Who blew it on the blocked punt?

[burmafrd]

I have been trying to find out but no luck so far. That was every bit as vital to our loss as Romo's pick and fumble.

 

[IAMKING]

Heard this morning on Sirius NFL Radio that coach D had them lined up in some unbalanced college formation... He's still feeling the effects of that building to the head I guess

 

[Doomsday101]

I have been trying to find out but no luck so far. That was every bit as vital to our loss as Romo's pick and fumble.

Coach D said they had seen the same formation once before and blocked it very well, this time they didn't who is to blame he did not state that but they need to make sure they do a better job of not allowing it to happen.

 

[YosemiteSam]

I believe Alex Albright. (#55) He should have picked up the guy coming up the gut. Instead, he helped the guy next to him who really didn't seem like he needed help.

 

[Stautner]

Jesse Holley was the back man who was supposed to pick up anyone that broke through the line. He didn't.

 

[bracey]

Jesse Holley was the back man who was supposed to pick up anyone that broke through the line. He didn't.

This. Holley was at fault.

 

[Arch Stanton]

During the game they said it was John Phillips.

 

[Carolina Cowboy]

During the game they said it was John Phillips.

That's what I saw - Phillips left his space to double-team and left a hole big enough for Leonard Davis to waddle through

 

[YosemiteSam]

That's what I saw - Phillips left his space to double-team and left a hole big enough for Leonard Davis to waddle through

I thought that guys number was 55. (Alex Albright)

 

[Americas_Team]

The block punt was DeCamilis responsibility, so is on him. IMO. a block punt is always the fault of the special teams coach.

 

[BigDinAZ]

I can't remember the names at the moment, but the two D lineman that were right infront of McKnight did a good job of isolating our two O lineman. They isolated our guys just enough for him to get through. Our O Lineman are supposed to stand those two straight up so that it keeps the hole small. You have to remember... he just barely got a hand on it. It wasn't like his entire body got in front. Had he slowed him for a 1/2 second.... entirely different ball game.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Romo.

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Albright!

 

[burntricersx]

You can go Allbright or Holley...both went to overload the right side and left a guy come through right up the middle.

 

[Stautner]

During the game they said it was John Phillips.

Phillips may have been the initial guy at the point of attack, but Holly is still charged with picking up anyone that breaks through and he didn't. Didn't even see the guy.

 

[Carolina Cowboy]

and Phillips, nor Albright stayed home.

 

[burmafrd]

Sounds like a breakown more than bad formation.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

I think it was Albright. You always take the guy with the shortest route to the ball. Albright doubled immediately, once the ball was snapped. He never even looked to see if the man directly in front of him was coming. He vacated the hole and that created a direct path to the ball. Had he picked up that guy, even if another gets through, they probably don't get that punt. Holley probably should have gotten a piece but the guy was in so quickly, I am not certain that Holley even could have reacted quickly enough to effect the play. That guy was in immediately. I could not believe what I was watching when I saw that play. Poor execution all the way around IMO.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Live, I thought it was Albright. But watching the replay, it may have been Holley. It wasn't a guy on the line that you put a body on immediately, but a smaller guy that came in behind the line, so that may have been Holley's responsibility.

We were in an unbalanced line, and I'm not sure why the personal protector was so far away from the ball-punter path.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Romo.

Absolutely.

Without Romo throwing low and to the right, this thread would not exist.