Boye Mafe forgot how to Tackle

[glenwo2]

Not even an attempt to grab Mayfield.....

It's like somebody turned off "Tackling" in a Madden game.

 

[Chukarhawk]

JFC WTF was THAT?

 

[Jerhawk]

I don’t know you guys, it looks like Mayfield just did a good job of stepping up in the pocket and had an open lane to move forward. What else could Mafe have done there? He did his assignment and collapsed the pocket from the right.

 

[AROS]

Baker felt him, stepped up, Mafe lost leverage. Meh, it happens.

It's not like Chris Jones who literally gave up the play on Lawrence's game-winning rush TD.

Now THAT would have made me lose my shit.

 

[hox]

What else could Mafe have done there?

Reach out and hug a quarterback.

In order for Mafe to take the next step, he needs to finish better.

 

[Ruminator]

Still, Mafe just kind of coasted by Mayfield like he needed another orbit around the planet to try to generate some actual gravitational force, whereas we've seen plenty of linebackers change direction on a frickin' dime to quickly zero in on the target.

 

[glenwo2]

Baker felt him, stepped up, Mafe lost leverage. Meh, it happens.

It's not like Chris Jones who literally gave up the play on Lawrence's game-winning rush TD.

Now THAT would have made me lose my shit.

You know to be fair, we don't know how far away Baker was there (the whole depth-perception thing watching from a birds-eye view of the camera) but damn it....it looked like Baker was RIGHT THERE for him to at least raise his hands to try and grab him.

Instead it looked like Mafe was out for a morning jog.


EDIT : Looking at the play again, I changed my mind. Mafe didn't lose leverage....he just didn't f*cking TRY.

And that's the worst part : EFFORT (Or lack thereof) in trying to tackle not just Baker but anyone.

 

[glenwo2]

I don’t know you guys, it looks like Mayfield just did a good job of stepping up in the pocket and had an open lane to move forward. What else could Mafe have done there? He did his assignment and collapsed the pocket from the right.

He didn't collapse anything.

The Pocket collapsed on its own without him.

He broke free from his man and had a straight bee-line toward Mayfield and you're going to tell me that Baker took a SINGLE STEP forward (that's what he did) and Mafe couldn't have side-stepped INTO him to tackle him or attempt to?

He couldn't anticipate Baker stepping forward and therefore he (Mafe) changing a bit of his direction toward where Baker would go?

It's stuff like this that probably drove MacDonald crazy as I'm sure he'd be showing this in the film room.

It's one thing to play Bad D but it's another thing to not show any EFFORT in playing D.

 

[Jerhawk]

He didn't collapse anything.

The Pocket collapsed on its own without him.

He broke free from his man and had a straight bee-line toward Mayfield and you're going to tell me that Baker took a SINGLE STEP forward (that's what he did) and Mafe couldn't have side-stepped INTO him to tackle him or attempt to?

He couldn't anticipate Baker stepping forward and therefore he (Mafe) changing a bit of his direction toward where Baker would go?

It's stuff like this that probably drove MacDonald crazy as I'm sure he'd be showing this in the film room.

It's one thing to play Bad D but it's another thing to not show any EFFORT in playing D.

I couldn’t disagree more. Mafe beat the right tackle with ease, forcing Mayfield to speed up so he had to step up there. Like you said to Aros, the angle and depth perception can be a bit misleading from this angle were shown.

If he could’ve made the play, he would’ve. He’s not Gumby, he can’t just contort his body there and do anything other than what he did. If anything, Mafe should be praised for forcing Mayfield to do something other than throwing a presumed completion downfield.

If we’re going to be roasting people for Sunday, go after the lousy corners. Hell, go after Leo Williams for being Mr Invisible this season.

 

[glenwo2]

I couldn’t disagree more. Mafe beat the right tackle with ease, forcing Mayfield to speed up so he had to step up there. Like you said to Aros, the angle and depth perception can be a bit misleading from this angle were shown.

If he could’ve made the play, he would’ve. He’s not Gumby, he can’t just contort his body there and do anything other than what he did. If anything, Mafe should be praised for forcing Mayfield to do something other than throwing a presumed completion downfield.

If we’re going to be roasting people for Sunday, go after the lousy corners. Hell, go after Leo Williams for being Mr Invisible this season.

Oh I am.

I created this thread because this showed up on my timeline on X and it looked like something we can discuss.

I hope MM is putting his guys through the ringer right now.

I fully expect them to get back on track next week against Jacksonville.

 

[Ostatehawk]

Maybe a discussion about basic tackling as well? Something like - "You don't tackle with just your shoulder - you need to actually grab the ******* guy." Something like that maybe?

 

[projectorfreak]

I dunno
He kinda looked like gumby from that view

 

[Rat]

Was kinda expecting more from contract year Mafe though. Maybe he'll get going soon, although the past few years, his MO has been to start fast and then fade out.

 

[Sprfunk]

Hold on #91

 

[AROS]

Mafe is not high on my list of things that are keeping me up at night in regards to our defense right now.

 

[glenwo2]

Mafe is not high on my list of things that are keeping me up at night in regards to our defense right now.

Have you seen the latest Injury report?

Here it is again :



Plenty to be "kept up at night" here.

 

[MoldyPurpleMayo]

Have you seen the latest Injury report?

Here it is again :



Plenty to be "kept up at night" here.

 

[Chukarhawk]

this is a loss waiting to happen. just not deep enough yet to absorb this kind of destruction to our starting defense as evidenced by the showing we got last week. Ugh. Need to somehow manufacture 2 wins and get to the bye.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Nope. Gonna' get that W on Sunday. This team is damn good on the road and has been for a while.

 

[hox]

Mafe is not high on my list of things that are keeping me up at night in regards to our defense right now.

He isn't but with Hall likely to miss this game, need him to step up.