Scottemojo
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A lot of blame has been placed on Wagner this week, I wanted to look closer at the bad plays.
Tampa had 38 run plays. of those, 12 went for more than 5 yards. One of those was a QB scramble.
The other 11 went for 132 yards. What broke down on those 11 plays?
1QTR
:58 Tampa targets a left side of Irvin, Avril, and Hill. Hill got moved almost ten yards, Wagner held his gap just fine, but got caught up in the wash when the play went wide left. Not on Wagner, this breakdown when Irvin got owned by the tight end and Avril got walked out of contain. Gain 21
:26 The very next play it was Wagner and the RB one on one in the gap, Wagner got juked and whiffed. Gap sound, bad tackle. Wagner's whiff costs 6 yards. Gain 8
2QTR
13:32 Trap play. Wright gets blocked by a guard, and Wagner makes the trap worse by sliding to cover for Irvin who was getting owned on the edge. Definitely Wagner loses assignment trying to cover for Irvin. Gain 9
8:57 Quinn calls a Wagner blitz, which worked once already. It fails, Wright gets blocked, but definitely not on Wagner. Gain 8
7:50 Wham play. McDaniel penetrates the backfield a little too easy, the pulling guard cleans his clock. Wagner held his gap fine, and in fact this play would have been killed if Wright hadn't been held badly.gain 11
3QTR
14:23 Straight up power block, center takes Mebane, LT takes Red, and 54 needs to get into the gap and take on the guard at the point of attack. He hesitates, the guard gets out onto him, gain 9.
13:39 Well defended, this is the play where McDaniel throws the RB forward for a gain of 6.
12:13 WR end around. A lot of motion by Tampa has seattle swap Irvin and Avril, Avril goes to set the edge and plays right into the TE, who seals him off. As bad as Avril plays it, if Tampa doesn't get away with a 2nd pretty obvious hold on Wright this play is killed near the line. Gain 14
11:31 Another Wham play, this time it's Bennett who penetrates the backfield too easy and gets smacked by the pulling guard. At the same time, McDonald gets surprised by the trapping center, and the guard he was across from is the guy who pulls and hits Bennett. Wagner slides right to stop the cutback lane, but his gap is the one they go through. If he had stayed, the running back had a cutback lane, but this one has to be on Wagner. Gain 18
4:22 I formation from Tampa, Mebane is doubled, the guard who doubled him peels off and gets to Wagner. The fullback hits the hole and Wright takes him on. Its a well executed play by Tampa, hard to assign fault, although once again Avril gets run blocked way too easy. Gain 17
4QTR
14:13 This is one on Wagner. Rather than take on a blocker, he tries to go around, and leaves his gap to do so. Wagner is visibly frustrated by now. Gain 11.
There was plenty of blame to go around vs Tampa. Irvin can be blocked by pretty much any tight end, Avril is pretty easy to push around on the edge, McDonald got abused a few times, Bennett and McDaniel were trying so hard to get to the QB that they didn't see pulling guards trying to earhole them, and on the handful of traps Tampa ran, Wright and Wagner let the guards/center get on them. Wagner absolutely did leave his gap a few times, but seemed to be doing so in response to the players in front of him getting out of position.
Tampa had 38 run plays. of those, 12 went for more than 5 yards. One of those was a QB scramble.
The other 11 went for 132 yards. What broke down on those 11 plays?
1QTR
:58 Tampa targets a left side of Irvin, Avril, and Hill. Hill got moved almost ten yards, Wagner held his gap just fine, but got caught up in the wash when the play went wide left. Not on Wagner, this breakdown when Irvin got owned by the tight end and Avril got walked out of contain. Gain 21
:26 The very next play it was Wagner and the RB one on one in the gap, Wagner got juked and whiffed. Gap sound, bad tackle. Wagner's whiff costs 6 yards. Gain 8
2QTR
13:32 Trap play. Wright gets blocked by a guard, and Wagner makes the trap worse by sliding to cover for Irvin who was getting owned on the edge. Definitely Wagner loses assignment trying to cover for Irvin. Gain 9
8:57 Quinn calls a Wagner blitz, which worked once already. It fails, Wright gets blocked, but definitely not on Wagner. Gain 8
7:50 Wham play. McDaniel penetrates the backfield a little too easy, the pulling guard cleans his clock. Wagner held his gap fine, and in fact this play would have been killed if Wright hadn't been held badly.gain 11
3QTR
14:23 Straight up power block, center takes Mebane, LT takes Red, and 54 needs to get into the gap and take on the guard at the point of attack. He hesitates, the guard gets out onto him, gain 9.
13:39 Well defended, this is the play where McDaniel throws the RB forward for a gain of 6.
12:13 WR end around. A lot of motion by Tampa has seattle swap Irvin and Avril, Avril goes to set the edge and plays right into the TE, who seals him off. As bad as Avril plays it, if Tampa doesn't get away with a 2nd pretty obvious hold on Wright this play is killed near the line. Gain 14
11:31 Another Wham play, this time it's Bennett who penetrates the backfield too easy and gets smacked by the pulling guard. At the same time, McDonald gets surprised by the trapping center, and the guard he was across from is the guy who pulls and hits Bennett. Wagner slides right to stop the cutback lane, but his gap is the one they go through. If he had stayed, the running back had a cutback lane, but this one has to be on Wagner. Gain 18
4:22 I formation from Tampa, Mebane is doubled, the guard who doubled him peels off and gets to Wagner. The fullback hits the hole and Wright takes him on. Its a well executed play by Tampa, hard to assign fault, although once again Avril gets run blocked way too easy. Gain 17
4QTR
14:13 This is one on Wagner. Rather than take on a blocker, he tries to go around, and leaves his gap to do so. Wagner is visibly frustrated by now. Gain 11.
There was plenty of blame to go around vs Tampa. Irvin can be blocked by pretty much any tight end, Avril is pretty easy to push around on the edge, McDonald got abused a few times, Bennett and McDaniel were trying so hard to get to the QB that they didn't see pulling guards trying to earhole them, and on the handful of traps Tampa ran, Wright and Wagner let the guards/center get on them. Wagner absolutely did leave his gap a few times, but seemed to be doing so in response to the players in front of him getting out of position.