Tyson Jackson Overpowers and Outskills Ray Willis
by John Morgan on Aug 31, 2009 2:57 PM PDT
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PrintSeattle's second drive was one explosive play and zero net yards otherwise earned. That play alone made this a successful drive. Such is the power of big plays in the NFL. One play was worth more yards than 22 teams averaged per offensive drive in 2008.
3. Matt Hasselbeck sailed his first pass over Nate Burleson's head. Burleson was running a deep hook route out of play-action. The interception must have given Hasselbeck jitters. Again firing over Tyson Jackson and Mike Vrabel, he overcompensated.
2. Seattle ran twice in a row after Burleson's 31 yard completion. The plays were identical except out of slightly different formations.
The first stretch-right was run with a wide receiver left and right, a tight end left and an I formation. Ray Willis and the interior stretched a hole through the right "B" gap, but instead of blowing it open, Owen Schmitt got caught inside and plugged the hole. Julius Jones ran for two.
The second stretch-right was run with a tight end on the right but no fullback. This time, Seattle baited and bullied the Chiefs hard right creating a huge cutback lane left. Too bad Tamba Hali hip threw John Carlson to the dirt. A better and especially a more elusive rusher than Jones could have evaded Hali and broken towards the sideline for a huge gain. Jones, with one man to beat, cut in and took what was given.
1. Things didn't get better for Carlson.
3-5-KC 28 (8:57) 8-M.Hasselbeck sacked at KC 33 for -5 yards (94-T.Jackson).
Sea: 2WR (left), WR (right), TE (right), RB
KC : 2-4 nickel
The key men in this play are Tyson Jackson, Mike Vrabel, Tamba Hali, Ray Willis, John Carlson, Sean Locklear and Julius Jones. Alex Magee and Jackson are the down linemen. Hali is attacking the offensive left and Vrabel the offensive right. We can't see the route, but Warren Moon calls it a double move.
Hasselbeck takes the snap, looks right and then pump fakes. He looks up and then right again. The line is crumbling around him. Carlson is completely overmatched by Vrabel and he's struggling just to stay in front of him. Locklear is sustaining but sagging, not allowing Hali around him but not stonewalling him either. Steve Vallos has engaged and single-handedly frozen Alex Magee. Jackson has swam past and blown through Willis.
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He's free to Hasselbeck and his burst could make this end bad and quickly.
Here's the critical point in the play. Jones can (1) Save Carlson by chipping or blocking Vrabel, (2) Put his body between Hasselbeck and Jackson and hope not to die, or (3) Release into the flat and hope Hasselbeck has enough time to target you or throw away near him. He does the third, and it looks like the right decision, but it doesn't matter because Jackson is on Hasselbeck in a second. Vrable joins in and Hali piles on after the fact.
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Sims and Unger were playing their zones
They never moved or picked anyone up. At least Sims seemed aware that Locklear was battling the edge rush.
He's learning.
His first assignment was double Magee with Vallos. Vallos just happen to be able to do that himself, and the play was over before Unger figured out what next to do.
Cut the bum.
It's Great to be a Florida Gator!
by Wayward Llama on Aug 31, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions
That's the spirit!
Now to make up some justification for it that sounds objective . . .
Brett Favre is the Kenny Powers of football.
By "working on a chart"
you mean google “chart” and look for pretty pictures, right?
Brett Favre is the Kenny Powers of football.
Did this play add anything to speculate that Vallos is not as bad as advertised?
I don’t know McGee and my gut says: no. Vallos is a turd which will probably be evidenced later in future breakdowns.
Tyson Jackson surprisingly good for a rookie 3-4 DE, no? (Not too surprising considering his 1.03 draft slot)
Early prospect watch: RB C.J. Spiller, QB Jevan Snead, OT Ciron Black, DT Gerald McCoy, S Eric Berry, DT Ndamukong Suh, CB Ras-I Dowling 6'2, 200, RB Jonathan Dwyer
You can't much tell how good or bad a player is until he plays a while
Tyson looked good on that play. But our O-line pretty much protected Matt most of the game to the tune of 216 and 2 tds. Willis is getting his pass blocking up to speed. Probably just got surprised by Jackson’s moves and learned to compensate quickly on later plays.
to the tune of 216 yards and 2 TDs *in 2.2 quarters*
The demise of the Broncos in '09 is our future. Pray hard.
Glad you got confirmation on the sack given up by Willis
One article I read said Carlson and another said Willis. And the winner was Willis.
Am I the only one a little worried that Unger is getting so much playing time?
He’s played all the way through almost every game now. NFL season is longer then college and sometimes rookies tend to hit a wall 3/4 of the way through. This will be a 20 game season for him (and then some if we make the playoffs). Are my worries unfounded? I’d like to see him get a rest in this last game. Although I guess we have no backup backup center.
oops, I mean backup backup backup center
Although I see Cory Withrow has 12 years in the league. I hope they put him in there for most of the game.
by B.B.Finnegan on Sep 1, 2009 10:09 AM PDT up reply actions
A concern I hadn't considered
it might be an issue. He’s going to be playing, I’m fairly certain. Wrotto is not ready for primetime. I would be OK with Unger developing, and contributing, but then moving back to backup when Walter returns, and have Locklear move to RG.
I think it's good he's playing so much early
He’s getting tons of experience and building up his conditioning. I think he’ll be ready to go all season.
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