Stash
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I'm analyzing 1 play.
Your obsession with the player does not change the facts of the play.
Neither does your trying to excuse his role in it.
It's a good sign that they are mixing things up this year.
Last year the RDE would just stay with outside contain on this type of play.
The Rams knew that he would stay with outside contain and they exploited those types of scheme limitations.
The difficultly is that changing up the DL assignments means the surrounding players (primarily LB and Safeties) must also react differently.
The RDE either squeezes down the inside gap or he maintains outside contain.
Once he commits to closing the inside gap, anything to the right of the RDE is not his assignment.
Barkley ran to the outside of the LT and Crawford.
Crawford not having outside contain was obviously part of the defensive play call because both X.Woods and Brown played outside contain.
There's nothing "obvious" about it. What's obvious is people wanting to absolve Crawford of being a terrible RDE. He was absolute garbage out there all game long, this play along with all the rest. Just like he was against the Rams last year. This farce needs to end.
If that was t"part of the play call", why was the linebacker also playing inside? You want to give Crawford a pass when it's undeserved. There's either a breakdown in communication and responsibility, unsound defensive schemes, or people aren't doing as they're told.