AllWorldTE
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I didn't see a post game thread yet so I threw this together.
I didn't see much of the game live but took a look after watching the Tebow show. My DVR missed the first Bill's drive so I won't comment on that disaster. I was just going to comment a bit but I saw some interesting stuff and got carried away. Hopefully, no one minds me indulging myself. And no Lisa, it didn't take 50 hours!!!
I started off with the Pats first drive which was an ugly affair. Gronk was beaten on both of those initial runs which led to the breakdowns there.
The Pats were working their man coverages on the Bill's second drive. Say what you want about BB but's he doesn't give up. He's been tinkering w/his man schemes all year and the tinkering continues. Chung was back and maned up on a slot while Arrington was shadowing Stevie Johnson. The Pats executed some positive plays but executed poorly on critical downs. Jones shit the bed on the Bills big fourth down pick-up. Patricia had set-up a double team on Johnson with Mayo inside and Jones outside. For some reason, Jones doesn't maintain his outside leverage and allows Johnson to break free outside for the first down pick-up. Mayo gets on him for the lapse. Cross and Crique are talking about rubs and crossing routes but neither took place here. It was poor execution and poor execution only that caused that breakdown.
On Johnson's TD, the Pats were in Man and had been giving up inside breaking routes. Patricia set Arrington up with hard inside leverage to take away any in breaking route. Johnson ran a beautiful route where he attacked Arrington's inside leverage to freeze him before breaking back outside for the TD into the void his route created. This was masterful route running.
The Pats responded w/a two back offense featuring a real full-back. They ran a G scheme power. BB must have been impressed with the success Denver had running this scheme at the Pats a few weeks ago because he installed it for use this week. Unfortunately the Pats executed the scheme as it if had just been installed this week. Gronk ran into the same problem Denver's TE did on the play Carter was injured on, blocking the kick-out man. At the same, the Bills' rookie LB Shepard put on a clinic on shedding an Olineman. If you want to see how it's done, take a look at Sheppard de-cleating Connolly on the second level on this play (5:05 of the first). Lisa, this was so sweet I watched it about thirty times!
After that poorly executed play, Brady saw that Welk was singled up on a soft CB (aligned 8 yards off the ball in an 8 man front vs the Pats Load formation) and threw the Smoke screen out to Welk, who dropped it. This was a running play called by BOB but Brady had the green light to throw to the uncovered receiver to keep the defense honest. Everyone else is executing the run play except for Brady and Welk. Two poorly executed plays put the Pats in an early 3rd & 8 hole.
The Pats went w/a big five step pass but the blocking broke down immediately as both Brian Waters and Matt Light were beat right off the snap. Light gets credit for giving up the sack but it was really on Waters. Brady would have stepped up beyond Light's man if Water's had been stouter inside.
Randy Cross "Light hasn't played in awhile." Yea, he missed a whole week.
The Bills executed a nice cross grain PA pass to open their next drive. They had noticed the Pats trying to use their back-side Slot defender as a cut-back player to free their DE's up to penetrate and work down the LOS in the run game. The Bills countered here with this play. Niko and Warren read this but Jones was fast flowing to the cut-back and was out of position on the TE. Well executed by the Bills.
On 2nd and 4, the Bills go empty and beat Fletcher on a quick slant from their inside slot to the two receiver side. Another nice route by the receiver who attacks Fletcher's outside leverage to gain room to work inside. Mayo was playing the three receiver side leaving Fletch on his own. This was well run and well timed by Fitz.
On first down the Bill's went with a play-action boot for a nice completion. Jones gets beat on a nice throw on the run by Fitz.
The Pats switched up and went with a pattern reading zone coverage. On first and 10, Fitz attacks Fletcher again. Fletch is using a trail technique to prevent the number 2 receiver working the seam from cutting inside but the receiver faked an outside cut to gain room inside which was well executed and timed for a big gain. The Bills have been attacking Jones and Fletcher in this man and zone coverage and getting it done.
Watching the Bills here is like watching the 2007-2009 Pats as so many of these concepts were Pats staples back then.
