The First Blitz of the Season

by John Morgan on Sep 14, 2009 5:03 PM PDT

1-10-STL 43 (10:15) 10-M.Bulger pass short right to 17-D.Avery to SL 44 for 1 yard (26-J.Wilson).

How it worked:

Patrick Kerney fakes outside rush and then drops into a zone.
Colin Cole and Craig Terrill move forward and then hard right.
Cory Redding edge rushes Jason Smith.
Aaron Curry and Josh Wilson man-cover the left and right wide receiver, respectively.
Ken Lucas, Jordan Babineaux and Deon Grant drop into cover 3.

Redding gets around Smith, but is dropped by Smith just as he approaches Bulger. Tatupu draws the block of Steven Jackson, but is able to shed it. The Rams start with nine blockers, but the fullback squirts into the left flat. Kerney covers him. Redding and Tatupu flush Marc Bulger from the pocket. He targets a retreating Donnie Avery and passes to him. Wilson is there for the immediate tackle.

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Finally, a real blitz package.

Isn’t Redding #94?

by Hawkhammer19 on Sep 14, 2009 5:57 PM PDT reply actions

Good catch.

You are correct.

by John Morgan on Sep 14, 2009 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions

There we go.

by John Morgan on Sep 14, 2009 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions

Hopefully that's not too diificult to change

I love the graphics. It’s nice having the before (the snap) and after image.

by Hawkhammer19 on Sep 14, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions

No. Not hard.

The background is filler. I need something meaningful. The graphics are coming along though yes.

by John Morgan on Sep 14, 2009 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Sorry if this is off topic, but I don't feel it deserves a fanshot/post or whatever.

Is there anywhere I can find the odds of teams converting 4th and 15? Especially for a touchdown? In my pool I would have won if the Raiders and Chargers scored under 41 combined. It was looking good, but with about 2 and a half minutes left the fucking Raiders bomb it to the end zone on 4th and 15 and get it. I just want to know why San Diego wasn’t playing some kind of prevent or something deep. And, I want to know how lucky this asshole just got, because he also picked Denver to win, so he shouldn’t even be up there in the first place.

So is there a place I can find this data? I cannot find it.

by Pessimistic Optimist on Sep 14, 2009 11:02 PM PDT reply actions

That WR ran right by the CB and the S

They had the personnel to cover him in place, but each guy thought the other one was responsible so neither did. This is one of the drawbacks of zone coverage.

by ninjasocks on Sep 15, 2009 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions