The big run by Barkley: Analysis

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gimmesix said:
I like Heath's reaction in the Sounds from the Game video. He basically admitted he was helpless. He charged forward and took a bad angle instead of staying in front of him and breaking down in order to try to slow him down, but no, the big run isn't on Heath.
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Heath wasn't helpless. Tough hand to play, but he could have played it better. Don't break down. Continue the charge and cut off Saquon from the sideline, trying to take a shot at him while he closing instead of trying to catch Saquon by moving laterally. Treat it more like a kick off return.

Heath broke down 13 yards away from Saquon. That's just way too big a gap to leave.
 
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Mr_C said:
I wrongly blamed Heath during the game thread and yelled at my wife about him.

I apologize to the game thread and my wife.

I appreciate the time you put in and great work as always @xwalker

These analysis are excellent
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Yeh me too i said it was a ty craw jeff heath connection.
 
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xwalker said:
2ND & 1 AT NYG 18(11:25)
(11:25) S.Barkley up the middle pushed ob at DAL 23 for 59 yards (C.Awuzie).

Breakdown
  • Crawford RDE squeezes down to close the inside gap.
  • FS Woods was up on this play and played outside contain.
  • He initially had inside position on the blocker but moved outside.
  • CB Brown was already on the outside.
  • Woods should know that Brown has the outside because the outside WR is blocking Woods.
  • Brown and Woods both end up covering the outside.
  • Crawford had squeezed down the inside gap that Barkley was initially going to run through.
  • Vander Esch also covered the same gap that Crawford had closed down.
  • That meant no defenders except Heath who was 15 yards back at the point Barkley crosses the line.
  • The gap is technically outside of the LT who had moved inside blocking Crawford.
  • Giants #88 did block Crawford in the back but that was not the cause of the big gain.
  • Vander Esch appears to have been the primary cause.
  • X.Woods was likely the next in line for blame.
    • Only 1 of Woods or Brown should have stayed outside.
  • There was no chance that Heath could make that tackle.
    • It is possible that Heath was expected to cut off Barkley's outside path.
    • If Heath had cut off the outside then there are defenders to the inside.
Anybody heaping blame on Heath for this play has an agenda.
If Heath could make that open field tackle on Barkley, then Barkley is not very good.


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Seriously? You're trying to give Crawford a free pass here?

He was a joke disgrace the entire time he lined up at RDE in this game. Yet once again, the Cowboys faithful wants to over look it rather than admitting the obvious.
 
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I assumed that the LB missed filling the gap. They will get better. Chido ran him down like Larry Allen.
 
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I agree with the Heath part but I don't agree it's LVE. I think it's 90% Crawford, 10% Woods. This is a clear run down at 2nd and 1 so everyone should be keyed in on the RB.

We play a 1-gap scheme meaning each playing is responsible for 1-gap. In this case, Crawford has the C gap and LVE has the B gap. When Crawford jump off the line he goes to defend the LT but the LT is moving downfield aiming at LVE. Instead, with Crawford fixated on the LT he is washed out by the TE.

What Crawford should have done was take care of his gap first. That's his responsibility, he should have swiped at the LT at most, and long-arm bull-rushed the TE to make sure his C gap is covered. If Crawford does that he might get into the backfield and have a chance to make a tackle in the backfield. Crawford IMO misreads the situation and fails to complete his assignment. We know he has the power to maintain his gap in that situation, he's just a bit rusty IMO.
 
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Vander Esch committed to the hole when he should have mirrored Brakley. Barkley never was taking it from the start! Watch it again, I bet Vander Esch learned from this, I don't think he will make that mistake next time!

Must contain before committing!!

PS: Brown (30) Needs to freakin wrap up! Would have had Barkley in the backfield on another play. Twice I saw him not wrapping up!
 
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Vander Esch committed to the hole when he should have mirrored Brakley. Barkley never was taking it from the start! Watch it again, I bet Vander Esch learned from this, I don't think he will make that mistake next time!

Must contain before committing!!

PS: Brown (30) Needs to freakin wrap up! Would have had Barkley in the backfield on another play. Twice I saw him fail to wrapping up!
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stilltheguru said:
I'm just saying dallas has a history of rookies playing great and regressing year 2 after the hype.
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He made a big play on a 4th and 1.5 yards when Eli play action and rolled out, LVE sniffed it out and made the play. Yes he was out of position on a play but it was 1 play
 
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The way I see it is it was week 1 and players are rusty from little action during PS.

A few players made mistakes in their reads and unfortunately they did it against a RB known for homerun plays.

Hopefully in the next upcoming games that gets cleaned up.
 
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DanA said:
I agree with the Heath part but I don't agree it's LVE. I think it's 90% Crawford, 10% Woods. This is a clear run down at 2nd and 1 so everyone should be keyed in on the RB.

