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On the second angle he definitely looks to be slower. But then again he has to flip his hips, accelerate against a player who is already in motion. The ball arrives just at the perfect time and into the ideal place as well.
Safety zone-based inside technique. He was late, but was trying to keep the player inside to where he had help as well.
Yeah, that one flat out just looks like poor man to man technique and execution.
So should the inside help be closer ? I am just trying to understand how much of his struggle is "loss of speed" and how much of it is just bad positioning/technique/etc.
I am gonna start with some gifs and thoughts on DMac getting beat a few times:
This is the TD to Swoope where from my point of view he just took a few steps too far back and when swoop broke inside he was already beat. There is no speed in the world that will be able to make up for those wrong steps he made.
I am gonna start with some gifs and thoughts on DMac getting beat a few times:
This is the TD to Swoope where from my point of view he just took a few steps too far back and when swoop broke inside he was already beat. There is no speed in the world that will be able to make up for those wrong steps he made.
Do you know who was the other Pats defender who came in after the catch?
The pass to Ebron before the Swoope TD:
On the second angle he definitely looks to be slower. But then again he has to flip his hips, accelerate against a player who is already in motion. The ball arrives just at the perfect time and into the ideal place as well. Again, not sure there is a player who can make up that difference in about 6 steps.
Am I not harsh enough on him ?
If he diagnosed that play better he would have had a chance for an int. Overall though he seems slower. He had No closing speed on Ebron, it actually looks like he is even losing ground on some other plays too.
DMac was close enough at the end to get a hand in there. Gave himself a chance at a PBU, anyway.
I had this noted down since early in the first quarter yesterday:
Good luck defending a bunch with CP behind the blockers and Gronk spread out wide on the other side in the redzone. Add in White out of the backfield and you are toast. You only have so many bodies.
Also, <1 sec from snap to throw.
I actually think he was closing down well enough but there were only 5-6 steps Ebron took between when DMac had to flip hips & accelerate and when the pass arrived. I don't know if you can make up that much space in this amount of time if the pass is placed perfectly in front of the TE.