On the link below starting at the 1:20 mark.
Every time I looked at the play, I thought the run was designed to go right of Center, but it was entirely jammed up, so Barkley stepped to his left and went through a huge hole created by Joshua Ezeudu and Andrew Thomas.
But after listening to Brian Daboll's comments, I'm not so sure anymore. He said that Barkley did a great job pressing the line of scrimmage before he made his cut.
So, was this the plan all along... to press the LOS, draw the LBers in and then make a sharp cut to the left? Or was this just Saquon Barkley making the most out of a bad situation by cutting to his left for a 4-yard TD run?
Interested in your thoughts. Thanks in advance.
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Great vision by SB.
That was blocked superbly. I don’t know how you guys see that run and say the blocking was bad. That was executed perfectly. Barkley is expected to read his keys press the line and find the hole which he did.
It's the NFL. You are almost ALWAYS playing for a contract.
Unless you're Mahomes (already got paid) or someone like Brady (about to retire), you are playing for a contract every year.
If Saquon has a big year, it's because he's finally healthy and has his explosion back. What do you think, he was just dogging it last year? What was the deal his rookie year? Why didn't he dog it then? Nobody involved with the Giants or Nittany Lions or anyone close to Saquon has ever questioned his work ethic, commitment, or desire.
This is the same man that set a Penn State Football power clean weightlifting record of 405 lbs. Not some DE, DT, or offensive lineman, Saquon Barkley, a running back.
The severity of his knee injury in 2020 was significant. It takes some time to come back from that, mentally and physically. And then he suffered a sprained ankle again last year, causing him to miss another 4 games.
He's finally healthy, this is what you get with a healthy Saquon. And that's really all there is to it.
Gee, ya mean he did what the coach said he did? Great job of pressing the LOS?
I'm guessing that if you want to really study all of the variations/wrinkles of that play, watch some Chiefs games. Last night I think they even brought Kelce into the backfield and flipped him the ball to cut up the middle. I think it might've been the play after Derwin James slammed Kelce.
Help me out here… are you saying the play was designed as a mis-direction with Saquon Barkley starting right with the intention to veer/cut to the left?
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What's the confusion? Ezeudu down blocks, Thomas kicks out. Pretty straight forward.
Help me out here… are you saying the play was designed as a mis-direction with Saquon Barkley starting right with the intention to veer/cut to the left?
M.S. He doesn’t really start to the right. He runs straight at the line, jab steps to the right and the cuts left into the hole.
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What's the confusion? Ezeudu down blocks, Thomas kicks out. Pretty straight forward.
Help me out here… are you saying the play was designed as a mis-direction with Saquon Barkley starting right with the intention to veer/cut to the left?
I think the idea is RB attacks the line to makedefnders commit. This sets up the blocks along the line, and RB just runs to daylight.
It's the NFL. You are almost ALWAYS playing for a contract.
Unless you're Mahomes (already got paid) or someone like Brady (about to retire), you are playing for a contract every year.
If Saquon has a big year, it's because he's finally healthy and has his explosion back. What do you think, he was just dogging it last year? What was the deal his rookie year? Why didn't he dog it then? Nobody involved with the Giants or Nittany Lions or anyone close to Saquon has ever questioned his work ethic, commitment, or desire.
This is the same man that set a Penn State Football power clean weightlifting record of 405 lbs. Not some DE, DT, or offensive lineman, Saquon Barkley, a running back.
The severity of his knee injury in 2020 was significant. It takes some time to come back from that, mentally and physically. And then he suffered a sprained ankle again last year, causing him to miss another 4 games.
He's finally healthy, this is what you get with a healthy Saquon. And that's really all there is to it.
I think Leonard Williams did.
Ahhh, you're right... he doesn't start off veering to the right, but rather straight up!
Thanks.
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Mostly the same back as before with better blocking than before in my view.
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What's the confusion? Ezeudu down blocks, Thomas kicks out. Pretty straight forward.
Help me out here… are you saying the play was designed as a mis-direction with Saquon Barkley starting right with the intention to veer/cut to the left?
Backside simply blocked the guys in front of them creating an opportunity but not by design.
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the "playing for the contract" thing is sort of ridiculous.
It's the NFL. You are almost ALWAYS playing for a contract.
Unless you're Mahomes (already got paid) or someone like Brady (about to retire), you are playing for a contract every year.
If Saquon has a big year, it's because he's finally healthy and has his explosion back. What do you think, he was just dogging it last year? What was the deal his rookie year? Why didn't he dog it then? Nobody involved with the Giants or Nittany Lions or anyone close to Saquon has ever questioned his work ethic, commitment, or desire.
This is the same man that set a Penn State Football power clean weightlifting record of 405 lbs. Not some DE, DT, or offensive lineman, Saquon Barkley, a running back.
The severity of his knee injury in 2020 was significant. It takes some time to come back from that, mentally and physically. And then he suffered a sprained ankle again last year, causing him to miss another 4 games.
He's finally healthy, this is what you get with a healthy Saquon. And that's really all there is to it.
I think Leonard Williams did.
Leonard Williams signed a three year deal in March 2021. Then that season posted a career high in tackles with 81, (far and away the most of his career) and 6.5 sacks which was 3rd most in a season of his career and above the mean for his season output.
He praised saquon pressing the line to get the linebackers to commit. He then talked about the blocks from Ezeudu and Thomas. Clearly that was a hole saquon could go through. Had there been an opening right in front of him he could probably read the play and go there, but it was designed to go left.
So you disagree with the HC?
Only on BBI can there be video of the head coach explaining the play design and praising all 11 players execution and the bbi expert disagrees.