Video: Choice or Brewster: Who was supposed to block Johnson?

[Bleu Star]

Excellent thread DC. I'm reading it on the phone while going 70mph on the interstate so I should probably wait til this evening to offer up my take. I can't wait though. I love a good X's & OS thread.

 

[baj1dallas]

As an Offensive linemen the #1 rule is to not let anyone beat you inside.


The D slid left which naturally causes Brewster to protect his inside gap.

So the Linebacker comes in on a blitz behind that guy and the Left Tackle Releases the Right Defensive end off too his Left Guard who is uncovered and picks up #52.


The guy who blitzes off the Edge is 100% Choices man.


If Romo is in the game he probably see's that and lines up Choice on the side Michael Johnson is walked up on.


It's a well designed blitz for the 1st game of the preseason too....

that's h ow it looks to me but I don't really know for sure

 

[big dog cowboy]

I'm reading it on the phone while going 70mph on the interstate so I should probably wait til this evening to offer up my take.

Now that is CZ dedication.

 

[baj1dallas]

it would be cool if we could get the question of how you handle this type of blitz answered by somebody on the Cowboys.

 

[Doomsday101]

I like Choice the video clip does not change my mind about him but as the RB he has to pick up the rusher who comes free be it inside rusher or outside he had to pick up the free man. Of course I don't expect him to stone the DE but he could have done a better job of slowing the rusher down.

 

[Doomsay]

The man was Brewsters respondsibility. The man he picked up was a delayed blitzing LBer( that is usually FB or RBs man). Being a LT back in school myself, no doubt that was LTs man no matter what the call was. They were base blocking count the players from the center. The center was blocking the man in front, the OG was blocking the next man out , then the LT has the last man on the line. The protect the inside gap was not meant for this situation. The inside gap protection has to be on the line( defensive player) not delayed LBer thats RB or QB man.

This was a simple base protection. Remember when you have LBers on the LOS in the gaps then you use the inside gap protection.

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And BTW, I find these technique/procedural threads to be the most interesting - ones that elicit responses from people that played the positions at a high 2ndary school or collegiate level.

 

[burmafrd]

it could not be by design that Choice was supposed to block a DE.

 

[theogt]

it could not be by design that Choice was supposed to block a DE.

That's absurd. Running backs have to pick up defensive linemen all the time. Obviously it's not ideal, but if you have a 6-man rush that overloads one side, that kind of thing is going to happen.

Oh, and FYI, the OLB that you want Choice to pick up is 6'7", 268 lb. Michael Johnson. This ain't some small 4-3 linebacker here. Anyone that makes the distinction between a DE and OLB here because of size is just being ignorant.

 

[starfan76]

The break down in blocking assignments is not there on this play. The problem with this play is the presnap aliegnment and read by the QB. The left tackle does his job. He engages the man in front of him passes him off to the LG than picks up the Lb immediatly to his out side. RB also does his job of checking inside first than trying to bounce outside and pick up first free rusher. Qb should have slid RB to the left to give him a better chance of making the block(or taken a time out).

 

[YosemiteSam]

I saw this in the game and watched it several times. It clearly was Brewster's job. If you've got a DE rushing, it's never the RBs job unless he is on the same side in the set. He had to come across McGee to make the block, that would be a completely unorthodox blocking assignment.

A more correct blocking assignment would be Brewster picking up the DE and Choice providing inside help.

 

[aikemirv]

Like some have said I think it is just a blown line call or QB adj that was not made. Those are the things that experience brings in the QB and Center position where a defensive formation which will annihilate your current play call can be adjusted for and neutrilized.

Great thread by the way!

 

[YosemiteSam]

it could not be by design that Choice was supposed to block a DE.

The design was for Choice to either pick up a free rusher or help block someone else. The fact that Choice was on the right side of the set and the DE came free, says that it was Brewster's pickup.

One thing is clear though, If you are going to have a free rusher, make sure that rusher is coming off the edge and not up the middle. You never want a free rush up the middle.

 

[theogt]

I saw this in the game and watched it several times. It clearly was Brewster's job. If you've got a DE rushing, it's never the RBs job unless he is on the same side in the set. He had to come across McGee to make the block, that would be a completely unorthodox blocking assignment.

A more correct blocking assignment would be Brewster picking up the DE and Choice providing inside help.

Do you mean the OLB?

 

[YosemiteSam]

Do you mean the OLB?

Yes, thanks for catching that.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Do you mean the OLB?

 

[theogt]

Do you mean the OLB?

Yes, thanks for catching that.

:laugh2:

 

[DCBoysfan]

In this situation, the DE was lined up over the LT and the ROLB was free on the outside.

It was Choices job to block the ROLB because it was clear that the line call had the line have head up responsiblity. Blitz pickup for a rb is always look inside (C) out and block the first man that shows.

In this case, the free man was the olb and the line DE was clearly the LT's responsiblity, which it typically would be. When the DE crashed, he picked up the blitzing LB.

JMO of course...

Without know what the line call was, that is the general rule of thumb is you block inside out first, since the inside rusher usually has a shorter distance to the QB.

 

[superpunk]

It's an overload blitz on the weakside.

That's McGee's fault - either for not switching Choice, or for not hitting the hot route.

I think Brewster blocked who he was supposed to block, Choice saw the overload and did everything he could to compensate for being out of position pre-snap, and McGee simply took a bad pre-snap read and payed the price.

 

[CowboyDan]

Upon first look I thought it was Brewster's wiff.....but after reading through this thread, I'm confused.

 

[starfan76]

It's an overload blitz on the weakside.

That's McGee's fault - either for not switching Choice, or for not hitting the hot route.

I think Brewster blocked who he was supposed to block, Choice saw the overload and did everything he could to compensate for being out of position pre-snap, and McGee simply took a bad pre-snap read and payed the price.