After Re-watching The Game...

[Homerun Trot]

You don't believe that do you ?

Have you never seen a QB duck under a rushing Dlineman and find a back to avoid a sack, .. sidestep an oncoming rusher to buy time, or curl back and roll out of the pocket one way or the other to avoid the rush and make a big play ?

Once you do that successfully once or twice, the blitz will slow down.

If the QB can't get out of the way, the blitz will not only continue, but escalate.

Guess what happened Sun ?

Duck under a d-lineman? Whoever did that must have had a pretty short career. Yes, I've seen QBs sidestep a rusher a million times but usually not while they're dropping back.

The playcalling knowing that we were having trouble in protection was pathetic. I was waiting for a screen pass from the first quarter, and they threw one, for 22 yards. Why didn't they do that more, I have no idea.

 

[TSquare]

I didn't record the game, but it seemed to me that there weren't many screens, draws, and 3 step drops being called to off-set the rush. Did you get the same feeling when re-watching it?

Very good point too. I saw a couple 3 step drops where he had a guy in his face in less than 2 seconds.

As for the picks. The lofted pick to TO was just horrible. I gotta think the ball slipped. He doesn't usually short arm a pass like that. Still. Just horrible.

As for the witten thing... IF Witten ran the wrong route, it's hard to say he was covered. I'd say 90% of the time a tight end catching a rifle pass like that IS covered. How many times has Drew just gunned it and "stuck it in" to a tight end in coverage. It looked like that kind of play. Not saying that's what happened but who knows?

 

[CoCo]

You are still missing my point.

They would not still have been blitzing us like crazy in the 2nd half if our QB would have made them pay for blitzing us in the first half.

Either by avoiding the rush in some way, or beating them with quick throws.

He did not, and the blitz intensified, ... it was like sharks in bloody water, a feeding frenzy.

That is the only reason I think Romo may help the situation, not because I think he is better than DB.

I really haven't missed your point.

I think its easy to say, burn them and they'll stop blitzing. But after watching the 2nd half again, (and I didn't watch the first half again yet which may have a different flavor) I'm left feeling that simply wasn't in the cards at QB. I'm not sure Romo would've made a difference. But my point was that Bledsoes immobility did not make this rush great, it was the rush itself that was great and I'm not sure Romo at QB would have made a difference because often there was no time to react.

Of course its speculation. Would he have been quick and agile enough, could he have successfully ducked? If your doing those kinds of speculations its probably indicative that you are in pretty deep and need some better answers. Those answers I think are more likely to be found in more effective work up front.

But the real point of my initial post was to say my initial judgments on Bledsoe (that HE was making the rush effective) were wrong. The Philly rush was super effective and would have been with Romo back there too.

Might Romo have been able to wiggle out of one sack long enough to find one of our receiving threats on a big play? Yeah, perhaps. And that may have changed the game dramatically as Ellis missed sack of McNabb allowed an 87 yd TD for them.

 

[WV Cowboy]

Might Romo have been able to wiggle out of one sack long enough to find one of our receiving threats on a big play? Yeah, perhaps. And that may have changed the game dramatically as Ellis missed sack of McNabb allowed an 87 yd TD for them.

That example goes a long way in driving home the point I was trying to make.

That is all I was trying to say.

 

[1fisher]

The defense is just as responsible as Bledsoe....... I'm sure you saw THREE HUGE TD'S given up by the "D".......... without those big plays I suppose we could have ran the ball more!?!?!!?!?!?!?!

 

[DLCassidy]

Duck under a d-lineman? Whoever did that must have had a pretty short career. Yes, I've seen QBs sidestep a rusher a million times but usually not while they're dropping back.

The playcalling knowing that we were having trouble in protection was pathetic. I was waiting for a screen pass from the first quarter, and they threw one, for 22 yards. Why didn't they do that more, I have no idea.

:laugh2: There were a lot of things the offense, including the QB, could have done better Sunday. In an emotional game that ended like it did throwing the QB under the bus is the predictable response by the masses and some of it may be justifiable. But I've watched the game twice now and I agree with the original post. But giving the other team any credit, especially Philly, doesn't happen much around here.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Some are missing the point.

The reason the Iggles were able to blitz like they did is because our QB is on crutches in the pocket.

Few OLines could have withstood what the Iggles brought, but they wouldn't have been able to blitz the way they did if they feared our QB would scramble, move in the pocket and buy time, roll out, etc and beat their blitz.

They knew DB would be sitting in the same place play after play.

That is the reason we will always struggle against playoff caliber defenses with this QB.

Our OLine could have done better, but it always helps if the QB can improvise.

 

[AtlCB]

Some are missing the point.

The reason the Iggles were able to blitz like they did is because our QB is on crutches in the pocket.

Few OLines could have withstood what the Iggles brought, but they wouldn't have been able to blitz the way they did if they feared our QB would scramble, move in the pocket and buy time, roll out, etc and beat their blitz.

They knew DB would be sitting in the same place play after play.

That is the reason we will always struggle against playoff caliber defenses with this QB.

Our OLine could have done better, but it always helps if the QB can improvise.

The Eagles play this way against every QB not named Vick.