The Bills run Spiller on a draw on the next play. Take a look at Mayo and compare his technique taking on a blocker with the technique we saw from Sheppard earlier. It's like night and day. Spiller ran through his old buddy Gerard Warren's arm tackle on this play.
The Bills went after Fletcher again here for a TD. The ran a version of a simple under play on the two receiver side of an empty formation. Fitz threw underneath to Spiller who schooled Fletch in the open field. If you watch the play, you can see that Fletcher is the QB's read here. If he steps up on the short level, the QB throws to the deep man behind him who is really just clearing out here, if Fletch drops under the deep spot route, he throws to the short one, which is what happened here. This play has been a staple of both the Pats and Colt's offenses for years. Fletch actually played it well but he just can't match-up with Spiller athletically.
The Bills are using the Pats' philosophy against them. Sending in a group that can run the ball keeping run game personnel on the field for the Pats. The Pats are playing nickle but are still out manned here. They don't want to go dime because of the run threat, but loose the match-up advantage when the Bills split Spiller out in empty. It's been a rough first quarter for Fletch and Jones. Gailey came into the game with a great game plan to gain match-ups and exploit them.
The offense needed to get something going and called on Brady and Hernandez. The Bills were misaligned here because a player was late getting on the field and thought Brady was going to check to a bubble screen because of the two on one leverage he had. Instead he stuck with the call, which was a spacing pattern off of I formation play action. If you watch the play post snap you'll see Ridley, Gronk and Hernandez form a triangle for Brady to read.
Pats go no huddle and hit Gronk on a simple quick game over/under between Gronk and Hernandez. This is the play the Pats killed the Cowboys with late in that game.
That's the quarter. Pretty much a train wreck on both sides of the ball. Poor offensive execution and serious match-up problems on defense need addressing. I like that the Pats were trying to establish the run to wear the Bills down and get that part of their game cooking but the offensive coaches can't be happy with the execution. The defensive coaches need to adjust in a hurry to get the match-ups back in their favor.
I didn't see much of the game live but took a look after watching the Tebow show. My DVR missed the first Bill's drive so I won't comment on that disaster. I was just going to comment a bit but I saw some interesting stuff and got carried away. Hopefully, no one minds me indulging myself. And no Lisa, it didn't take 50 hours!!!
I started off with the Pats first drive which was an ugly affair. Gronk was beaten on both of those initial runs which led to the breakdowns there.
The Pats were working their man coverages on the Bill's second drive. Say what you want about BB but's he doesn't give up. He's been tinkering w/his man schemes all year and the tinkering continues. Chung was back and maned up on a slot while Arrington was shadowing Stevie Johnson. The Pats executed some positive plays but executed poorly on critical downs. Jones shit the bed on the Bills big fourth down pick-up. Patricia had set-up a double team on Johnson with Mayo inside and Jones outside. For some reason, Jones doesn't maintain his outside leverage and allows Johnson to break free outside for the first down pick-up. Mayo gets on him for the lapse. Cross and Crique are talking about rubs and crossing routes but neither took place here. It was poor execution and poor execution only that caused that breakdown.
On Johnson's TD, the Pats were in Man and had been giving up inside breaking routes. Patricia set Arrington up with hard inside leverage to take away any in breaking route. Johnson ran a beautiful route where he attacked Arrington's inside leverage to freeze him before breaking back outside for the TD into the void his route created. This was masterful route running.
The Pats responded w/a two back offense featuring a real full-back. They ran a G scheme power. BB must have been impressed with the success Denver had running this scheme at the Pats a few weeks ago because he installed it for use this week. Unfortunately the Pats executed the scheme as it if had just been installed this week. Gronk ran into the same problem Denver's TE did on the play Carter was injured on, blocking the kick-out man. At the same, the Bills' rookie LB Shepard put on a clinic on shedding an Olineman. If you want to see how it's done, take a look at Sheppard de-cleating Connolly on the second level on this play (5:05 of the first). Lisa, this was so sweet I watched it about thirty times!
After that poorly executed play, Brady saw that Welk was singled up on a soft CB (aligned 8 yards off the ball in an 8 man front vs the Pats Load formation) and threw the Smoke screen out to Welk, who dropped it. This was a running play called by BOB but Brady had the green light to throw to the uncovered receiver to keep the defense honest. Everyone else is executing the run play except for Brady and Welk. Two poorly executed plays put the Pats in an early 3rd & 8 hole.
The Pats went w/a big five step pass but the blocking broke down immediately as both Brian Waters and Matt Light were beat right off the snap. Light gets credit for giving up the sack but it was really on Waters. Brady would have stepped up beyond Light's man if Water's had been stouter inside.
Randy Cross "Light hasn't played in awhile." Yea, he missed a whole week.
The Bills executed a nice cross grain PA pass to open their next drive. They had noticed the Pats trying to use their back-side Slot defender as a cut-back player to free their DE's up to penetrate and work down the LOS in the run game. The Bills countered here with this play. Niko and Warren read this but Jones was fast flowing to the cut-back and was out of position on the TE. Well executed by the Bills.
On 2nd and 4, the Bills go empty and beat Fletcher on a quick slant from their inside slot to the two receiver side. Another nice route by the receiver who attacks Fletcher's outside leverage to gain room to work inside. Mayo was playing the three receiver side leaving Fletch on his own. This was well run and well timed by Fitz.
On first down the Bill's went with a play-action boot for a nice completion. Jones gets beat on a nice throw on the run by Fitz.
The Pats switched up and went with a pattern reading zone coverage. On first and 10, Fitz attacks Fletcher again. Fletch is using a trail technique to prevent the number 2 receiver working the seam from cutting inside but the receiver faked an outside cut to gain room inside which was well executed and timed for a big gain. The Bills have been attacking Jones and Fletcher in this man and zone coverage and getting it done.
Watching the Bills here is like watching the 2007-2009 Pats as so many of these concepts were Pats staples back then.
The Bills run Spiller on a draw on the next play. Take a look at Mayo and compare his technique taking on a blocker with the technique we saw from Sheppard earlier. It's like night and day. Spiller ran through his old buddy Gerard Warren's arm tackle on this play.
The Bills went after Fletcher again here for a TD. The ran a version of a simple under play on the two receiver side of an empty formation. Fitz threw underneath to Spiller who schooled Fletch in the open field. If you watch the play, you can see that Fletcher is the QB's read here. If he steps up on the short level, the QB throws to the deep man behind him who is really just clearing out here, if Fletch drops under the deep spot route, he throws to the short one, which is what happened here. This play has been a staple of both the Pats and Colt's offenses for years. Fletch actually played it well but he just can't match-up with Spiller athletically.
The Bills are using the Pats' philosophy against them. Sending in a group that can run the ball keeping run game personnel on the field for the Pats. The Pats are playing nickle but are still out manned here. They don't want to go dime because of the run threat, but loose the match-up advantage when the Bills split Spiller out in empty. It's been a rough first quarter for Fletch and Jones. Gailey came into the game with a great game plan to gain match-ups and exploit them.
The offense needed to get something going and called on Brady and Hernandez. The Bills were misaligned here because a player was late getting on the field and thought Brady was going to check to a bubble screen because of the two on one leverage he had. Instead he stuck with the call, which was a spacing pattern off of I formation play action. If you watch the play post snap you'll see Ridley, Gronk and Hernandez form a triangle for Brady to read.
Pats go no huddle and hit Gronk on a simple quick game over/under between Gronk and Hernandez. This is the play the Pats killed the Cowboys with late in that game.
That's the quarter. Pretty much a train wreck on both sides of the ball. Poor offensive execution and serious match-up problems on defense need addressing. I like that the Pats were trying to establish the run to wear the Bills down and get that part of their game cooking but the offensive coaches can't be happy with the execution. The defensive coaches need to adjust in a hurry to get the match-ups back in their favor.
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