We play a 1-gap scheme meaning each playing is responsible for 1-gap. In this case, Crawford has the C gap and LVE has the B gap. When Crawford jump off the line he goes to defend the LT but the LT is moving downfield aiming at LVE. Instead, with Crawford fixated on the LT he is washed out by the TE.

What Crawford should have done was take care of his gap first. That's his responsibility, he should have swiped at the LT at most, and long-arm bull-rushed the TE to make sure his C gap is covered. If Crawford does that he might get into the backfield and have a chance to make a tackle in the backfield. Crawford IMO misreads the situation and fails to complete his assignment. We know he has the power to maintain his gap in that situation, he's just a bit rusty IMO.
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I totally agree with you on this take. Seriously, on 2nd and 1, what the hell was Crawford doing? For that matter, what did the guy do well all game when lined up at RDE?

I'll answer that - nothing! The same nothing that he always does out there. The same nothing that fans and Cowboys media covers their eyes to. $10 million cap hit for that? Just burn the money, and play with a 52-man roster. That's what you're effectively doing anyway.
 
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DanA said:
I agree with the Heath part but I don't agree it's LVE. I think it's 90% Crawford, 10% Woods. This is a clear run down at 2nd and 1 so everyone should be keyed in on the RB.

We play a 1-gap scheme meaning each playing is responsible for 1-gap. In this case, Crawford has the C gap and LVE has the B gap. When Crawford jump off the line he goes to defend the LT but the LT is moving downfield aiming at LVE. Instead, with Crawford fixated on the LT he is washed out by the TE.

What Crawford should have done was take care of his gap first. That's his responsibility, he should have swiped at the LT at most, and long-arm bull-rushed the TE to make sure his C gap is covered. If Crawford does that he might get into the backfield and have a chance to make a tackle in the backfield. Crawford IMO misreads the situation and fails to complete his assignment. We know he has the power to maintain his gap in that situation, he's just a bit rusty IMO.
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Yep... Crawford got dominated so bad that it took out LVE on that play.
 
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It might not have been Heath's fault that it went for 15 yards, but it's his fault it went for 59. He didn't get juked in the open field, he just took a bad angle like he constantly does and didn't even have a chance to make the tackle.
 
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I blame LVE but it's not LVE it's that stupid one gap system against a single high RB. And it doesn't matter if it's the "I" formation, the pistol formation, or the single high set. When ever the RB is line up directly behind the QB we need to switch to a two gap system.

How the heck can Crawford maintain his gap when he's being double teamed? He can't. So with Crawford being blocked out of his gap and LVE still playing the one gap style 59 yards is the result.

Offense linemen are going to double team our defensive linemen and push them out of their gaps. So the running back, coming directly from behind the QB, just needs to make a small quick cut to find the open hole. With the linebackers still playing their one gap style they just end up getting washed out of the play. Aka caught up in the pile.

Marinelli's get up the field, attacking style defense leaves us susceptible to draws. And our one gap system leaves us susceptible to small quick cutbacks by the RB. Especially when that RB is coming from directly behind the QB.

If you go back and look at the Colts game from last year you'll see a bunch of draws and a bunch of run in which the RB lined up directly behind the QB. And it's the same thing in the Rams playoff game.

An easy read and audible by our defense can fix the problem but these guys aren't even taught the two gap system. We are a one trick pony on defense and if teams start running the ball on us 30 plus times a game. Like the Colts and the Rams did. It will be hard for us to win ballgames.

Our offense will have to carry the load this year. Cause Marinelli sucks.
 
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stasheroo said:
Seriously? You're trying to give Crawford a free pass here?

He was a joke disgrace the entire time he lined up at RDE in this game. Yet once again, the Cowboys faithful wants to over look it rather than admitting the obvious.
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I'm analyzing 1 play.

Your obsession with the player does not change the facts of the play.

It's a good sign that they are mixing things up this year.

Last year the RDE would just stay with outside contain on this type of play.

The Rams knew that he would stay with outside contain and they exploited those types of scheme limitations.

The difficultly is that changing up the DL assignments means the surrounding players (primarily LB and Safeties) must also react differently.

The RDE either squeezes down the inside gap or he maintains outside contain.

Once he commits to closing the inside gap, anything to the right of the RDE is not his assignment.

Barkley ran to the outside of the LT and Crawford.

Crawford not having outside contain was obviously part of the defensive play call because both X.Woods and Brown played outside contain.
 
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To put it into simple terms. When a running back is line up directly behind the QB he can run up the "B" gap or he can run off tackle. So in that situation our linebackers need to stop blindly running to their gaps. And start playing a read and react style.

In a one gap system you blindly run up to your gaps. In a two gap system you read and react.
 
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