Sturm: Kiffin Report - Week 4 - San Diego Chargers

[WoodysGirl]

If there is one thing that makes football special, it is the individual components that add together to create team results. It is a team game - maybe the best team game ever created - but, it relies on each member of the team to carry out his assignment in his particular area of expertise to assist in the greater goal. When there is a weak link, a smart opponent will continue to attack and attack that weakness until you either concede or remove that weak link and attempt to replace it with someone who might fare a bit better.

And you might not see a better example of that than you saw Sunday, when the Cowboys had 2 of their most highly-touted pieces on defense treated as if they were an insult to the opponent. Philip Rivers and his offense, which is good, but never confused with great, made Sunday a day to forget for the Cowboys 2nd round pick in 2011, Bruce Carter, and their 1st Round pick in 2012, Morris Claiborne.

The following is 3 plays (in a 4 play sequence) - all early in the 3rd Quarter and all seeming to include Carter. This is important because after this sequence, he hardly played again except in clear running situations. Also, please note the throw chart below for Rivers and notice all of the repeated attempts to his left which seem to target Claiborne on the edge. So many blue lines, and almost no red lines.

1/10/49 - 11:22 3Q

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[MichaelWinicki]

It looks like the pass defense has two different problems, the first is that guys still are not getting deep enough on their drops.

The second is the ineffective play of Claiborne and Carter.

 

[WoodysGirl]

It looks like the pass defense has two different problems, the first is that guys still are not getting deep enough on their drops.

The second is the ineffective play of Claiborne and Carter.

Broaddus was going pretty hard on Claiborne. He doesn't like the excuses that Clai has been giving. Paraphrasing, Broaddus said Clai needs to stop *****ing (his word) about the scheme, work on his technique, and just play better.

As for Carter, he didn't seem to go as hard on him, but did say he needed to play better.

 

[Broges74]

Err, if you guys think Peyton is not salivating right now, you are dreaming. SD continually went after Mo and Carter all day and sprinkled in some toast for Lee. Carter and Mo have the physical ability to cover, they need to step it up and quickly before Peyton takes them to the woodshed.

 

[visionary]

Broaddus, like mickey, is just towing the company line
He has his marching orders from the joneses

The bottom line is that really good QBs will pick you apart if you can't get pressure on them and our DL is not good

This is why you have posts on the board (by the usual detractors of trench/DL play and big proponents of expending our resources getting more CBs) about being "perplexed" by our poor pass defense despite spending all sorts of resources on the CB position

They can't seem to comprehend the simple football concept that a better DL means less time for the QB to be able to pass and less time for the WRs to get open

It is not that complicated but one has to be willing to have an open mind

 

[visionary]

We need pressure on the QB, jamming the receivers at the line, and hit the receivers even they get the reception

I remember NE saying that they hit Peyton everytime they get close and he gets gun shy

To win, we need our defense to play like Seattle and need Denver to run the "Garrett offense"

 

[dallasdave]

We need pressure on the QB, jamming the receivers at the line, and hit the receivers even they get the reception

I remember NE saying that they hit Peyton everytime they get close and he gets gun shy

To win, we need our defense to play like Seattle and need Denver to run the "Garrett offense"

Hit the receivers and hit the QB.

 

[Future]

Err, if you guys think Peyton is not salivating right now, you are dreaming. SD continually went after Mo and Carter all day and sprinkled in some toast for Lee. Carter and Mo have the physical ability to cover, they need to step it up and quickly before Peyton takes them to the woodshed.

I worry a lot less about Carter in this game than I do about MO. Knowshon is decent out of the backfield, but he's not as good as Woodhead, imo.

 

[Idgit]

It looks like the pass defense has two different problems, the first is that guys still are not getting deep enough on their drops.

The second is the ineffective play of Claiborne and Carter.

It didn't help this week that we got almost no pressure on Rivers. I think Carter on Woodhead was a mistake on the coaches' part, too. That was a mismatch they found and then exploited. Claiborne has to play better, and, from what Sturm's saying here, he's making a good case that--for these few plays, at least--people are still confused as to their responsibilities in the defense.

That said, and our pass defense was bad last weekend, much of the damage was done in that second half. For the first two quarters, at least, we played pretty well. They found the weak spots, and exploited them badly later in the game.

 

[tico]

Peyton is looking at our defense like early Thanksgiving turkey & he's bringing the stuffing. Time to bring that Special sause Romo, turkey is gonna be real dry going down our throats. I just hope we don't Ditch the run we need to slow that game down.. Murray needs to have a Rams type game again..

 

[Idgit]

Peyton is looking at our defense like early Thanksgiving turkey & he's bringing the stuffing. Time to bring that Special sause Romo, turkey is gonna be real dry going down our throats. I just hope we don't Ditch the run we need to slow that game down.. Murray needs to have a Rams type game again..

I don't think the run helps us much in this game. We're going to need takeaways and pressure on the QB here, and we're going to need to play really focussed football on offense to keep pace. A big play or two from ST wouldn't hurt, either. It's a shame Harris is so nicked up.

 

[tico]

I don't think the run helps us much in this game. We're going to need takeaways and pressure on the QB here, and we're going to need to play really focussed football on offense to keep pace. A big play or two from ST wouldn't hurt, either. It's a shame Harris is so nicked up.

Very true, keeping PM off the field is an approach nobody has been successful at. he's destroyed everybody in a shootout.

 

[Trendnet]

Broaddus, like mickey, is just towing the company line
He has his marching orders from the joneses

The bottom line is that really good QBs will pick you apart if you can't get pressure on them and our DL is not good

This is why you have posts on the board (by the usual detractors of trench/DL play and big proponents of expending our resources getting more CBs) about being "perplexed" by our poor pass defense despite spending all sorts of resources on the CB position

They can't seem to comprehend the simple football concept that a better DL means less time for the QB to be able to pass and less time for the WRs to get open

It is not that complicated but one has to be willing to have an open mind

And this right here is someone who has a limited understanding of defense, of other than OMGSACKSzzers!!!

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Sturm sees what I saw from the All-22. Lee isn't the problem. They are being overly protective for Wilcox. Claiborne and Carter are lost.






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