know exactly when Max was hurt. Maybe he was prior. He was still bull rushed bad without this, but he seemed to have completely lost his footing after he was tripped by Redman. Picture of Max in mid-air, the last thing you want to hear about your offensive lineman doing.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Starksrushed.png
- 1st and 10, 7:23 left in 4th. 12. Broncos rush 4. Bunkley rips away from Legursky and brings Ben down. Steelers kept six on the play, ugh.
- 1st and 10, 1:37 left in 4th. Empty set. Broncos rush 5. Miller starts the speed rush vs Gilbert and then stops and turns after seeing Ben steup up and slide to his right. Broncos solid in coverage on the play, too.
- 1st and 10, :29 left in 4th. 10 with Miller in backfield. Three man rush. Dumervil splits LG/C on TE stunt. Gets a finger on the ball and knocks it away, recovered by Ben. Manny Sanders said that it was the perfect play against the look they wanted and would have gained 15-20 yards, putting us well within FG range. Again, lack of communication on a simple three man rush with one stunt throws us for a loop. Unbelieveable.
- 4th and 14, :03 left. 10. Broncos bring four with safety on coverage/blitz read on back. Ayers lined up over Doug pre-snap, swims past Legs, and brings Ben down.
Sack Counter (Game)
Doug Legursky: 2.5
Max Starks: 1
Marcus Gilbert: .5
Chris Kemoeatu: .5
Coverage: .5
Documentation
FB:15
Pony: 0
Empty: 15
First Half
- Kickoffs: 4.23 (-8, TB), 3.90 (OZ), 4.22 (OZ), 4.02 (OZ), 3.93 (-8, TB), 4.19 (-4), 4.40 (OZ). A strong end of the year performance for Suisham though no doubt helped by playing in Denver.
- Cotchery again the upback on kick returns. Not that we had any.
- Starting o-line: Starks, Kemoeatu, Legursky, Foster, Gilbert
- On the 33 yard pass to Miller on the first drive, we again fail to pick up the TE stunt and Ayers gets a clean shot on Ben. Picture.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Ayers_stunt.png
- Madison/Lewis starting gunners and jammers.
- Let's not forget how crucial of a 3rd down drop Cotchery had one the second drive. Beautiful play call too vs on coverage. Heath looking to run down seam naturally picks CB covering Cotchery, running a slant. Play was against Cover 1 with safety to the far hash and away from where Cotchery would have made the catch. Was a lot of green ahead of him.
- Hampton's injury occured on second play of the game. Blocked by Walton, looks like his left knee gets caught in the ground.
- Used some tight/bunch sets early in the game to get the ball to Heath in the flats.
- Nice example of Ben's maturity from a mental standpoint. Uses hard count to get Broncos to tip their hand at a run blitz/stack the box look. Checks out of the play to fade to Wallace. Pass falls incomplete but still a good idea. Pictures of the pre and post hard count.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/pre_hardcount.png
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/post_hardcount.png
- Added wrinkle to the screen game. 4x1 set, looks like screen (had a 4x1 set earlier and ran a quick screen). Pump to backside "Z" receiver. WR on strongside, Ward in this case, fakes screen off the snap and then breaks to a slant. Pass was incomplete but again, another good idea and a good way to keep defenses honest.
- Some special team positions to run through on kick coverage. Madison at L4, Sly L3, Will Allen L2, Cromartie-Smith L1, Foote R1, Battle R2, Worilds R3.
- Too bad Wallace couldn't hang onto the 52 yard almost-catch. Perfect time for the post vs Cover 2. "Z" receiver Brown runs a 9 to widen out the SS and the MIKE has no chance of catching up to Wallace.
- Foote came into the game with 13:00 left in 2nd.
- Saw Clark talking to Troy after second long catch by Thomas.
- Tebow QB draw for a TD. Lot to look at. Broncos line up in a 3X1 formation with a TE standing up on the three side with us in our 2-4-5 nickel. Key player I want to look at is Larry Foote. Here he is lined up initially.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Foote1.png
But seeing the empty alignment, he widens outside the hashes at the last second.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Foote2.png
This gives enough room for WR Matt Willis to block Foote instead of one of the lineman (RT or pulling guard) having to do it, letting the lineman get to the 2nd level no problem and block Troy out of the play. Picture of Willis' block on Foote to the left of your screen.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Foote3.png
- David Johnson was absloutely blasted by DJ Williams one on attempt. Knocked on his butt.
- Obvious Ben's ankle was in really bad shape, for the moment at least, after the sack the play before the interception. He took an old school drop where you don't open your hips and just drop straight back.
- David Johnson logging a few snaps as the 3rd down back due to depth issues at RB.
- Looked like there was a silent snap count on punts; Mundy would wave his arm to Kapinos to let him know of the snap.
- Ben throwing the ball away with :40 left in the half. The play where some and at the time, me, said he should have checked it to Heath. Looking at it again, there was a LB closing fast on Heath so it's understandable to float that one to the sidelines.
- That was Starks' final play too. I think I heard that he got hurt a few plays prior. I'm no Starks fan but he sure is a tough cookie. Played snaps after hurting his neck last year too before finally being taken out.
Second Half
- Yet another illegal substitution penalty. Probably our 3rd/4th on the road this year.
