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2 Items I saw; I'm sure many of you play by play analyzers saw more; and better details but my 2 points:
1. SHUT DOWN THE EDGE; Notice how mortal Pay-me-a-ton looked once S.D took away the Edge from his game plan. I didnt necessarily see them playing 8 in the box; but they took away the run game, maintained pressure on peyton and got in his face. He was behind and high on a lot of throws as his frustration grew.
2. ON O; S.D. MADE A LOT OF MONEY RUNNING TO THE EDGES; Both L.T. and Turner made a lot of yards on runs and YACs on screens etc by getting outside and turning the corner on the Dolts. NOt sure if this was a special blocking scheme or guys like Freeney overpursueing the pocket.
So if things play out that we end up playing Dolts at some point; Can we take advantage of these points as well. With our healed DL; I think we can shut down their running game as well as S.D. did. The only questions are:
1. if we can agressively crash the pocket like we did the last 2 weeks. Too many times this season the strategy has seemed to be run up to a lineman and occupy space/contain rather than blow past and get to the QB. I guess I can understand that when you play M. Vick; but not anybody else.
2. Does Corey have the speed to turn the corner or do we need to use Faulk in that role?
1. SHUT DOWN THE EDGE; Notice how mortal Pay-me-a-ton looked once S.D took away the Edge from his game plan. I didnt necessarily see them playing 8 in the box; but they took away the run game, maintained pressure on peyton and got in his face. He was behind and high on a lot of throws as his frustration grew.
2. ON O; S.D. MADE A LOT OF MONEY RUNNING TO THE EDGES; Both L.T. and Turner made a lot of yards on runs and YACs on screens etc by getting outside and turning the corner on the Dolts. NOt sure if this was a special blocking scheme or guys like Freeney overpursueing the pocket.
So if things play out that we end up playing Dolts at some point; Can we take advantage of these points as well. With our healed DL; I think we can shut down their running game as well as S.D. did. The only questions are:
1. if we can agressively crash the pocket like we did the last 2 weeks. Too many times this season the strategy has seemed to be run up to a lineman and occupy space/contain rather than blow past and get to the QB. I guess I can understand that when you play M. Vick; but not anybody else.
2. Does Corey have the speed to turn the corner or do we need to use Faulk in that role?