Originally Posted by
El-Gonzo Jackson
Looks like the Jags are in man coverage with single hi safety.
At snap of ball, the Steelers O line stands up and pass blocks, so #47 doesnt come to attack the run. (honestly, I would prefer the O line to show run block, to sell the fake. Kind of block it like an RPO technique on the O line.) If they were in zone, #47 would be getting a deeper drop to take away the lane.
#47 looks to Conner slipping out in the flat as that would be his coverage responsibility. #44 on the other side, mirrors Watt, as that is his coverage responsibility.
The single safety does a poor job of not reading Ben and playing passive. He has to know there is only 10 yards behind him and see that Ben looks to Ebron in the seam from the snap of the ball. Even as Ebron stems the corner to the outside, the Safety has to be breaking on the seam and not standing in cement, because no receiver stems a route to break in the same direction as the stem.
Good pass and catch, but really weak play action fake and line action that didn't draw the LB's towards the LOS like you would want with play action. Essentially the play worked because the safety and #47 were in "no man's land" and the throw was on time and location.