- Another screen wrinkle. Fake screen to the "X", block/release screen across the field to Heath.
- Did look like the hit on David Johnson that was initally flagged and then picked up was clean. Hit him at the top of the chest which is legal.
- I've said it before. Antonio Brown is one of the quickest 0-60 guys I've ever seen.
- Redman's 33 yard TD run down to the one. Again had David Johnson's blocking used as window dressing. Blocks the opposite side off tackle and the MIKE 'backer Mays (#51) follows him. That combined with the counter by Redman doesn't let Mays fill the gap Redman is running to and while he gets a shot at making the tackle, doesn't have the time to get square and Redman runs through him. Picture.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Maysfooled.png
Did this earlier on a 3rd and 2 conversion we picked up.
- David Johnson and Heath had huge blocks to seal edge on Wallace's TD, letting him walk in.
- Ziggy Hood saved us a touchdown and even the opportunity to go to OT on the first play of the 4th quarter. Read option by Tebow. Hood somehow able to change directions quickly enough after initally stepping to the back to close open gap and force Tebow to go east/west long enough until help arrived.
- Cam Heyward showing brute strength, pulling Lance Ball down with just one arm.
- One on delay of game penalty (was called offsides by Sanders but playclock had gone down to zero), it doesn't look like we broke the huddle until there were :13 left. Leaves us very little time to declare fronts and make all the needed pre-snap adjustments.
- Kudos to Suisham for his 3/3 performance. Did help all his kicks were from the right hash.
- Lots of credit to Heyward and Mundy for coming from the backside to make the tackle/force the fumble of McGahee that let us tie the game.
- Fairly obvious post was coming to Wallace on Bailey's near INT. Motioned him to a narrow split without him getting lined up and set. The single high safety was playing up but running a post vs Cover 1/3 isn't a great idea, especially when you're a bit limited by the end zone.
- Big, big credit goes to Ramon Foster on the Cotchery TD. Helps out Gilbert by knocking the DE to the ground, letting Ben step up and make the throw. Picture.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Fosterblock.png
- Sanders' catch on the final drive. Faked WR screen to Wallace, DB on Sanders slows up and it's more than enough to let Sanders get a step on him. Makes a nice catch, too.
- Another delay of game. With just a few seconds left on the playclock, we're not even on the line yet. Unacceptable, especially coming out of a timeout where we have ample time. On the last drive of regulation with a chance to win the game, it's disgusting. Picture, check the playclock and the fact that Brown and Wallace are still jogging to their spots.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/LateBreak.png
- For what it's worth, and not much because I don't want to sound like a whiner because the loss is completely our fault, Champ Bailey did run onto the field and down the sidelines on Thomas' game-winning TD. Technically illegal and I *think* would have negated the TD.
- Legursky didn't get any sort of push in the run game, constantly being blown back. Did have the balky shoulder so I realize that's part of the equation. Almost all of his bad snaps came from having a DT lined up over him.
- All the credit in the world to Hood, Heyward, and McClendon for basically playing the entire last three quarters and still shutting down the Broncos' rushing attack. Especially to Heyward and McClendon, guys that never play that much. And to still show the hustle/extra effort they did is outstanding.
- Maybe I underestimated the loss of Clark, even though I knew it was a big loss. It looked like Troy was helping out Mundy quite a bit as to where he should line up.
- Shocked we gave up as much chunk yardage as we did. Never happens to us. Just shocking.
Sacks
- 2nd and 7, 9:56 left in 2nd. 21 personnel. Playaction. Broncos bring four. Starks put on his butt by Ayers and Ayers runs into Ben to bring him down. Really embarassing for Max though I do want to throw out two cavaets. I don't know exactly when Max was hurt. Maybe he was prior. He was still bull rushed bad without this, but he seemed to have completely lost his footing after he was tripped by Redman. Picture of Max in mid-air, the last thing you want to hear about your offensive lineman doing.
http://i1246.photobucket.com/albums/gg608/Chidi2929/Starksrushed.png
- 1st and 10, 7:23 left in 4th. 12. Broncos rush 4. Bunkley rips away from Legursky and brings Ben down. Steelers kept six on the play, ugh.
- 1st and 10, 1:37 left in 4th. Empty set. Broncos rush 5. Miller starts the speed rush vs Gilbert and then stops and turns after seeing Ben steup up and slide to his right. Broncos solid in coverage on the play, too.
- 1st and 10, :29 left in 4th. 10 with Miller in backfield. Three man rush. Dumervil splits LG/C on TE stunt. Gets a finger on the ball and knocks it away, recovered by Ben. Manny Sanders said that it was the perfect play against the look they wanted and would have gained 15-20 yards, putting us well within FG range. Again, lack of communication on a simple three man rush with one stunt throws us for a loop. Unbelieveable.
- 4th and 14, :03 left. 10. Broncos bring four with safety on coverage/blitz read on back. Ayers lined up over Doug pre-snap, swims past Legs, and brings Ben down.
Sack Counter (Game)
Doug Legursky: 2.5
Max Starks: 1
Marcus Gilbert: .5
Chris Kemoeatu: .5
Coverage: .5
Documentation
FB:15
Pony: 0
Empty: 15