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I reviewed all of Green's snaps. I also went back and reviewed some of Tyron's game footage fir comparison.
Green had 2 primary technique issues.
Lack of width in set
If you draw a line from the outside pass rusher to the QB, the OTs head should be on or outside of that line. Green was inside the line.
His set was too much backward and not enough to the outside. If the DE had been in a normal alignment, then his foot work would have been correct but against the wide-9 he didn't get wide enough.
If you watch Tyron against a wide aligned pass rusher, he takes a wider but less deep angle (3-4 OLBs are often in a similar location to the wide-9 DE).
Hands
Green gets his outside hand out wide and up.
Tyron keeps his outside hand inside and low.
Clayborn would do a stutter step timing his move and would slap down Green's outside arm. Clayborn did this with his inside arm but was also at times able to follow that with a 2nd move using his outside arm to again displace Green's outside arm.
Tyron will bring his inside arm around for initial contact and then punch with his low outside hand. The timing of the punch is the key. Too soon and the pass rusher can slap it down. Too late and the pass rusher is already too far past.
I didn't see any sign of Green being too slow. The location of his set was wrong regardless of speed of execution.
Clayborn also had a little jump-step move similar to some RBs. He would time it together with his move to slap down Green's outside arm and it would propell him past Green. A similar move against Tyron would likely result in Clayborn being on his backside.
I think Green will be better if he plays against the Eagles. They just have to have him practice against different (wide or tight) alignments.
I doubt they have him do it, but a simple fix against the wide alignment would be to have Green align wider himself. Even an extra 6 inches might have solved the Clayborn issue. Teams would exploit the extra space if they did it all the time, but for 1 week he could probably get by with it.
I still think Green would be OK againt regular (non-wide) alignments but why would any team do that now that his struggles against the wide-9 are on film.
They did give Green some help but not often. I think they were worried about what the Falcons would do on the other side. Their best pass rusher plays on the defensive Left against the RT and they often line up a LB outside of the LDE that will rush more often than most 4-3 LBs.
The failure to establish the run was a big part of the problem. The wide-9 has a big space in ths middle of the line and should be vulnerable in run defense. Running right at Clayborn would have been helpful also but without Zeke they seemed limited.
Summary: I think Green will be much better if he plays this week but there are a lot of levels between last week and a good performance. They need to establish the run..
Green had 2 primary technique issues.
Lack of width in set
If you draw a line from the outside pass rusher to the QB, the OTs head should be on or outside of that line. Green was inside the line.
His set was too much backward and not enough to the outside. If the DE had been in a normal alignment, then his foot work would have been correct but against the wide-9 he didn't get wide enough.
If you watch Tyron against a wide aligned pass rusher, he takes a wider but less deep angle (3-4 OLBs are often in a similar location to the wide-9 DE).
Hands
Green gets his outside hand out wide and up.
Tyron keeps his outside hand inside and low.
Clayborn would do a stutter step timing his move and would slap down Green's outside arm. Clayborn did this with his inside arm but was also at times able to follow that with a 2nd move using his outside arm to again displace Green's outside arm.
Tyron will bring his inside arm around for initial contact and then punch with his low outside hand. The timing of the punch is the key. Too soon and the pass rusher can slap it down. Too late and the pass rusher is already too far past.
I didn't see any sign of Green being too slow. The location of his set was wrong regardless of speed of execution.
Clayborn also had a little jump-step move similar to some RBs. He would time it together with his move to slap down Green's outside arm and it would propell him past Green. A similar move against Tyron would likely result in Clayborn being on his backside.
I think Green will be better if he plays against the Eagles. They just have to have him practice against different (wide or tight) alignments.
I doubt they have him do it, but a simple fix against the wide alignment would be to have Green align wider himself. Even an extra 6 inches might have solved the Clayborn issue. Teams would exploit the extra space if they did it all the time, but for 1 week he could probably get by with it.
I still think Green would be OK againt regular (non-wide) alignments but why would any team do that now that his struggles against the wide-9 are on film.
They did give Green some help but not often. I think they were worried about what the Falcons would do on the other side. Their best pass rusher plays on the defensive Left against the RT and they often line up a LB outside of the LDE that will rush more often than most 4-3 LBs.
The failure to establish the run was a big part of the problem. The wide-9 has a big space in ths middle of the line and should be vulnerable in run defense. Running right at Clayborn would have been helpful also but without Zeke they seemed limited.
Summary: I think Green will be much better if he plays this week but there are a lot of levels between last week and a good performance. They need to establish the run..
