Box_O_Rocks

Kickoff: Hobbs from the 11, 18 yd return. Ellis started running east and west when he hit the blocking line - he needed to just punch it into the line and he’d have had another 3-5 yds - if he didn’t skitter through.

1st and 10 NE 29: 3 wide, 2 right, TE left. Play-action pass, Branch, overthrown, incomplete. Deion was in a gap in the zone, and Tommy was trying to lob it to him. Good blocking again. Jax 4-2 nickel.

2nd and 10 NE 29: Shotgun, 3 wide, 2 right, TE flanked left. Pass, Faulk, underneath, 21 yds. Jax was in a 3-3 nickel, the LLB came unblocked - blocking assignment snafu as Watson blew by him and Kaczur doubled the LDE with Mankins. Okay, rewatching in slow motion, Jax sends all three LBs, and Faulk cutting through the line is wide open - for lack of a better name, this looks like a kind of naked screen where you suck all the defenders in on a pass rush, but you don’t have any blockers screening the receiver.

1st and 10 @ 50: No huddle, Shotgun, 3 wide, 2 left, TE flanked right. Strip sack, Tommy recovers, loss of 4 yds. Jax in 3-3 nickel. NE TO - their last.

Now I understand why Gorin is having so much trouble - No.97 for Jax has been the guy driving him back and making life miserable, Reggie Hayward. If I remember right, he had 11 sacks with Denver last season. Poor Brandon is just struggling against a guy who would give anyone fits.

2nd and 14 NE 46: Shotgun, 3 wide, 2 right, TE flanked left. Pass, Branch, post route, incomplete. The infamous disappearing ball play. Watching the ABC replay again, Deion was going to make the end zone if he caught that ball. Trying to lower his re-signing value I guess. Tommy had great protection.

3rd and 14 NE 46: Shotgun, 3 wide, 2 right, TE flanked right. Sacked, 1 yard loss. Jax in a 3-2 dime. Coverage sack, Tommy went down at 5 Mississippi, tackled from behind by the LB whom Faulk picked-up well, he was just thrown off after the LB pushed him back past the edge of the O-line and could manuever.

End of the half.

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PatsFan37

Bump. Great work, Box.

pats1

Bump again. I'm still working on getting the last few drives in the .htm file.

From there, it'll be a blitz on my part to finish up the game. I did the 3rd quarter in the traditional format, as most of the action did take place there.

I'll try to get it done by tomorrow night, and hopefully it can be up by Saturday as an appetizer!

Box_O_Rocks

Beisel wasn't quite Ted Johnson splitting helmets, nor Tedy Bruschi sliding by, under, over, and around blockers to fill a hole, nor Mike Vrabel playing a 260 pound power game mixed with a football genius finess game - but I saw elements of all three in what will be a unique playing style we're going to enjoy a lot in the future. Looking back through the break down, I noted three times he plugged hole - twice taking on double teams - and they stayed plugged. His technique, strength, and reads have all improved - I do believe the lad is starting to 'get it'.

Mankins is starting to dominate, he’s quick on his feet and covers a lot of ground. He is very aware of what is happening with Kaczur and twice in the first half passed his block to Hochstein and went to rescue Kaczur. This guy has monster written all over him.

David Givens and Troy Brown blocking upfield, sweet! I saw some good blocking by Bam in the Miami game, if we can only keep Troy another year to work with Bam....we could have a 'Bam Brown' legacy. Now if Davis can learn to block like D-Giv.

Deion Branch looked like Tim Dwight on Faulks 18 yd run - he took off on a hot pattern with the CB running hard to stay with him - by the time the CB knew it was a run play Faulk was ducking by him out of bounds and the safety was plowing over his CB buddy just like someone we used to know.

Watson’s blocking is starting to look like Graham’s - he’s putting people on the ground, painfully. He really surprised me with his blocking in that game, pleasantly for me watching, but there are some Jacksonville players in the ice bath.

In the first series, despite Neal’s holding and obvious nervousness, Stroud, Seymours 6’6” 312 lb highly paid pro-bowl buddy, was pancaked once each by Hochstein and Neal. He played a little slower after that. Our interior line is pretty good, I think Neal is having a bit of a sophmore slump (he's really only played two years), get him re-signed and back under Dante's wing - we are going to be able to use Deion at Center because Mankins and Neal will OWN the middle.

Tommy had all day to throw, Jacksonville had good coverage and the sacks came off the coverage. Whatever scheme Jacksonville was using in the secondary, look for Denver to implement something similar to see if Tommy and the receivers have worked on beating that coverage.

Faulk is priceless, his running and receiving we can all see, but his pass blocking and blitz pick-up is the best of the RBs in my opinion. He fought linebackers blitzing in and kept them off Tommy for a 4 Mississippi count each time.

