This Week in Passing: Week 1 (Miami Recap/Minnesota Preview)
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For the play:Mark Schofield said:
This one is on Brady, right? Before the play he points out the #93 as the mike, but the LB drops into coverage. My understanding of man protection schemes is that Wendell should plan to block the mike (which he does). The LB in the other A-gap blitzes, leaving three blockers for Connolly and Vollmer. They block the inside guys (again, correct, to my understanding) and Brady is responsible for the unblocked DE. Either Brady pointed out the wrong mike (since he had the TE left in case Miami overloaded that side) or Vereen was supposed to chip or block.
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Separate and apart from the protection failures on play-action was the general sense of confusion in pass blocking shown on Sunday. This play is a perfect illustration.Patriots 2nd and 10 12:52 second quarter
This one is on Brady, right? Before the play he points out the #93 as the mike, but the LB drops into coverage. External is that Wendell should plan to block the mike (which he does). The LB in the other A-gap blitzes, leaving three blockers for Connolly and Vollmer. They block the inside guys (again, correct, to my understanding) and Brady is responsible for the unblocked DE. Either Brady pointed out the wrong mike (since he had the TE left in case Miami overloaded that side) or Vereen was supposed to chip or block.
Yeah, my guess is that Vereen was supposed to chip Wake. But I'm surprised that any protection scheme would be shifted away from Wake.
http://central.sonsofsamhorn.net/nfl/this-week-in-passing-week-1-patriots-dolphins/
For the play:
Separate and apart from the protection failures on play-action was the general sense of confusion in pass blocking shown on Sunday. This play is a perfect illustration.Patriots 2nd and 10 12:52 second quarter
This one is on Brady, right? Before the play he points out the #93 as the mike, but the LB drops into coverage. External is that Wendell should plan to block the mike (which he does). The LB in the other A-gap blitzes, leaving three blockers for Connolly and Vollmer. They block the inside guys (again, correct, to my understanding) and Brady is responsible for the unblocked DE. Either Brady pointed out the wrong mike (since he had the TE left in case Miami overloaded that side) or Vereen was supposed to chip or block.
Yeah, my guess is that Vereen was supposed to chip Wake. But I'm surprised that any protection scheme would be shifted away from Wake.