Trent Williams is getting better and LaRon Landry is back! Film Breakdown from week 3 vs the Cowboys
by UkRedskin on Sep 28, 2011 6:02 PM EDT
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PrintThe Monday night loss to the Cowboys hurt, there's no doubt, but there's been a massive over-reaction to one defeat. Going into this season, who'd have honestly thought we'd have been in a position to go 3-0? But the effect of a defeat to the Cowboys when we all had high hopes bring all the negatives out of the game. I've seen all sorts of negatives about Grossman, Hall, Hightower, Rocca, play-calling etc. Most people look at the 3rd and 21 play, and Rocca failing to get the ball down on the blocked FG as the two plays that lost it for us. While either one could have potentially won us the game had they gone our way, the fact of the matter is we got into scoring positions several times and didn't put the ball in the end-zone.
But enough of that, I want to have a look as some positives, while being fair about them, that we can take out of this game. So lets start with a look at Trent Williams.
Here's our first pass play of the game. It's a play-action. Trent is probably a little bit on edge on his first attempt to block the best pass-rusher in the game, and understandably so. What you'll see here is that he gets too far outside DeMarcus Ware anticipating the normal pass-rushing angle.
Ware is much too good to let that go unpunished. He reads it perfectly and plants his foot and goes back inside. Luckily we have Chris Cooley to help block while Williams recovers before continuing on his route.
Later in the same drive, we have the same situation. Another play-action pass, Williams gets too far outside Ware again and gets a helping hand from Hightower.
Williams actually didn't do too bad a job of pushing Ware off his track whilst trying to recover, but he needs to learn not to get over-excited and get too far outside of the pass-rushers outside shoulder, otherwise he'll leave a big hole on the inside which the best guys will take advantage of.
But once Williams settled into the game, he appeared to cope with Ware fine (apart from the spin move late on, another inside move). This next play is the Grossman INT, but lets focus on Williams block.
Helu motions out of the backfield, showing the Cowboys that it has to be a pass play. Williams is one-on-one with Ware again, with Fred Davis the main target of the play.
Ware gets an amazing jump off the snap, he's already making his second step before most of the other players on the field have moved.
Williams has no trouble keeping up with the speed rush from Ware, he gets his hands on him solidly which slows him down.
Williams manages to get the upper hand and uses Ware's momentum against him, pushing him well past Grossman. Pretty much all outside rushes were handled by Williams. So for the last play on Williams, I'll look at another inside rush.
Yet another play-action pass. Williams, learning from his earlier mistakes, doesn't go too far over Ware's outside shoulder. This time he reads what Ware is doing, and comes back inside.
He manages to step back inside and make contact before Ware has a foot past him. Then it's all about having the strength to stop Ware bull-rushing into Grossman.
I don't like the fact he lets Ware get under him here and get the better angle on him. Ware does manage to drive him back a bit, but Williams does well enough to allow Rex a clean throw for a completion.
Another positive from the game is that LaRon Landry is back! Lets have a look at his forced fumble.
It's the famous all-out blitz, or 0 safety blitz or whatever you want to call it blitz play. This time we managed to get something from it. Landry blitzes from the right side, but can't block the throw.
He doesn't give up on the play there, he shows great effort to get back and make the tackle and save a first down.
As you can see here, he's improved his wrapping up skills from years gone by. He does a great job of knocking the ball loose and getting a pretty big hit on Ogletree in the process. In the end, we recover the fumble after a review, but miss a huge chance to put a our first TD on the board and have to settle for a FG.
Final note, as I feel this is dragging on slightly. Lets have a look at THAT hit from Landry. He shows amazing closing speed, reads the play well, and then just lays the poor WR out. No further commentary needed from me at this point, over to you LaRon.
(Ok, I know I said no more commentary needed, but this just look BAD for the receiver!)
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On those first two plays from Williams
They may not have been mistakes at all. It could very well be that the designed protection called for a double team with Williams responsible for anything outside and the FB/HB responsible for helping on anything to the inside. If that was the design of the play, then Williams played both plays perfectly – he made sure he wouldn’t get beat outside, then recovered to join the double team inside.
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by ThrowItDownBigManThrowItDown on Sep 28, 2011 5:56 PM EDT reply actions
I would agree had
anyone else been lined up outside of Ware. But in both instances Ware is lined up the furthest outside of Ware. There’s not a potential CB/Safety blitz. It was just Ware, from what I could see anyway. You could be right.
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These are so great.
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I would but..
Unfortunately your a Liverpool fan. It would never work lol.
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If you're Chelsea or ManU
I’d understand. And Everton perhaps.
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Given that ware is the league leader in sacks
And a total beast at OLB I would give Trent a passing grade in defending the pass
by BmoreRedskin on Sep 28, 2011 7:00 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Absolutely
I’d mark it down as a good performance by Trent. I just hope he can use this performance to build on and become consistent.
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Great breakdown UK
As always, much appreciated. I thought that TW played very well. I could not believe how fast Ware was getting off of the snap, some plays it looked like off-sides as Ware’s rush almost seemed instantaneous. I thought Trent really held his own against a very tough opponent, Brown really struggled on the other side when he was lined up against Ware. I thought that LL looked great in the 1st half & then disappeared in the 2nd. I don’t know if it was fatigue or the Cowboys staying away from him.
Ware's jump off the snap is amazing.
It’s part of what separates him and other great pass-rushers apart from the rest. If you can get off the ball as quick as that, your going to get the upper hand more often than not on an offensive tackle.
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That's because some of the rushes were off-sides...
some plays it looked like off-sides as Ware’s rush almost seemed instantaneous
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by TerpsAllTheWay on Sep 29, 2011 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
i really don't tihnk they were...if you look at the replays he was moving with the ball
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Awesome Breakdown
I really want someone to make an animated GIF of that Landry hit. I just want to watch it over and over again.
That would be cool to see.
It was an awesome hit lol.
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Williams overhauled Ware with punch moves, some even after the pass occurred. Williams did seem to be more
aggressive than I’ve noticed before. In another instance Ware moved to a different point of attack and Williams examined the situation and then moved toward the front of the pocket to look for other pass rushers.
A separate issue was the success of Felix Jones on two running plays. In his two previous games he did almost nothing. Did someone on the Skins defense get caught napping?
I think I know the two run plays your talking about
It was the cut back one where he and the FB went to follow the Oline, then cut back to the other side. I’d need to go back and rewatch them, but certainly on the second one I remember a LB (I think it may have been Rob Jackson or Rocky McIntosh), got in a position to make a play, then seemed to choose to try and tackle the FB, as if he thought the FB had the ball, rather than letting someone else take the FB and having a straight shot at Felix.
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Yep
I know the play you are talking about. I think it was Rob Jackson. The FB was already engaged with a defender and Rob Jackson had a clean shot at blowing up Felix Jones in the backfield but strangely chose instead to hit the FB who was already engaged in a block. I couldn’t understand that one, and it cost us big, but you may be right that he thought the FB had the ball.
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by Diesel44 on Sep 28, 2011 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
I think ive watched this 25 straight times now. Haz getting fired up is great too.
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by Kevin Ewoldt on Sep 29, 2011 8:04 AM EDT up reply actions
Eli is extremely tall
One of my friends took a pic with him who’s 6’3" and my friend still looked short.
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by Kevin Ewoldt on Sep 29, 2011 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Here's the Cowboys' version of UKRedskins' game film
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you should show that play where williams tackles ware
i enjoyed that one.. those ones..
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