Broaddus: Dominance On The Lines Highlight 12 Thoughts From Eagles Tape

[RS12]

• The play that Tony Romo got hurt on was a busted coverage by the Eagles and he was trying to take advantage of the situation, but safety Malcolm Jenkins made a reactionary play to stop it. When the Eagles didn’t coverJason Witten with a linebacker, Romo tried to check a play to get him the ball. Jenkins read what was happening and stepped up to defend the play, which caused Romo to have to pull the ball down. If Romo had thrown the ball, it likely would have been a pick six going the other way – so he didn’t throw the ball. Romo started to move out of the pocket to buy a second chance, but the protection broke down and the result of the play was a sack and the injury.
  
  
  
  
  
• When teams have success defending the run, it generally starts with how you play on the edges and the Cowboys were outstanding in this area. The film showed it was foolish for the Eagles’ offensive staff to believe that tight end Brent Celek could handle DeMarcus Lawrence and Jeremy Mincey one-on-one. It was clear from the opening snap that Celek was not going to be able to match up with the quickness and power of these Dallas defensive ends. Both Lawrence and Mincey were able to hold the point in a way that, even when the Eagles tried to get blockers to the outside – the penetration they were able to get on Celek up the field disrupted the blocking schemes and the linebackers had a free run on these Eagles running backs.
  
  
  
  
• When I saw Connor Barwin’s sack of Tony Romo on the first drive of thegame, I was curious about how Barwin got home so clean on the twist -- because we usually don’t see that kind of mistake with Doug Free and Zack Martin. On this particular play, Vinny Curry rushes up the field and instead of trying to play off the block, he tackled Martin like he was a ball carrier. With Martin unable to adjust and Free out of position, Barwin had a clean path to Romo -- who had no chance of avoiding him. Of the seemingly hundreds of calls that Tony Corrente and his crew made during that game – they missed that one badly.
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• • Give Brandon Weeden a lot of credit for not only the execution of the 42-yard touchdown pass to Terrance Williams, but also give him credit for the mental adjustment that he made to make that play happen. Weeden first saw the depth of cornerback Byron Maxwell and how far he was off, but he also noticed that the Eagles were in a coverage where there were no safeties in the middle of the field. Both safeties were near the line of scrimmage playing for the possibility of a run, and Weeden took full advantage of the extra space with a confident and accurate throw to Williams.
    
    
    
  • A nice changeup defense for Rod Marinelli was his package when he went with a three-man line and dropped eight back in coverage playing zone. The coverage caught Sam Bradford off balance, and, instead of taking shots down the field, it forced him to look underneath for completions.

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[Sydla]

I was screaming at the TV on that Barwin sack. Curry purposely took Martin out of the play to create a seam for Barwin. Was a clear penalty.

 

[gimmesix]

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  • A nice changeup defense for Rod Marinelli was his package when he went with a three-man line and dropped eight back in coverage playing zone. The coverage caught Sam Bradford off balance, and, instead of taking shots down the field, it forced him to look underneath for completions.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2015/09/21/broaddus-dominance-lines-highlight-12-thoughts-eagles-tape?campaign=sf13338567 sf13338567

Has Broaddus missed the many times before we've used this coverage on long third downs?

 

[JBell]

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• • Give Brandon Weeden a lot of credit for not only the execution of the 42-yard touchdown pass to Terrance Williams, but also give him credit for the mental adjustment that he made to make that play happen. Weeden first saw the depth of cornerback Byron Maxwell and how far he was off, but he also noticed that the Eagles were in a coverage where there were no safeties in the middle of the field. Both safeties were near the line of scrimmage playing for the possibility of a run, and Weeden took full advantage of the extra space with a confident and accurate throw to Williams.

It was an empty backfield, doubt the Eagles were playing the possibility of a Weeden QB draw.

 

[texbumthelife]

• The play that Tony Romo got hurt on was a busted coverage by the Eagles and he was trying to take advantage of the situation, but safety Malcolm Jenkins made a reactionary play to stop it. When the Eagles didn’t coverJason Witten with a linebacker, Romo tried to check a play to get him the ball. Jenkins read what was happening and stepped up to defend the play, which caused Romo to have to pull the ball down. If Romo had thrown the ball, it likely would have been a pick six going the other way – so he didn’t throw the ball. Romo started to move out of the pocket to buy a second chance, but the protection broke down and the result of the play was a sack and the injury.
  
  
  
  
  
• When teams have success defending the run, it generally starts with how you play on the edges and the Cowboys were outstanding in this area. The film showed it was foolish for the Eagles’ offensive staff to believe that tight end Brent Celek could handle DeMarcus Lawrence and Jeremy Mincey one-on-one. It was clear from the opening snap that Celek was not going to be able to match up with the quickness and power of these Dallas defensive ends. Both Lawrence and Mincey were able to hold the point in a way that, even when the Eagles tried to get blockers to the outside – the penetration they were able to get on Celek up the field disrupted the blocking schemes and the linebackers had a free run on these Eagles running backs.
  
  
  
  
• When I saw Connor Barwin’s sack of Tony Romo on the first drive of thegame, I was curious about how Barwin got home so clean on the twist -- because we usually don’t see that kind of mistake with Doug Free and Zack Martin. On this particular play, Vinny Curry rushes up the field and instead of trying to play off the block, he tackled Martin like he was a ball carrier. With Martin unable to adjust and Free out of position, Barwin had a clean path to Romo -- who had no chance of avoiding him. Of the seemingly hundreds of calls that Tony Corrente and his crew made during that game – they missed that one badly.
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• • Give Brandon Weeden a lot of credit for not only the execution of the 42-yard touchdown pass to Terrance Williams, but also give him credit for the mental adjustment that he made to make that play happen. Weeden first saw the depth of cornerback Byron Maxwell and how far he was off, but he also noticed that the Eagles were in a coverage where there were no safeties in the middle of the field. Both safeties were near the line of scrimmage playing for the possibility of a run, and Weeden took full advantage of the extra space with a confident and accurate throw to Williams.
    
    
    
  • A nice changeup defense for Rod Marinelli was his package when he went with a three-man line and dropped eight back in coverage playing zone. The coverage caught Sam Bradford off balance, and, instead of taking shots down the field, it forced him to look underneath for completions.

http://www.dallascowboys.com/news/2015/09/21/broaddus-dominance-lines-highlight-12-thoughts-eagles-tape?campaign=sf13338567 sf13338567

He didn't tackle Martin, but he did have a hold of him and pull him out of the play. Blatant defensive holding, but it's clear we aren't going to get any calls.

 

[TonyRomo17]

I was screaming at the TV on that Barwin sack. Curry purposely took Martin out of the play to create a seam for Barwin. Was a clear penalty.

NYG did it too 2 season ago in our season opener and Romo was down for a while