damn mgcolby, maybe i will pick up that book, if it gives me insight like that
Its not just the book, but the book is very good. I coach little league football (well not his year) so I read a lot of strategy books. And watch a lot of football.
Also the Pats have been getting killed on those all season, Keller's (I believe) TD pass in the back of the end zone was a jerk route that kicked McCourtey's ass.
But I was probably more aware of that play last night on Chung, because I used the Bess TD as a teaching aid to my son right after it happened. You can't get sat down like that by a receiver without staying on his outside shoulder or it will be a big gain. So when I saw Marshall start that route and Chung sat on the jerk route to his outside my first words to my son were see that is how you play it. Then I explained to him that it wasn't a "gift", he earned that INT because he learned from his mistake earlier in the game.
Patspsycho's threads are very informative to. Haven't seen the thread for this week yet (hint,hint).
I usually don't say a lot because in the case of many posters it is easy to see that they simply have no idea what they are watching. They just see someone trailing a receiver and think he got burned, when he was most likely in zone and either the safety went to the wrong receiver or was late in his read (a generic example, I know).
A good example would be last night, when people were criticizing Mayo for "dancing" with the ball carrier, but what they failed to realize is that he was the last point of defense, if he attacks aggressively and misses the tackle the guy is off to the races. Instead he broke down and mirrored him until help arrived and the ball carrier didn't gain another yard. He did his job.
I could go on, but it typically falls on deaf ears around here. :bricks:
