So a few months ago I started a thread on how Kayvon Thibodeaux could expand on his pass-rush moves. Right now I'm thinking more of a general level with trying to beat a lineman one-on-one.
Say you're an edge rusher and your primary move is an outside rip move. During a game, the tackle starts either holding you, which is allowed when the rusher uses the rip, or forcing you up the arc to where you can't get the quarterback. What do you use next?
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I hope Strahan can; drove me up the wall seeing guys bull rush from a two-point stance and not getting leverage to do it properly.
good one
The key add to the rip as said above is the spin - which starts like a rip and then goes inside - and the swim which works best against smaller lineman. A good bull rush is also a great addition. What the dlineman wants to do is get the Olineman leaning and unbalanced and then go the other way or through him. This is what AT was getting beat on a lot in his rookie year. He was protecting the outside too much. If you watch him now he has as good a power down move (step the inside when the dlineman goes that way) as I have seen. Neal's problem last year was different. When someone was going outside him, instead of hopping step to stay ahead, he was crossing his feet and lunging. This led to him being on his butt a lot. I don't think Neal's problem is that difficult to coach out of him but then Flower's problems were obvious (bad hand placement leading to punching from his hips and leaning into his blocks too much) and were never corrected.
Holding and the rip. - ( New Window )
man, that's some awesome edge play right there.
Hopefully Thibs could be along those lines .....
I recall how adept they were of getting their bodies to twist low and tork underneath and around the outside shoulder/pad level of the opposing Offensive Tackle. And then this gave them a free run at the QB. Match that up with an occasional bull rush or spin move and the OTs were left guessing what was coming.
Thibs specialty is the speed rush because he has a quick get off. I think he needs to fake the outside and go inside more often but its also dependent on his assignment and the QB. Against Hurts you have to stay in your assignment to protect against the run.
I'm a big fan of push-pull especially if the tape shows any tendency that the OL will lean.
The cat and mouse game is something I've been thinking about for months, just seemed like the Giants would lose it a lot. What I especially don't get is bull-rushing a tackle from a two-point stance, you lose leverage every time and no other moves were made from that point, the edge just locked up. I was in a sport (not football) with a lot of one-on-ones where if you weren't quicker than your opponent or didn't have a plan to out-think them if you weren't quick enough, you'd lose.