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So far I've re-watched the first half of Eagles v. Pats, watching the defense in general and the offensive line in particular. It was a close, interesting game that spawned a lot of talk on this forum, making it worthy of analysis.
I'll start with the performance of the offensive line in the first half, since its the easiest topic to write up.
Simply, I watched every passing play (and we almost exclusively ran passing plays) and evaluated pressures, knockdowns, and sacks of Tom Brady, noting where the pressure came from and who was responsible.
There were two plays that require a little bit of explanation; the first was the 2nd and 3 play on the 2nd drive (8:35 in the 2nd quarter) that resulted in Donté Stallworth motoring for 31 yards down the far sideline. Here is what the Eagles pressure looked like:
As you can see, that's 8 in the box with 6 pressuring. Stallworth is wide left, Moss wide right. Eagles #1-2 end up getting pressure right in Brady's face when he throws left to Stallworth; Faulk picks up #4 up the middle, while Koppen shift right to help Neal with #5.
What should have happened was Koppen should have picked up #4, leaving Faulk to shift left and pick up #2, who comes unblocked between Light and Mankins. Light also gives up the edge to Cole (#1) on this play; Brady is unable to step up due to #2 and #4, as mentioned.
It's hard to know who is responsible for the scheme mistake, Koppen or Brady, or even if it was even a "mistake" and not simply the cost of doing business on the line. I scored it as a pressure each for Light and Koppen. Faulk did a really good job stopping the rusher on this one, btw.
This one is another 2nd and 3 (obviously), this time on the 3rd drive (1:08 2nd quarter), and was a incomplete pass deep right to Moss. The tackles are singled up, while Mankins, Koppen, and Neal block the nose. That leaves Faulk (blue 1) to block the overload blitz on the right from the Will (orange 1) and safety (orange 2). Faulk gets the Will, but the safety ends up pressuring Brady.
My guess is that Koppen called protection to account for Gaither, who ended up dropping into coverage, replaced as a blitzer by the safety. That left Mankins free to help on the nose, who Koppen and Neal were assigned to, leaving Faulk on the Will.
Be that as it may, I scored this a pressure on Neal solely. He should have gotten off the nose faster and picked up (at least) the safety.
Here are the passing plays and their results:
I'll start with the performance of the offensive line in the first half, since its the easiest topic to write up.
Simply, I watched every passing play (and we almost exclusively ran passing plays) and evaluated pressures, knockdowns, and sacks of Tom Brady, noting where the pressure came from and who was responsible.
There were two plays that require a little bit of explanation; the first was the 2nd and 3 play on the 2nd drive (8:35 in the 2nd quarter) that resulted in Donté Stallworth motoring for 31 yards down the far sideline. Here is what the Eagles pressure looked like:
As you can see, that's 8 in the box with 6 pressuring. Stallworth is wide left, Moss wide right. Eagles #1-2 end up getting pressure right in Brady's face when he throws left to Stallworth; Faulk picks up #4 up the middle, while Koppen shift right to help Neal with #5.
What should have happened was Koppen should have picked up #4, leaving Faulk to shift left and pick up #2, who comes unblocked between Light and Mankins. Light also gives up the edge to Cole (#1) on this play; Brady is unable to step up due to #2 and #4, as mentioned.
It's hard to know who is responsible for the scheme mistake, Koppen or Brady, or even if it was even a "mistake" and not simply the cost of doing business on the line. I scored it as a pressure each for Light and Koppen. Faulk did a really good job stopping the rusher on this one, btw.
This one is another 2nd and 3 (obviously), this time on the 3rd drive (1:08 2nd quarter), and was a incomplete pass deep right to Moss. The tackles are singled up, while Mankins, Koppen, and Neal block the nose. That leaves Faulk (blue 1) to block the overload blitz on the right from the Will (orange 1) and safety (orange 2). Faulk gets the Will, but the safety ends up pressuring Brady.
My guess is that Koppen called protection to account for Gaither, who ended up dropping into coverage, replaced as a blitzer by the safety. That left Mankins free to help on the nose, who Koppen and Neal were assigned to, leaving Faulk on the Will.
Be that as it may, I scored this a pressure on Neal solely. He should have gotten off the nose faster and picked up (at least) the safety.
Here are the passing plays and their results:
Code:
1st Quarter
Time Down Happenings
06:31 1 and 10
06:06 1 and 10
05:31 1 and 10 [COLOR=Red][B]Kaczur: sack[/B][/COLOR]
05:03 2 and 17 [COLOR=Orange][B]Koppen: pressure[/B][/COLOR]
04:22 3 and 10
03:35 1 and 10 [B][COLOR=Orange]Koppen: pressure[/COLOR][/B]
03:31 2 and 10 (Brady runs, good protection)
02:48 1 and 10
02:11 2 and 1 [B][COLOR=Orange]Light: pressure, Kaczur: pressure[/COLOR][/B]
01:38 1 and G
2nd Quarter
11:18 1 and 10 [COLOR=Orange][B]Koppen: pressure[/B][/COLOR]
11:14 2 and 10
10:48 3 and 3
10:10 1 and 10
09:36 2 and 4 [COLOR=Orange][B]Faulk: pressure[/B][/COLOR]
08:56 1 and 10
08:35 2 and 3 [COLOR=Orange][B] Light: pressure, Koppen: pressure[/B][/COLOR] (*see above)
08:00 1 and G [COLOR=Red]Kaczur: coverage sack[/COLOR]
07:23 2 and G
07:20 3 and G
02:53 1 and 10 (Clear pocket, Brady double pumps a fade)
02:47 2 and 10 [B][COLOR=Orange]Koppen: pressure, Light: pressure[/COLOR][/B], (plus late blitzer)
02:00 3 and 6
01:32 1 and 10 [COLOR=Orange][B]Light: pressure[/B][/COLOR] (on a late zone blitz)
01:08 2 and 3 [COLOR=Orange][B]Neal: pressure[/B][/COLOR] (*see above)
01:03 1 and 10 (Pressure on overload blitz)
00:36 2 and 2 [COLOR=Orange][B]Kaczur: pressure[/B][/COLOR] (missed blitz stunt)
00:32 3 and 2
00:32 1 and 10