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YouTube - Sebastian Vollmer had help on Freeney 36 out of 44 passing attempts


Yeah, I don't know. Mayock claims to have charted every Pats passing attempt. Kind of lame if you ask me. I'm sure Collinsworth would beg to differ......

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Patspsycho

This is a crock. On two of those "examples" Mankins comes over to help only because he has nobody to pick up. What is he going to do? Of course he's going to find something to do, to keep busy. This is not an intentional design.

But one good thing I saw is that Stanback is not afraid to be physical. that was a good chip he laid on Freeney to prime him for Vollmer.

maverick4

I don't doubt that Vollmer had help most of the time, it doesn't diminish the accomplishment of stopping Freeney. It's as inconsequential as the argument of whether Revis had help or not - either way it was a great accomplishment to stop Moss.

One player's performance who was underhyped was Pat Chung destroying the gunner on special teams.

letekro

When it comes to reviewing tape, Mayock takes his job seriously. I think, as usual, we can trust him on this one.

VJCPatriot

Well there's nothing there that really implies that Vollmer didn't do a good job. They're just saying the Pats worked well to protect Brady by being creative to stop the pass rush. We didn't score 34 pts by accident. The protection was great most of the game.

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mcsully

Mayock is right, Vollmer was given help out there.. But lets be honest, Freeney and Mathis are the best two rushing DE's in football.. (there like 1 and 2 in the league for sack strip fumbles in the past 4-5 years)
It would be ridiculous to match up our tackles one on one with them.. This is why Zone blocking comes in handy..

MoLewisrocks

Some nice blocking by Maroney, Stanbeck and Edleman, too while still getting out into the pattern.

Mayock should chart some of Lights better performances... This OL never succeeds without help, Mike.

Go chart your binky, Jay Cutler.

maverick4

One lineman's performance who should be hyped more (in a bad way) is Kaczur.
He is absolute garbage. He is at the same time slow, and also not strong a the point of attack. He gets absolutely abused against above average or better DE's. We pretty much lost in 07 because of him.

robertweathers

Mayock is right. But how it's being presented as Vollmer's play is over-hyped is a tad unfair to him and the blocking scheme they implemented for the game. It's every OLs job to shade their assignment to help or to a spot so a throwing lane can be created or a run play. Some lines play more 1:1 matchups while others do more shade-to-help plass blocking.

IMO Vollmer got beat a couple times, but because of his positioning and by playing Freeney to help, he was sucessful containing him on 95% of the plays.

In the grand-scheme of things, as a pass-protection unit, Vollmer and the team shut-out Freeney.

Maybe as Vollmer continues to evolve and improve, he can handle a few more snaps w/o help and Kazur can get assistance ;-).

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MoLewisrocks

Actually we lost because of them, helpers included. There was pressure from the edges but even worse pressure up the middle collapsing the pocket. Neal went out and his replacement as well as Koppen and Mankins got manhandled. It's easier to counter edge rushers. You won't stop 'em every time but if you stop them 85% of the time you still allow Brady and the receivers to perform. Collapse his pocket entirely and all bets are off.