The critical 4th and goal stop

[SeahawkSteve80]

In my opinion, the 4th and goal stop with just under 5 minutes to go was the biggest play of the season, and the best executed defensive play under Macdonald’s tenure.

From the pre snap look, we (the Seahawks) have a mushy sort of a 46 front. Several guys are standing up at the LOS, in a look that I’ve only seen a few times so far under coach Macdonald. This unique look gives Stafford a new wrinkle to process from the jump, which I love.




Now once the ball is snapped, we drop Leo into coverage, and only send 3 true rushers, dropping the rest into coverage in man, with Leo as essentially a spy/robber sort of look to disrupt the middle passing lane and the goal line.




This leaves Stafford with very few options, and he forces a pass to Ferguson with Witherspoon in tight coverage.

I absolutely loved this defensive playcall. A true chess match between Macdonald and McVay, our coach won this hand, and it all started with the pre game smoke and mirrors with our defensive look.
This play was enormous and proved to be the difference maker.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

And 21 spoon salute with BACK-TO-BACK huuuuuuge plays to basically save the game. And he def. had a few bad plays earlier.

 

[GemCity]

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[GemCity]

And 21 spoon salute with BACK-TO-BACK huuuuuuge plays to basically save the game. And he def. had a few bad plays earlier.

 

[Hockey Guy]

I heard somewhere, by perhaps the smartest offensive mind who ever lived, that the Seahawks were fortuitous that they made a clear defensive mistake that enabled them to make that lucky stop.

It's totally obvious, as long as you're an offensive genius, that was just a blown coverage that resulted positively for the Seahawks.

Nobody out schemes offensive genius so it must have been just dumb luck.

 

[SeahawkSteve80]

I heard somewhere, by perhaps the smartest offensive mind who ever lived, that the Seahawks were fortuitous that they made a clear defensive mistake that enabled them to make that lucky stop.

It's totally obvious, as long as you're an offensive genius, that was just a blown coverage that resulted positively for the Seahawks.

Nobody out schemes offensive genius so it must have been just dumb luck.

Who was open?

 

[Hockey Guy]

Who was open?

Better check your sarcasm detector.

It must not be plugged in.

Most of my post was a direct quote of Sean McVay.

 

[NoGain]

You give Stafford time to throw to receivers like Puka and Adams, they're going to get their catches. They're very difficult covers, especially with McVay's inventiveness as an offensive coach. That Spoon made those key back-to-back coverage plays was a testament to his skills. But don't forget, he's terrible in coverage.

 

[glenwo2]

And McVay thinks it was "busted coverage".

LOL

 

[DangerousDoug]

If you watch video of the play, I think the claim is that D-Law was not supposed to drop into coverage on the RB. When you see the RB get his release, it looks like Love is going to be a step slow and the RB would be open, but for D-Law "mistakenly" covering him. I don't know how you call it a "busted coverage" - what else was D-Law supposed to be doing. Suck it McVay.