Nobody wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 2:27 am
Below is Stafford's TtT passing splits for the game:
Week 3 Stafford TtT
* 2.34 = # 3 quickest in NFL (Brady a fraction behind him)
* 22 of his throws were well under 2.5 seconds at 1.64 average TtT.
* However, his throws over 2.5 seconds yielded only 1 Sack, a huge Passer Rating of 139+, and 2 TDs.
So, again, the story was the same as above.
Overwhelmingly, we're losing because of the Quick Game as our back 7 coverage + calls aren't holding up in the time that NFL-standard coverage has to hold up. The ball is getting out well beyond what an NFL Pass Rush is capable of impacting on the significant bulk of throws. However, on his throws over 2.5 seconds in this game, the Pass Rush wasn't getting home either.
Mostly the back 7 coverage/calls, but the Pass Rush and Blitz failed to show up when its number was called.
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Going to take a look at what was going on in some of these 2.5 second + TtT play losses:
22 Yard Pass
1st & 10 at LA 23
(3:36) (No Huddle, Shotgun) M.Stafford pass deep left to C.Kupp ran ob at LA 45 for 22 yards. TB-J.Dean was injured during the play.
Empty 4*1 vs 42 Nickel (no Vea, Suh, or Edwards), Match Quarters.
This is just a brutal Scissors route combo (1 goes Skinny Post and 2 goes hard inside release back to Corner with downfield Mesh) and a Flat route underneath it. The depth of both of these routes makes them verts. 3 goes on a Drive route with its depth of cut right before the area where it would be a match or the Safety.
Dean matches 1 (as he should). Winfield hands off 3 to the other Safety (as he should) and focuses on bracketing 2's vert. LVD and White are where they need to be with the under routes (with White working to flat on the quad side). Problem is Cockrell is in no man's land. He's not matching 2 and he's just sort of pedaling to grass with no depth. Winfield is pissed after the play. Orthodox MQ rules makes this Cockrell's match and Winfield helps bracket (whereas Cockrell just handed it off and pedaled to no-mans land...basically covering the flat with White).
In terms of lack of Pressure, the RB (tight on the quad side) chips and releases so they have 6 for a moment vs our 4. We run a game on both sides (with neither Vea nor Suh) and it gets nothing done.