He turned in and took FLowers' guy off-balance - that's why the guy was complaining at the end of the play.
Umm.. You see that guy driving #70 of the Panthers back into the #67 of the Panthers? That was Johnson. Because of that, it knocked #67 off balance enough to help Flowers shed his block so he could get to Newton. Your video shows that..
Yup, very heady play by Johnson that allowed his teammate to make the play. I'm sure BB didn't miss that.
thanks for the responses, it's fun to dissect these plays.
i kept looking at that frame-by-frame to try to see what johnson did. while johnson was there and does bump into kalil (#67), i think flowers did most of the work shedding the block.
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you can see that here that he has a hold of kalil's jersey with his left hand:
he pulls kalil forward and off balance:
then throws him to the side and goes past him: