Power Play of the Week: Cam Newton's 25 yard scramble on the first 3rd down of the game.
by UkRedskin on Oct 26, 2011 1:32 PM EDT
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PrintWell, it's power play of the week time again, after another depressing loss. This week we're looking at the Cam Newton 25 yard run on 3rd and 9. You may realise that this was only the 3rd play of the game, however, I felt it set the tone for the day. We couldn't stop Newton, and the defense just couldn't get off the field when they got in position to do so. If any Panthers fans are reading (I know a few have been checking in from the Panthers site), you're going to enjoy this, Redskins fans, you might want to skip a few of these pictures.
Newton is looking to hit the WR at the top of the picture (circled in red) but the initial push from Adam Carriker (who's made up for the injury to Jarvis Jenkins pretty well) is enough to force Newton back and off his timing.
Stephen Bowen takes over from Carriker up the middle and forces Newton to scramble.
Here's the first (of many to come) bad part of this play. Kevin Barnes throws himself at Newton's feet to try and tackle him. You can't just throw yourself at the feet of a guy like Newton, he's much too good for that and avoids it.
Carolina's Oline does a really nice job recovering and adjusting to the play. They get two nice blocks off here that allow Newton to cut back inside.
Newton wrong foots the defender here (I couldn't make out who it was) by faking to go back outside, and then carrying on back towards the middle of the field.
By this time, the DB's in coverage have realised that Newton has started to scramble, and come up to try and make a play. DeAngelo Hall comes at him with speed, but Newton shows off the athleticism that helped him become the number 1 overall pick in this years draft (amongst other things). He sticks his foot in the ground to cut back on Hall, using his arm to help shove Hall past him.
Hall try's to grab at his knee's and trip him up, but Newton manages to maintain balance and continue towards the first down marker and beyond.
Yet another Redskins player diving at his feet. Newton once again avoids the tackle, and is off to the races up the sideline.
Newton eventually steps out of bounds before a Redskins player can get a hit on him, and shows Mike Shanahan exactly what franchise QB looks like.
As I said, this may have only been the 3rd play of the game, but it set the tone for the whole day. The defense just couldn't come up with a way to get off the field consistently. When we managed to actually stop the run and the pass, Newton would do things like this and keep the drive going, and we had no answers to it.
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So I think what you're trying to say is that Kevin Barnes isn't very good?
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Ha, no.
I actually like Barnes, we use him well on CB blitzes.
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Not a ringing endorsement
Thats like saying you like Skippy because it catches mice better.
Where do they teach you to talk like this? In some Panama City "Sailor wanna hump-hump" bar, or is it getaway day and your last shot at his whiskey? Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.
Those CB blitzes are awesome, until he gets to the QB and bounces off of him
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Well, obviously he isn't our best CB
So I’m not going to rave about the guy. But I do like him.
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Easy thesis here: TERRIBLE TACKLING
Excellent breakdown by our boy in the UK once again, and if you think this was a detailed breakdown, imagine the time that Redskins coaches will be hammering this play down the defense’s throat during this week, as well they should.
This play presents example after example of our defenders losing their heads and using poor technique to make a stop that didn’t happen.
Oh, the defense had a way to get off the field consistently...
it just involved giving points every time.
by BurgundyEpidermis on Oct 26, 2011 3:19 PM EDT reply actions
Ha, that is true
rather sadly…..
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I don't know why any of the defenders had to dive in the first place
For a big QB, the best bet is to get your hands on and hang on him and slow him down until help arrives. Barnes didn’t even need to dive. He was close enough to grab a piece of Newton and slow him down. This is exactly like Orakpo diving at Vick.
Like tackling Spike in Little Giants?
For a big QB, the best bet is to get your hands on and hang on him and slow him down until help arrives.
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Exactly
Barnes knew his only chance was to try to give Cam’s feet a concussion
nobody does form tackling anymore. Any NFL player can lift up any person if they get them around the knees. If Barnes initiated contact standing up into Cam’s thigh and wrapped him up with his arms Cam would have gone down. Why does the NFL not teach people this anymore? Sure, diving into the knees might take a guy down but if you miss you usually haven’t slowed them down and you’re completely out of the play, not to mention how many injuries you could cause yourself and others.
There's NOTHING wrong with your defensive players...
the problem was they weren’t trying to tackle a normal QB.
Do you remember how the Redskins lost to the Panthers last regular season game?
DHall couldn’t tackle Jake Delhomme in the open field. First down game over. Jake Delhomme. Ugh…now I’m getting memories of Favre scrambling for that long 3rd down last year to seal the game. Thanks CC….I’m going to go Frerotte the first hard object I see just so I feel a different pain.
"You guys know how this works. You ask questions and I don't answer them." Mike Shanahan to Washington media reporters
by Kevin Ewoldt on Oct 26, 2011 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions
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