Jacksonville stuck with the nickel package whenever Faulk was in, it allowed him more opportunity to bust one running or receiving. They switched back and forth from the base 4-3 to the nickel when Cory was in, trying to out-guess McDaniels. Cory puts teams off balance.

Dillon isn’t making yards off change of directions or anything that makes him cut, if he picks a hole early and slams into it, the line was getting him 4-5 yds UP THE MIDDLE against the pro-bowl DTs Jacksonville features. Pound him against Denver, give them some pain.

The blocking on the scoring drive was beautiful.

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Box_O_Rocks

That's the ticket! I could use an appetizer about then, and considering all the good things I saw in the first half when we barely scored, the second should be sweet!

Here, donkey, donkey, donkey, come get the nice carrot.....

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pats1

With Watson's blocking:

I haven't seen the same, unfortunately.

1st and 10 NE 19

Result: Run, Dillon, left guard, 1 yd.

Offense: 3 WR, Branch wide right, Givens wide left, Watson left slot, Fauria TE down off LT, Dillon lone RB.

Defense: 4-3, LOLB over Watson in the slot, CBs pressure coverage.

Blocking: Watson aggressively pursues the LOLB, but can’t catch up in time to make a block, however the run is through the line and not towards the unblocked LOLB

Analysis: Dillon had no hole to run through with Henderson basically acting as a traditional nose tackle, and had to just dive through and hope there would be a positive yard gain. With Watson and Gorin unable to block their men on the edge, there was no bounce outside option available.


2nd and 8 NE 38

Result: Run, Dillon, up the middle, 2 yds.

Offense: 3 WR, Davis wide left, Brown left slot, Branch wide right, Watson TE down off LT, Dillon lone RB.

Defense: 3-3-5 nickel, DL shifted weak side, LOLB pressure coverage on Watson, ROLB closer to line than Peterson, over RG, all 3 CBs pressure coverage.

Blocking: Watson can’t get control of Daryl Smith, the LOLB, and allows Smith to make the tackle on Dillon

Analysis: Watson was unable to sustain any type of block on the LOLB in coverage over him, of whom started the tackle. Hochstein was also unable to control the NT after Neal broke off and he himself unable to stop Peterson in time, and along with Gorin’s mishap on the edge, the 4 Jaguars tacklers were able to finish off the tackle Daryl Smith started.


1st and 10 Jax 45

Result: Run, Faulk, right guard, 6 yds.

Offense: 3 WR, Davis wide left, Brown right slot, Branch wide right, Watson TE down off LT, Faulk lone RB.

Defense: 3-3-5 nickel, LOLB pressure coverage over Watson left wing, ROLB closer to line than MLB Peterson, all 3 CBs pressure coverage.

Blocking: Watson can’t get downfield enough to block the LOLB Daryl Smith, with Kaczur in his way as Smith already has Faulk in his grasp

Analysis: Great blocking by the offensive line here, with Watson the rotten apple. Nice 6 yard gain on 2nd down to open things up.


2nd and 4 Jax 39

Result: Run, Faulk, right tackle, 5 yds.

Offense: 3 WR, Davis wide left, Brown right slot, Branch wide right, Watson TE down off LT, Faulk lone RB.

Defense: 3-3-5 nickel, LOLB pressure coverage over Watson left wing, ROLB closer to line than MLB Peterson, all 3 CBs pressure coverage.

Blocking: Watson drives the LOLB downfield, ahead of the play, but will lose control as the tackle was made, with the LOLB ready if Faulk was to beak free

Analysis: Hochstein’s inability to drive the NT wide enough to create any hole presented the need for Faulk to lower his shoulder in order to gain the necessary yardage for the first down, which he did barely despite Neal’s loss of control on the ROLB Ayodele, who made the lead tackle. The left side of the hole also started to collapse with Kaczur’s block dragging inside, and the DE eventually falling on top of Faulk for security. Still a first down due to the gritty running of Kevin Faulk.



There were also a handful of good blocks too, although they were, for the most part, away from the run.

I'm impressed by his receiving skills, though.

Box_O_Rocks

Mike, I'll have to watch the second half to see what he was doing differently, what you noted is the kind of stuff we've seen in his earlier games, I was really surprised to see the blocks he made in the first half.

He is going to be a top flight receiver as he gets more seasoning. We are going to be very glad we drafted him.

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pats1

After a long evening of copying, pasting, and editing, the 1st half is finally done!

skri65

Some great Analysis here guys! keep it up

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flutie2phelan

I don't have access to any source ... that can compete with direct, informed, detailed analysis like this ... with the play-by-play serving the role of scholarly footnotes.

Box could be a doctoral candidate in football somewhere ... with skills like he has been developing!

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