Witherspoon on The Blitz

[SmokinHawk]

How many times did Witherspoon come on a blitz tonight? Spoon came on a blitz at least five times and either sacked, hit, hurried, or forced a fumble every single time.

Monster player.

 

[Sprfunk]

Yup. Monster game plan. Monster player. Pats could not breath.

 

[James in PA]

Looked like he was shot out of a cannon all night !

 

[Zybot]

He absolutely played his butt off. I wondered if they used spoon like they did because they didn’t trust Emmanwori to get there on his injured ankle.

 

[Nv_Hawks]

He was shot out of a cannon,

 

[JustTheTip]

He absolutely played his butt off. I wondered if they used spoon like they did because they didn’t trust Emmanwori to get there on his injured ankle.

This is exactly what I was thinking reading the first post. Emmanwori seemed to be fine, but didn’t have the impact we have come to expect. Kid gutted it out and still was an important part of what the dark side accomplished last night though.

 

[Bobblehead]

That was the play I was hoping to see VS Rams.. same play the Lions used effectively against Stafford.

 

[Shane Falco]

He was unbelievable last night.

 

[JPatera76]

Meanwhile on the other side .. our ms and the defense’s dreams of pitching a shutout went down the drain when a certain CB was jogging to his position… and didn’t make it in time before the snap…

 

[James in PA]

Meanwhile on the other side .. our ms and the defense’s dreams of pitching a shutout went down the drain when a certain CB was jogging to his position… and didn’t make it in time before the snap…

I think said CB has probably played his last game as a Seahawk. He's like the DK of corners. Has all the physical tools to be dominant, but is just too inconsistent.

 

[Shane Falco]

It reminded me of the whiff on the Puka TD after he flipped out on the Rams sideline in the NFCCG. Same corner of the endzone, looked like the same pass like I was having a backflash.

 

[JustTheTip]

He gave up the big play on the previous snap as well. He squandered a true opportunity to become elite under mm.

 

[JPatera76]

He gave up the big play on the previous snap as well. He squandered a true opportunity to become elite under mm.

I call that the Diggs effect. Seems to be rearing its head with Woolen again. I will always remember him and woolen standing there watching a RB go in for a game winning TD and walking off together not caring. Literally standing there and watching the opponent go in. And the broadcasters even said something along the lines of how if Woolen and Diggs wouldn’t have just stood there and did nothing the TD and Loss doesn’t happen.

 

[Sonichound16]

He absolutely played his butt off. I wondered if they used spoon like they did because they didn’t trust Emmanwori to get there on his injured ankle.

I recall talking to my brother about the play where Spoon go his sack that EM was right there to get it if Spoon didn't...our D is just ridiculous and so young and I feel like Mike is just scratching the surface of what that group can accomplish...going to be an interesting offseason. All the narrative leading up to this was how the Pats had faced 3 of the top defenses in the playoffs and still won and we just dominated them. Never even felt like they were in the game. Damn good thing we have a team friendly QB deal. Not at all calling for Sam to go somewhere else...especially next year...but imagine if Milore is ready to take off after next year and we can ride that cheap QB wave a couple more years. Could by a dynasty in the making...

 

[sutz]

We were definitely out of character with our blitz percentage compared to the season. But with a young QB and a suspect OL, it was a pretty safe gamble overall. Nice to see them do that in the SB, so many coaches get really conservative in the playoffs.

 

[SmokinHawk]

We were definitely out of character with our blitz percentage compared to the season. But with a young QB and a suspect OL, it was a pretty safe gamble overall. Nice to see them do that in the SB, so many coaches get really conservative in the playoffs.

They definitely saw some sort of tendency on film and were working hard to exploit it. I loved the ballsy gameplan but did anyone here realize that 'Spoon was such an elite pass rushing talent?

 

[SmokinHawk]

I think said CB has probably played his last game as a Seahawk. He's like the DK of corners. Has all the physical tools to be dominant, but is just too inconsistent.

The Tharold Simon Effect.

 

[glenwo2]

Hope Riq enjoys the ring.

Now he can go steal some other team's money.

 

[pmedic920]

They definitely saw some sort of tendency on film and were working hard to exploit it. I loved the ballsy gameplan but did anyone here realize that 'Spoon was such an elite pass rushing talent?

I think most of us were aware early on.

What we didn’t see was him being used in that capacity very often

 

[MontanaHawk05]

He was unbelievable last night.

This is just insane.

Talk about finally getting the most out of first-round picks consistently. Cross, Spoon, JSN, Murphy, Zabel...COME ON.