Sturm: Kiffin Report: Splash Plays - Week 1 - Giants

[WoodysGirl]

Every Wednesday we want to look at the defense and how things went in the previous game. This is a work in progress, but we will try to make sure after we talk a little game theory that we always dive back into our bread and butter. Splash plays and tracking the Cowboys use of bringing pressure.

Let's look at the most glaring example from Sunday:

Here is the 57 yard pitch and catch from Manning to Hakeem Nicks that caused most of you to yell at your television something along the lines of "That was way too easy!" Because it was.
Picture #1 shows us the 4-5 yard depth of the linebackers. If it is a straight pass, Lee will get his drop to almost 10 yards pretty quickly and close windows across the middle. But, with a run fake to Wilson, you will see in Picture #2 what happens.



Here is the result of a relatively half-hearted run fake. Lee is at the 21, Durant is next to him, and Carter is engaged at the 20 and Barry Church is up there in run support, too! 8 Cowboys within 1 yard of the line of scrimmage means Nicks and Cruz have lots of room if protection holds up. And it does, because the Cowboys aren't rushing their LBs. They bit on the run fake and now they are trying to peel back (especially Lee).




Read a lot more: http://sturminator.blogspot.com/2013/09/kiffin-report-splash-plays-week-1-giants.html

 

[MichaelWinicki]

They (LBers) need to quit worrying as much about the run.

Think of the number of running attempts it would take to get those 57 yards– 12? 14?

 

[JPM]

They (LBers) need to quit worrying as much about the run.

Think of the number of running attempts it would take to get those 57 yards– 12? 14?

12-14 runs by Wilson would also equal 2-4 fumbles....

 

[visionary]

They (LBers) need to quit worrying as much about the run.

Think of the number of running attempts it would take to get those 57 yards– 12? 14?

That is what is so baffling
Don't kiffin, marinelli, lee and carter know that the running game has no correlation to winning
So why are they biting on the play fake ?
Can someone from CZ please email them and set them straight?

They seem to be under the mistaken impression that it is important to stop the run

 

[visionary]

I remember that earlier in the day a poster argued for hours with other posters that the running game was not really important

Perhaps he can educate football novices like kiffin and marinelli?

 

[texbumthelife]

No, the pictures are wrong! That completion was solely on Allen!

Thanks for the post Woody's girl. It pretty much cements exactly what the level-headed fans around here have said all along.

 

[Future]

No, the pictures are wrong! That completion was solely on Allen!

Thanks for the post Woody's girl. It pretty much cements exactly what the level-headed fans around here have said all along.

I still think Allen should have been able to take a better angle and stop that from becoming a 57 yarder...

 

[Titleist]

Ideally, we would have wanted Durant and Carter to move in and stop the run while Lee and Church move back into coverage just in case it's a fake. No need to have all the linebackers and a safety jump in for run support when you already have 4 DL right there...

 

[Denim Chicken]

Here is the 57 yard pitch and catch from Manning to Hakeem Nicks that caused most of you to yell at your television something along the lines of "That was way too easy!"

That's not what I yelled at the TV.

 

[Seven]

Any novice that has watched football for any length of time had to know that a completely vacated middle of the field absolutely cannot happen by design. There had to be something wrong.

I would bet the giants had the long routes to clear out BUT with EIGHT defenders at the LOS the long ball became conveniently available.

This is fixable. Stay at home and trust the system. Know your assignments and commit to them. We don't need eight heroes.

My two centavos.............

 

[Idgit]

Good stuff, though. The tools available to break down plays are getting better by leaps and bounds each season. This is just a series of labeled stills, but it's still a great way to illustrate the point.

 

[Kevinicus]

No, the pictures are wrong! That completion was solely on Allen!

Thanks for the post Woody's girl. It pretty much cements exactly what the level-headed fans around here have said all along.

Get it right, it was Claiborne's fault. Didn't you know, he's a bust?

 

[dallasdave]

The thing we have to remember is this is the first real football game of the season, and we have new coaches with a new system. They will tweak the system and improve it after each game. Give the new system a chance, if Dallas can cut down on the big plays they will have a top defense this year.