Second-half Adjustments and Signs of Life from Brian Price
by John Morgan on Feb 18, 2010 1:44 PM PST
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PrintSecond half means second-half adjustments and I am excited to see how both teams respond. Critical of Brian Price's pro potential as I have been, he was very disruptive in the first half. A single block couldn't hold him on the line of scrimmage and he was regularly fighting his way into Washington's backfield. UCLA in turn was watching all that disruption result in nothing. How would each team adjust?
1. 1st and 10 at UCLA 50 Chris Polk rush for 5 yards to the UCLA 45.
LDT, 3-tech. Price does not fire off the snap with abandon and his once great push now looks marginal. Patience doesn't help him. He turns on the motor and charges hard into Cody Habben, but Habben reach blocks him right and well away from Polk.
2. 2nd and 5 at UCLA 45 Jake Locker rush for 3 yards to the UCLA 42.
LDT, 3-tech. A virtual repeat of the last play, with Price lowering his RPMs off the snap and Habben reach-blocking him away from the play. Locker keeps it and runs outside-left for three.
3. 3rd and 2 at UCLA 42 Jake Locker pass complete to Devin Aguilar for 8 yards to the UCLA 34 for a 1ST down.
LDT, 1-tech. Washington double teams Price for the first time. This is critical. If Price is to become a run stuffing tackle in a gapping, Tampa-2 type system, he must own double teams. The double team stops Price cold. He begins to pursue right, Locker moves to his own right and away from Price (though Price is never close) and finds Aguilar for the first.
4. 1st and 10 at UCLA 34 Jake Locker pass complete to Jermaine Kearse for 34 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
LDT, 1-tech. Huskies send another double team Price's way, and if before he was stopped, this time he's stonewalled and forced back. No push. No separation. Touchdown.
(And then...)
1. 1st and 10 at WASH 33 Jake Locker pass complete to Chris Polk for a loss of 2 yards to the Wash 31.
RDT, 1-tech. Price dominates Tolar and Tolar is so possessed he can't escape to pull out in front of the screen. Finally, Tolar unabashedly throws off Price in a questionable-at-best block, attempts to pull in front of Polk and watches as his assignment, Kyle Bosworth, runs downhill and tackles Polk for a loss of two.
2. 2nd and 12 at WASH 31 Jake Locker rush for 13 yards to the Wash 44 for a 1ST down.
RDT, 1-tech. Price pursues right. Locker keeps it on a read option and runs to his right, hurdles and jukes for a first.
3. 1st and 10 at WASH 44 Chris Polk rush for no gain to the Wash 44.
RDT, 1-tech. Price explodes through Toral, but instead of continuing bullheaded into the backfield, he tackles Polk through Toral, stopping the rush for no gain.
4. 2nd and 10 at WASH 44 Jake Locker pass complete to Johri Fogerson for 1 yard to the Wash 45.
RDT, 3-tech. The right defensive end drops into cover and Price assumes a wide rush to compensate. He pushes through tight end Kavarrio Middleton and pressures Locker into a dump off swing pas to Fogerson.
5. 3rd and 9 at WASH 45 Jake Locker pass incomplete.
NT in a three-man front. Price stands up, stands (reads?), and begins to move to his right. That's right folks, it's another whacky nose-tackle zone blitz. Pressure arrives and Locker slings it away to avoid the sack.
(Punt)
Halfway through the third in a close game, Brian Price is starting break through.
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Then you can write about whatever you want.
The only reason that I would want you to stop doing this
Would be starting one in Jimmy Clausen. I’m really excited to hear what you see on him. Like, more excited than a grown man probably should be.
by Cannonater on Feb 19, 2010 10:46 AM PST via mobile reply actions
What?
What about the poll?
http://www.fieldgulls.com/2010/2/14/1310244/2010/2/14/1310244/facebook-something-something-poll
Or was that for who he should scout after he finished Price and Houston? I know DT is a position of need for us, but I’d much rather hear about a position of need (which QB definitely is) that also happens to be the most important position on the whole team. Maybe the logic is that DTs get less exposure than QBs, and thus it is much easier to scout QBs, but still.
He explained why he was doing Houston next
It’s a long off season, theres plenty of time to get to Clausen. I’m actually rethinking my vote now, I might rather seen break downs on players who are participating in the combine while it’s ongoing.
Oh, thanks
I missed that. About the draft, that would be interesting to me. But not as interesting as hearing what John has to say about Clausen’s game tape. I have a bit of a man-crush on him, and frankly, I love it every time someone bashes him for two reasons: 1) They rarely can point to concrete evidence for why they dislike him, and 2) I hope that the GMs/Owners that are drafting ahead of the ’Hawks read it and then pass on him so we can have a new franchise QB.
Not to be rude
but who cares? That’s about the most empty evaluation I have ever seen.
by John Morgan on Feb 19, 2010 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
I thought it was interesting from the simple standpoint of validation for the idea of Price being well-regarded.
Not the evaluation, but the opinion of him being relatively higher than many others might view him. Through your detailed play-by-play it seemed that you’ve cooled on him a bit. Simply a perspective is all. I don’t put much stock in these things (especially if done by ESPN), but I do find player rankings, ratings, etc. an easy way to get a feel for where players could be drafted or could fit. This is just another non-mock-draft example.
Contrast that with something like this:
http://www.nfldraftscout.com/ratings/players.php?genpos=DT&draftyear=2010&sortorder=tsxpos&order=ASC
and I might gain just a little perspective about DT prospects, how they might be valued, and a general idea of where they might be drafted.
Assigning Price a 6.9 on a universal scale of potential and ability is misguided, to be nice.
Offering no support for the rating renders it meaningless. This is what is called an “echo chamber”. The site offers nothing new, and instead simply reflects a general opinion without substantiation. It’s empty.
Just recently the National Football Post has upgraded it's website.
Now, when you look at the top of a Wes Bunting artical, there are tabs at the top, and after you click PROSPECT RANKINGS, you can then click SCOUTING REPORTS, its pretty well organized now.
Wes does explain things as if what he says is fact.
He doesn’t really seem to support his opinions with statistics or 40 yd dash times or anything. He claims he just goes by what he sees. Unlike most draft sites, he also seems to be more projecting how these players will perform once they get to the NFL more that where they will be drafted, thus having two centers rated in his top 30 prospects.
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