Sean Locklear Sacks Matt Hasselbeck for a Loss of Seven

by John Morgan on Aug 28, 2009 3:20 PM PDT

Seattle couldn't stand up to Denver's stunts. Whenever a Bronco stunted, a Seahawk lapsed on his assignment. Some recovered. Others did not.

At the snap, left defensive end Carlton Powell (97) stunts hard towards center Steve Vallos and right offensive guard Max Unger. Kenny Peterson (90) fades and slides over top of Powell. Robert Ayers (56), attacking from left outside linebacker, blitzes. Elvis Dumervil (92) edge rushes Sean Locklear (75) from right defensive end.

Locklear fades slightly and engages. He's losing the bull rush but he's not beat. Ray Willis (74) fades dramatically, but when Ayers attempts an inside move, Willis stonewalls him. Vallos and Unger are doubling Powell. Their hard motion left opens a pass rush lane to their right. That's where Peterson attacks.

The pocket is collapsing all around Hasselbeck. To his left, Locklear is being twisted and bent back. Dumervil is walking him towards Hasselbeck. Peterson is all but untouched. Rob Sims fades back and attempts to help Locklear, but may in fact provide the block that breaks Locklear's back. Peterson trips and falls at Hasselbeck's feet. Hasselbeck can't move into the pocket and Willis, though containing Ayers, is deep and dangerously close to the center. Hasselbeck holds and bravely looks down field. Sims pushes...somebody...extends his arm, Locklear is walked into Hasselbeck's legs, trips and falls on top of Hasselbeck for the sack.

Peterson is credited with the sack.

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Sorry to harp on this but you didn't answer me in the other thread...

there are only 10 defenders, is the missing safety not important?

Excellent article!

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by bluemax on Aug 28, 2009 3:29 PM PDT reply actions

He's not featured in the play.

He’s deep.

by John Morgan on Aug 28, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Like Gandhi deep or just Deepak Chopra deep?

Brett Favre is the Kenny Powers of football.

by ninjasocks on Aug 28, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions

DarkPoetry.com deep.

by John Morgan on Aug 28, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions

John have you been getting a ton of formating errors while posting lately?

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Aug 28, 2009 3:36 PM PDT reply actions

No.

by John Morgan on Aug 28, 2009 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Does this look screwy?

by John Morgan on Aug 28, 2009 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Just a little.

NEEDS MORE FREEDOM!

by Scruffy Lefty on Aug 28, 2009 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions

I put in some artificial space after the jump

When I do multiple images, I am just going to have to combine them like they are one image.

by John Morgan on Aug 28, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions

The figures are getting a lot better

The light blue is a little on the light side, but everything’s nice and clear and easy to follow (and the selected use of players’ numbers is really nice).

Brett Favre is the Kenny Powers of football.

by ninjasocks on Aug 28, 2009 3:38 PM PDT reply actions

Thanks.

It’s going to be trial and error for a while.

by John Morgan on Aug 28, 2009 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Looking good to me.

/wolf whistle

by thebyron on Aug 28, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions

So even if Locklear didn't trip Hasselbeck,

wouldn’t Peterson have gotten to him anyways? It look like Unger should have slid over and blocked Peterson or Sims should have helped Locklear better or something.

by LantermanC on Aug 28, 2009 3:41 PM PDT reply actions

Unger should have taken Peterson

Peterson was definitely in his zone. Sims should have helped Locklear earlier, or at least helped instead of—I am not sure if he did this, but it kind of looks that way—shoving Dumervil and unbalancing Locklear and causing him to fall into Hasselbeck. Vallos did his job. Willis did his job.

by John Morgan on Aug 28, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Issues

We can realistically hope that the line learns how to pick up stunts better as they acclimate to working together, the new system*, etc. More troubling is Locklear getting blown back by a straight-on rush by Dumervil.

*I’m not sure whether our pass-blocking scheme has changed, so maybe this is wishful thinking. Really, I’m not sure there is such a thing as pass-blocking scheme.

by jeager on Aug 28, 2009 3:43 PM PDT reply actions

Dumervil was a nightmare for Locklear

Short guys that bull rush well seem to work over a lot of left tackles. Tapp has excelled against Clady, Ferguson and Ogden that I can remember. This might be a breakout year for Dumervil. The scheme fits his talents.

by John Morgan on Aug 28, 2009 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Dumervil is kind of a nightmare in general but I thought he'd be a decent matchup for Locklear

I thought his weakness was speed rushers so it’s really disappointing to see him get pushed around by a bull rush too.

by Nate Dogg on Aug 28, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Or hear about him getting pushed around anyways

I didn’t get to watch the game.

by Nate Dogg on Aug 28, 2009 6:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Zones work for pass blocking too

A player protects a zone instead of a specific man. Pass blocking is the most noted weakness of zone blocking.

by John Morgan on Aug 28, 2009 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Well, that sucks, since this sure looks to be a passing offense.

by thebyron on Aug 28, 2009 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Damn, Hasselbeck is seeing nothing but stars

I haven’t seen too may stunts out of the Chiefs these first few games. Our defensive schemes have been pretty vanilla for the most part, showing your routine gap blitzes.

It’ll be interesting to see if Pendergast opens it up a bit on Saturday. Hasselbeck can get the ball out quick and can certainly spot a blitz. And not even missing a beat in losing Engram, you get a great possession receiver in Housh, who happens to have the most receptions from 2006-2008 with 294 (pro-football-reference.com). Those two will certainly be able to pick apart a defense.

That said, if the Broncos front 7 can beat your OLine like that, surely the Chiefs can get in the backfield a handful of times and put Hasselbeck on the ground. I’m going to make a bold prediction of 3 sacks for my Chiefs tonight — one each for Hali, the Predator Tyson Jackson, and his evil twin Corey Mays.

Good luck to you guys tonight. I hope you get smashed.

Geaux Chiefs! (we’re collecting LSU players like they’re treasure trolls)

"The first step to penetration... must not be lateral"
-Confucius, in contrary to Glenn Dorsey lining up in the 2-tech

by ArrowSpread on Aug 28, 2009 8:33 PM PDT reply actions

It's not as bad as it looks.

I believe (or at least, I hope) that a lot of Hass’s sacks have come from miss communication from the OL, especially Locklear who is still learning the LT position. Hopefully, this should decrease as the pre-season and regular season progress. So, hopefully that means 0-1 sacks for the Chiefs. Then again, hope and wishes don’t mean squat when the players start hitting each other. So we’ll see how well that OL adapts to the ZBS by the third game.

by Fear on Aug 28, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions