GoldenToTheGrave
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So I've been watching far too much film lately and I've really taken a close eye to the Music City bowl, which offered a true departure from what the team's did during the regular season. We saw a lot of runs, especially QB keepers. Just as a preface, I haven't been in pads since junior high and I just consider myself a well informed amateur so don't take anything in particular I say as gospel but here we go.
The play I'm breaking down is the touchdown on the drive of the game, found at 24:50.
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The basic setup is you have two WR's lined up to the left (Fuller and Robinson), with a double H-back stack behind the left tackle. Folston is running from a WR position from left to right in a jet sweep motion.
This is actually the second time in row they ran the same play, with the previous time picking up a first down (I'll explain how it played out ever so differently the first time later). With this play there are three major threats that the defense has to account for: (1) the pass to the outside (especially Fuller blowing off the top), (2) the outside run (jet sweep or QB keeper outside), and (3) the inside quarterback keeper. These three threats make it hard to defend all of three options (I'll discuss the other plays off this formation at another time). In particular play is the inside quarterback keeper.
After the snap, Zaire fakes the jet sweep, which serves to freeze the outside contain and prevents the linebackers from crashing down on the inside run (you'll see them slide to the left, but they can't penetrate into the backfield). You have not only Koyak and Luatua blocking the B gap between the LT and LG, but they also pull Elmer from RG to the gap.
So at this point you have frozen outside contain and linebackers having to account for the outside keeper/jet sweep, and ~1400 lbs of blockers between 3 OL and 2 H-backs, blocking for your 230 lb QB who's probably faster than the vast majority of D1 linebackers. By the end of this scrum, you have Elmer and Luatua on the second level laying blocks. The only player that came close to making a tackle was a poor corner one yard from the endzone whom Zaire outweighed by probably 40 lbs and would have run over had he not juked him anyway. This is a play that could have gotten a whole lot more yards in the open field.
In the previous play which resulted in a first down, the DT attempted to stuff the B gap to prevent just this from happening. Only problem for him is this resulted in the A gap between the center and the LG wide open, which Zaire ran for a good gain. The jet sweep worked very well later in the game, albeit from a different formation, resulting in a long CJ Prosise touchdown. This is an offense more like what we've seen out of Auburn, and we now have the QB(s), offensive line, and skill position players to make this a viable type of attack.
The play I'm breaking down is the touchdown on the drive of the game, found at 24:50.
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uZUqx_yPj48?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
The basic setup is you have two WR's lined up to the left (Fuller and Robinson), with a double H-back stack behind the left tackle. Folston is running from a WR position from left to right in a jet sweep motion.
This is actually the second time in row they ran the same play, with the previous time picking up a first down (I'll explain how it played out ever so differently the first time later). With this play there are three major threats that the defense has to account for: (1) the pass to the outside (especially Fuller blowing off the top), (2) the outside run (jet sweep or QB keeper outside), and (3) the inside quarterback keeper. These three threats make it hard to defend all of three options (I'll discuss the other plays off this formation at another time). In particular play is the inside quarterback keeper.
After the snap, Zaire fakes the jet sweep, which serves to freeze the outside contain and prevents the linebackers from crashing down on the inside run (you'll see them slide to the left, but they can't penetrate into the backfield). You have not only Koyak and Luatua blocking the B gap between the LT and LG, but they also pull Elmer from RG to the gap.
So at this point you have frozen outside contain and linebackers having to account for the outside keeper/jet sweep, and ~1400 lbs of blockers between 3 OL and 2 H-backs, blocking for your 230 lb QB who's probably faster than the vast majority of D1 linebackers. By the end of this scrum, you have Elmer and Luatua on the second level laying blocks. The only player that came close to making a tackle was a poor corner one yard from the endzone whom Zaire outweighed by probably 40 lbs and would have run over had he not juked him anyway. This is a play that could have gotten a whole lot more yards in the open field.
In the previous play which resulted in a first down, the DT attempted to stuff the B gap to prevent just this from happening. Only problem for him is this resulted in the A gap between the center and the LG wide open, which Zaire ran for a good gain. The jet sweep worked very well later in the game, albeit from a different formation, resulting in a long CJ Prosise touchdown. This is an offense more like what we've seen out of Auburn, and we now have the QB(s), offensive line, and skill position players to make this a viable type of attack.
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