Scottemojo
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Very little new knowledge was to be found in the all 22, but there was a little.
On the Texans first good run, they played a great numbers game, pulling two linemen left to create a 4 on 3 blocking even though Seattle has presented an 8 man front. Perfect ZBS. In addition, they got the RT up field to wall off lateral help from the linebackers. Well designed. It would pay off big time in play action later.
The Texans do a great job of selling play action with their offensive linemen.
53 had a rough day for the Hawks, but on a couple of plays where he got blamed he did his job well. It would seem he had a predetermined zone drop that should have forced the tight end into a safety zone, but both times safeties were peeking at the WR. 53 got the blame, but I think he executed his assignment well. Also, 57, Morgan, was immediately targeted when he came in for Wright.
Seattle did not run as much zone on the tight ends in the first half as some might imagine. Maxwell played some man on Daniels, actually did it very well, and Schaub threw a great pass over him. Schaub is deadly when he feels safe. I feel good about my report on him last week, I think Seattle showed he has a panic button.
I think Houston has different route options for when the receivers go to the line and see either zone or man. Probably a call from Schaub, but maybe an automatic. When they line up vs man, it becomes a 2 man game with rub routes. Vs zone, there seem to be some automatic seam routes, especially if PA is in play.
Russell Wilson had less than 3 seconds to throw for most of the first half. Any formation with Coleman on the field brought extra pass rush, with Houston apparently assuming it was play action and sending rushers through run gaps. I hate saying this, but in the 2nd half Wilson missed some easy reads because to my eye his internal clock was telling get the hell out after one read. Remember the deep ball Baldwin caught vs San Fran? He was even more open than that on one of Wilson's scrambles, but Wilson never saw him. Later, Wilson would target Rice several times, but Wilson was just plain off his timing by then and couldn't get the ball to Rice.
I was suspicious that Seattle simply was not running routes through line backer zones, and for the most part that held true. There were not a lot of blitz beater routes.
Seattle lined up with an H back several times. A couple of times it was Miller, once Wilson, and Coleman a couple of times. Coleman looks remarkably better as an H-back than a full back. I don't know exactly what assignment Wilson had when he lined up as a blocker, but he cut behind the line right past the guy who would blow Lynch up for the fumble. Feels to me like Wilson should have seen him. I think he was trying to execute a wham block and went right past Cushing who was coming through the gap.
Michael Bowie was fundamentally sound on a lot of plays, but didn't have a lot of punch in pass pro. McQ and Carp got eaten up several times by two man stunts.
On the Texans first good run, they played a great numbers game, pulling two linemen left to create a 4 on 3 blocking even though Seattle has presented an 8 man front. Perfect ZBS. In addition, they got the RT up field to wall off lateral help from the linebackers. Well designed. It would pay off big time in play action later.
The Texans do a great job of selling play action with their offensive linemen.
53 had a rough day for the Hawks, but on a couple of plays where he got blamed he did his job well. It would seem he had a predetermined zone drop that should have forced the tight end into a safety zone, but both times safeties were peeking at the WR. 53 got the blame, but I think he executed his assignment well. Also, 57, Morgan, was immediately targeted when he came in for Wright.
Seattle did not run as much zone on the tight ends in the first half as some might imagine. Maxwell played some man on Daniels, actually did it very well, and Schaub threw a great pass over him. Schaub is deadly when he feels safe. I feel good about my report on him last week, I think Seattle showed he has a panic button.
I think Houston has different route options for when the receivers go to the line and see either zone or man. Probably a call from Schaub, but maybe an automatic. When they line up vs man, it becomes a 2 man game with rub routes. Vs zone, there seem to be some automatic seam routes, especially if PA is in play.
Russell Wilson had less than 3 seconds to throw for most of the first half. Any formation with Coleman on the field brought extra pass rush, with Houston apparently assuming it was play action and sending rushers through run gaps. I hate saying this, but in the 2nd half Wilson missed some easy reads because to my eye his internal clock was telling get the hell out after one read. Remember the deep ball Baldwin caught vs San Fran? He was even more open than that on one of Wilson's scrambles, but Wilson never saw him. Later, Wilson would target Rice several times, but Wilson was just plain off his timing by then and couldn't get the ball to Rice.
I was suspicious that Seattle simply was not running routes through line backer zones, and for the most part that held true. There were not a lot of blitz beater routes.
Seattle lined up with an H back several times. A couple of times it was Miller, once Wilson, and Coleman a couple of times. Coleman looks remarkably better as an H-back than a full back. I don't know exactly what assignment Wilson had when he lined up as a blocker, but he cut behind the line right past the guy who would blow Lynch up for the fumble. Feels to me like Wilson should have seen him. I think he was trying to execute a wham block and went right past Cushing who was coming through the gap.
Michael Bowie was fundamentally sound on a lot of plays, but didn't have a lot of punch in pass pro. McQ and Carp got eaten up several times by two man stunts.
, but is McDonald THAT improved or is he just benefitting from some versatile DLinemen?
