EvoSkins Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 http://www.fantasyguru.com/StaffBlog/2010/09/14/cosells-coaching-tape-week-one-notes-91410/ COWBOYS OFFENSE V. REDSKINS DEFENSE Romo sits to pee frenetic early in the game: 2nd play he didn’t pull the trigger on the play’s design and it was open Redskins predominant zone coverage concepts, A number of “fire x” zone pressure concepts early in the game on 1st + 10 S Landry explosive movement skills, Covers a lot of ground – Primarily a LOS box defender in the Redskins predominant single high safety coverages Redskins felt very comfortable with Hall singled up on the outside versus Austin Austin the “z” receiver in the Cowboys base offense, Always aligns on the same side as TE Witten; Austin tougher to double-team with an uncommitted safety because of Witten Cowboys clearly game planned to throw on 1st + 10, predominantly out of base personnel sets Redskins predominant single high safety coverages versus Cowboys base personnel – Confidence in their corners Hall and Rodgers Cowboys pass game was short with quick drops by Romo sits to pee, The 3 and 5 step pass game – Clearly concerns about Cowboys OL Romo sits to pee 17-23 1st down passing, but only for 123 yds – Cowboys only 6 1st + 10 runs Redskins very disciplined with their coverage concepts, Almost all zone concepts Cowboys more spread looks on 1st + 10 in the 4th quarter when they were losing Bryant excellent movement and explosive for a big receiver, A chance to be a dynamic playmaker Redskins corner blitz from the boundary as part of zone blitz concept part of 3rd down package Buchanon the Redskins nickel corner at RCB with Rogers inside over the slot Redskins a nickel not dime defense: Carter, Orakpo, Alexander, Holliday Orakpo played ROLB in the base 3-4 front, He did not switch sides; He played both sides in the nickel Different runs with Barber and Jones: Barber more inside zone and iso lead, Jones more outside zone and toss Redskins defense quicker, faster and more explosive than Cowboys offense; Played downhill with aggression in the run game DONOVAN McNABB V. COWBOYS First 3rd + long Redskins had McNabb in the shotgun flanked by 2 blockers (Cooley and Portis) but they still allowed rookie LT Williams to blockers one-on-one; Williams did an excellent job on a 7 step drop depth, pushing Ware wide Brooking played in the Cowboys nickel defense, along with James First two 3rd + longs Redskins matched up Williams one-on-one with Ware with no help Cowboys a 4-3 defense not a 3-4: Ware always aligns on the open side of the formation, They play “under” fronts with a “3 technique” and NT Ratliff aligned in a gap – Ware is really an “under” DE Cowboys a lot of 2 deep shell coverage concepts, primarily “quarters” and ¼ ¼ ½ – They did play some “man free” Redskins threw the ball predominantly out of 2 back on 1st + 10 When Ware drops into coverage, which is rare, the Cowboys almost always blitz from the other side Cowboys high percentage blitzing out of their nickel in long yardage situations Cowboys “man free” on Redskins first 1st down pass of the 2nd half: Moss 16 yds out of bunch McNabb does not throw crossing routes very well, Struggles with his accuracy on throws where the receiver is running laterally Cowboys defense high percentage blitz inside the 10 yd line Redskina a lot of TE motion across the formation to Ware’s side, Get a body in front of him Portis an excellent pass protector: Willing and physical as opposed to technique Cowboys a lot more man coverage concepts in the 4th quarter when they were losing McNabb has poor footwork in the pocket, Balance issues which causes erratic accuracy McNabb 2 big completions on last 4th quarter drive versus “man free” coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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