Anatomy of Broken Play..er Collarbone

[TheDude]

I havent seen the overall play talked about much so I put the All22 view here



It is an interesting play that really illustrates split second football nuance and a perfect storm. I would love some feedback here as to opinions on fault or just dumb luck. The way it breaks down to me:

The Route

• Witten and Beasley look to be running a pick route, Witten runs a sideline out and Beasley seems to run a dig that maybe should have been a crossing route or seam
• CB jumps the route and the receivers pick each other and pause Beasley almost a deer in headlights
• Tony sees this and pumps, likely to loft it Witten, not getting rid of it was fatal

It looks like Beasley ran the wrong route and quit after the CB jumped it.

The Philly DLine and blocking scheme

• Philly rushes 6 - 4 down lineman and 2 LBs 4 yards off the guards . They look to be cheating left as Barwin is very wide in a stance outside Free
• At the snap, Barwin pulls back to cover Dunbar on the crossing route - so its 5 on 5. The 3 DLine occupy Free, Fred, and Smith. The Right LB crashes left(Bernys right) and Hicks loops in for a straight shot.
• Martin wasnt engaged until doubling Freds man

To me it seems like when Barwin peeled offFred should have passed the NT to Martin and moved to the LB leaving Berny to occupy his space for Hicks. That seems easier said than done as it looked like a rpretty good play from Philly - but there has to be responsibilites for 5 on 5 to account there I would think

Romo

• Not much bad here. He recognizes the corner jumping the route which was pretty impressive as it may have been a pick 6.
• I think the screwed up route made him reassess and lose sight of the rush,
• Romo looks to fumble as he is tucking and before he is hit
• He then turns perpendicular to the ground to look and retrieve the ball.

Had Romo not been looking for the ball, I think the fall is completely different.

All in all it is what it is but the overall play had a bit of issues all the way around. I will say that it is frustrating when the offense is touted as the most talented and veteran group and they consistently look like they are running in sand or have their head in a spot to check for dingleberries. I really expected them to focus on getting rif of these mental lapses. Ugly game, but sometimes the other team will execute perfectly and make plays. Perfect storm on this one

PS sorry for the crappy screen capture. old computer software with horrid editing

 

[noshame]

IDK he should have known he had Dunbar coming across with a DE trying to cover, easy pitch and catch.

 

[TheDude]

IDK he should have known he had Dunbar coming across with a DE trying to cover, easy pitch and catch.

I can see that. He did seem to pause and then not progress through thread after seeing the witten Beasley bump. Maybe he was hoping one would streak away since the cb was out of position.

 

[Idgit]

Holy cow, how'd I miss this thread earlier. I can't tell from the footage quality, but yeah, it looked like the DB recognized the play and jumped it from the start. Not sure what Beasley was doing there. It almost looks like he recognized that the DB jumped the route and he broke off to become a defender. Hard to say.

I think you're right that Romo would have been better off on the tackle if he'd not rolled. Probably a natural reaction to fumbling the ball, or maybe to protecting his back from the impact, but that's what got him driven into the ground in this case.

 

[links18]

I thought it was the new receiver who botched the play?

 

[NoLuv4Jerry]

I think what is being lost in all of this is the INCONSITENT running game....once again....we lost yards running the ball on 3rd down....and it had us in 2nd and long! Which meant we were throwing....and you know the rest.....

 

[JohnsKey19]

Holy cow, how'd I miss this thread earlier. I can't tell from the footage quality, but yeah, it looked like the DB recognized the play and jumped it from the start. Not sure what Beasley was doing there. It almost looks like he recognized that the DB jumped the route and he broke off to become a defender. Hard to say.

Jenkins jumped it. He actually had a great game. Played a lot of man on Beasley throughout the game. i dont recall him being as active in the passing game as he was sunday.

 

[TheDude]

Holy cow, how'd I miss this thread earlier. I can't tell from the footage quality, but yeah, it looked like the DB recognized the play and jumped it from the start. Not sure what Beasley was doing there. It almost looks like he recognized that the DB jumped the route and he broke off to become a defender. Hard to say.

I think you're right that Romo would have been better off on the tackle if he'd not rolled. Probably a natural reaction to fumbling the ball, or maybe to protecting his back from the impact, but that's what got him driven into the ground in this case.

Yea software is a turd. Its better if you open full screen 24" or higher (imagine that)

 

[SilverStarCowboy]

It was an ILLEGAL HIT!

 

[slick325]

As soon as the route got jumped I expected #9 to give up a sack similar to how he did many times last season. Wish he had just sat down and live for another play...unfortunate to say the least.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

The only thought I got from this is I hope the Jets beat the ever living tar out of the Eagles come Sunday.

 

[superonyx]

Man that's hard to watch.
Watching Romo get grabbed knowing the eventual outcome is like watching a gazelle get grabbed by a lion knowing he is about to have a messed up day.

 

[TheDude]

Anyone got an idea if/where there was a breakdown in the line?. It ended up 5 on 5, so it seems there was

 

[JIGGYFLY]

Anyone got an idea if/where there was a breakdown in the line?. It ended up 5 on 5, so it seems there was

It was a double gap blitz both LB attacked the same gap, since it was an empty backfield no one was there to pick up the free rusher.

 

[xwalker]

Anyone got an idea if/where there was a breakdown in the line?. It ended up 5 on 5, so it seems there was

The OL can't account for all possible scenarios. Romo had time to make a throw but didn't.

At the time that Fred/Martin would have to make the decision to switch off, the 2nd LB could have come into the gap on Martin's side where there would not have been a blocker to pick him up.

There are limitations when going empty backfield with no RB to pick up a blitzer.

 

[tyke1doe]

You guys like torturing yourselves don't you.

 

[TheDude]

The OL can't account for all possible scenarios. Romo had time to make a throw but didn't.

At the time that Fred/Martin would have to make the decision to switch off, the 2nd LB could have come into the gap on Martin's side where there would not have been a blocker to pick him up.

So it was really on Romo locking in and not going through the read? It seemed plausible that berny could have peeled to hicks and left his man. Maybe there was no fault. It was a well executed play for Eagles D, but 5 on 5 just seems like there is a way to account

 

[xwalker]

So it was really on Romo locking in and not going through the read? It seemed plausible that berny could have peeled to hicks and left his man. Maybe there was no fault. It was a well executed play for Eagles D, but 5 on 5 just seems like there is a way to account

The idea on empty backfield is to get the ball out quickly. If a QB pumps and pulls the ball back from the empty set very often, defenses would always blitz him.

The empty set had always made me nervous for this exact reason. It worked well last season when teams were not prepared for Beasley's quickness but they seem to be doing something to slow him down this season.

 

[Future]

Jenkins jumped it. He actually had a great game. Played a lot of man on Beasley throughout the game. i dont recall him being as active in the passing game as he was sunday.

Good call, he looked really, really good.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Eagles front was outstanding. Thornton, Logan, and Curry were active. They put Cox over LG and Bern struggled more than LC. Their LB and S play was outstanding particularly in the first half smothering passing lanes. Barwin was active as well.

Our runners were getting hit in the backfield often. we all saw what happened to romo. Things finally started opening up in the middle of the field when Alonso and Kendricks went down. Weeden torched them at the end.

Thing is that most teams don't have fronts like that. This week's Jackson and Solial were great 3 years ago and have to be accounted for but overall particularly in the back 7 neither the Commanders nor the Falcons provide the same test.

Then we start getting people back after two more games.