This is our second running play from the Jets game. 13:37 left in the 1st Qtr. 3rd &1 on our 29 yard line.
We're lined up in the I, Chris Brown is the Tail Back. Strong side to the left, both receivers lined up close on the weak side.
The Jets line up 4 men with their hand on the ground. Jenkins is not the nose. Instead he's lined up on Pitts. A SLB is lined up over OD. The LCB is behind him. 2 LBs over our guards. Leonard, the safety is lined up on AJ. Revis is out there to "help" I guess.
At the snap, the line moves left.
Except Winston, he goes straight for the WLB. He dives for his feet. Lands maybe 6 inches in front of him. The WLB has no trouble getting around him, barely breaks stride getting to the LOS. This is one of the reasons there is no cut back lane.
Eric Winston is a fan favorite.
Chris Myers gets to the MLB 4 yards past the LOS. He puts a helmet on him and drives him another 3 or 4 yards out of the way. This is part of the reason there is a running lane.
Chris Myers gets no love from Houston fans.
Andre Davis runs in, and lays himself at the feet of the RDE. The RDE can't get to the play, but it's not because of Davis' block.
Briesel puts his helmet in Jenkins' thighs. He & Pitts does a fairly good job of taking Jenkins out of the play. Briesel, Pitts, Jenkins create a pile that keeps the rest of the defense off Brown.
Brown's first step was left. But the man in front of him went to his right. Brown is stood up, and the DE is working his way back to the play, when he is greated by Vonta Leach.
Chris Brown has to get skinny to avoid Leach, & run between that block & Pitts. #91 who was basically unblocked, but trying to get around Briesel, Pitts, Jenkins gets a hand on CB. If not, that would have been a much bigger gain.
Duane Brown is lucky he isn't called for a hold. His hands are definitely outside the DEs frame, and he's trying to pull him away.
Owen Daniels might as well not even be out there.
AJ does IMO a poor job on the safety, basically pushing him into the play. even if he didn't, Revis & their other safety is right there to make the play.
Now I obviously don't know how this ZBS is supposed to go. But a few observations I don't think is quite right... the piss poor block Eric Winston puts on, looks like the piss poor block I mentioned Pitts made against the Vikings, and it looks like the Piss poor block Andre Davis made on this play. Looks like somebody is teaching them how to block piss poorly. I can't imagine why any one would do such a thing.... but the evidence is there.
Another thing, OD, Duane Brown, Chester Pitts.... don't look like they were on the same page with the rest of the team. Everything we've heard about the ZBS, says the first step is the same, for all linemen. But while the rest of the line looks to be stretching the play to the left.... OD, Brown, & Pitts look like they are making a stand on the left side of the line. I could see making a stand on the right side of the line, with the left side moving to the left.... that would open a hole. But here, everything on the right side of the line, was pushed into a pile that was started by Pitts.
My previous breakdowns of pre-season running, was simply to identify problems with our running game. They've had two weeks to fix the problems I saw... but they didn't. So then I ask, what were they working on? This isn't a new system, and I'm quite frankly ashamed that we make these mistakes when it counts.
I'm not of the fire Kubiak club... but these mistakes, and once again our pathetic opening day showing makes it easy to see why the club was chartered.
We're lined up in the I, Chris Brown is the Tail Back. Strong side to the left, both receivers lined up close on the weak side.
The Jets line up 4 men with their hand on the ground. Jenkins is not the nose. Instead he's lined up on Pitts. A SLB is lined up over OD. The LCB is behind him. 2 LBs over our guards. Leonard, the safety is lined up on AJ. Revis is out there to "help" I guess.
At the snap, the line moves left.
Except Winston, he goes straight for the WLB. He dives for his feet. Lands maybe 6 inches in front of him. The WLB has no trouble getting around him, barely breaks stride getting to the LOS. This is one of the reasons there is no cut back lane.
Eric Winston is a fan favorite.
Chris Myers gets to the MLB 4 yards past the LOS. He puts a helmet on him and drives him another 3 or 4 yards out of the way. This is part of the reason there is a running lane.
Chris Myers gets no love from Houston fans.
Andre Davis runs in, and lays himself at the feet of the RDE. The RDE can't get to the play, but it's not because of Davis' block.
Briesel puts his helmet in Jenkins' thighs. He & Pitts does a fairly good job of taking Jenkins out of the play. Briesel, Pitts, Jenkins create a pile that keeps the rest of the defense off Brown.
Brown's first step was left. But the man in front of him went to his right. Brown is stood up, and the DE is working his way back to the play, when he is greated by Vonta Leach.
Chris Brown has to get skinny to avoid Leach, & run between that block & Pitts. #91 who was basically unblocked, but trying to get around Briesel, Pitts, Jenkins gets a hand on CB. If not, that would have been a much bigger gain.
Duane Brown is lucky he isn't called for a hold. His hands are definitely outside the DEs frame, and he's trying to pull him away.
Owen Daniels might as well not even be out there.
AJ does IMO a poor job on the safety, basically pushing him into the play. even if he didn't, Revis & their other safety is right there to make the play.
Now I obviously don't know how this ZBS is supposed to go. But a few observations I don't think is quite right... the piss poor block Eric Winston puts on, looks like the piss poor block I mentioned Pitts made against the Vikings, and it looks like the Piss poor block Andre Davis made on this play. Looks like somebody is teaching them how to block piss poorly. I can't imagine why any one would do such a thing.... but the evidence is there.
Another thing, OD, Duane Brown, Chester Pitts.... don't look like they were on the same page with the rest of the team. Everything we've heard about the ZBS, says the first step is the same, for all linemen. But while the rest of the line looks to be stretching the play to the left.... OD, Brown, & Pitts look like they are making a stand on the left side of the line. I could see making a stand on the right side of the line, with the left side moving to the left.... that would open a hole. But here, everything on the right side of the line, was pushed into a pile that was started by Pitts.
My previous breakdowns of pre-season running, was simply to identify problems with our running game. They've had two weeks to fix the problems I saw... but they didn't. So then I ask, what were they working on? This isn't a new system, and I'm quite frankly ashamed that we make these mistakes when it counts.
I'm not of the fire Kubiak club... but these mistakes, and once again our pathetic opening day showing makes it easy to see why the club was chartered.
