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Posted on 10/31/25 at 1:00 am
Posted on 10/31/25 at 1:00 am
I need some explanations on some stuff from Saturday’s game.
Clip 1. LINK
Jam gets absolutely blown up 4 yards in the backfield by an end who was unblocked. Cuevas motioned to the far side and lined up next to the right tackle. At the snap the tackle ignored the guy practically over top of him and fired out to his right like a tackle eligible or something. The TE seems like he’s moving inward to block the rushing d lineman. The tackle ran right into Cuevas blocking him out of the play and the end ran in untouched.
Question. Was this some sort of scheme that just didn’t work this time, or was it one of the most screwiest foul ups by two players ever known to man?
Clip 1. LINK
Jam gets absolutely blown up 4 yards in the backfield by an end who was unblocked. Cuevas motioned to the far side and lined up next to the right tackle. At the snap the tackle ignored the guy practically over top of him and fired out to his right like a tackle eligible or something. The TE seems like he’s moving inward to block the rushing d lineman. The tackle ran right into Cuevas blocking him out of the play and the end ran in untouched.
Question. Was this some sort of scheme that just didn’t work this time, or was it one of the most screwiest foul ups by two players ever known to man?
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Posted on 10/31/25 at 1:03 am to LovetheLord
Time mark for the clip?
Posted on 10/31/25 at 1:33 am to LovetheLord
I know the exact play you’re talking about because the announcers pointed it out, but IIRC they stated it was a play issue and they screwed up the trap
Basically looked like one of Cuevas or the lineman was meant to undercut the other but they both moved laterally into the other
Basically looked like one of Cuevas or the lineman was meant to undercut the other but they both moved laterally into the other
This post was edited on 10/31/25 at 1:34 am
Posted on 10/31/25 at 6:17 am to Che Boludo
Sorry. I tried to time clip it. Was working from the phone though and perhaps did not get that done correctly.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 8:26 am to LovetheLord
Here is another clip. I did it right this time. LINK
It is the strip-sack. We are in what looks like 21 personnel and tight formation. Hill at RB and Cuevas nearside TE. SCAR's number 4 is on the line and wide of the receiver who is lined up tight near-side. Ty is under center. The play is designed to be a roll right, perhaps run/pass option.
Number 4 has an unimpeded lane to the backside because the receiver has gone out on his route and Cuevas is blocking down to the roll side. Proctor tries to get out to block the guy, but there isn't a tackle alive who was going to be able to catch up to this guy running full speed. Hill steps up to sell play action but the result is that he is sucked in beneath the rush angle. The result is that no one is able to get a hand on number 4 and he's on Ty's back like a cheetah on a gazelle.
What went wrong here? Ty fail to shift the blocking scheme? Just the wrong play call at the wrong time?
It is the strip-sack. We are in what looks like 21 personnel and tight formation. Hill at RB and Cuevas nearside TE. SCAR's number 4 is on the line and wide of the receiver who is lined up tight near-side. Ty is under center. The play is designed to be a roll right, perhaps run/pass option.
Number 4 has an unimpeded lane to the backside because the receiver has gone out on his route and Cuevas is blocking down to the roll side. Proctor tries to get out to block the guy, but there isn't a tackle alive who was going to be able to catch up to this guy running full speed. Hill steps up to sell play action but the result is that he is sucked in beneath the rush angle. The result is that no one is able to get a hand on number 4 and he's on Ty's back like a cheetah on a gazelle.
What went wrong here? Ty fail to shift the blocking scheme? Just the wrong play call at the wrong time?
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:28 am to LovetheLord
I think it may have been Mac Jones who said in an interview once that if an offensive blocker got beat on a block and he got sacked, that was the blocker's fault, but if a rusher came through free and no one even tried to block him, that was generally the QB's fault for not calling the blocking correctly. In a perfect world Simpson should have recognized that the DB was blitzing and checked into a play where Hill could pick him up rather than be assigned to sell the playaction.
That's my take, at least. Other more knowledgeable dudes, feel free to overrule me.
That's my take, at least. Other more knowledgeable dudes, feel free to overrule me.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 4:30 pm to LovetheLord
If #1 is the play I'm thinking of, the lineman was supposed to pull out around the TE blocking down, but got tangled up in traffic.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 8:12 pm to Master of Sinanju
That makes sense given what happened. I think it was Jaden Roberts at tackle filling in for Vandermark. I guess he was not on the same page.
Edit. Nope, just looked again. It was Formby who ran into the Tight End.
Edit. Nope, just looked again. It was Formby who ran into the Tight End.
This post was edited on 10/31/25 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 10/31/25 at 9:09 pm to LovetheLord
What happened is two-fold.
D.Hill needed to see the corner blitz and forget about the play-action fake (which would take him up field and out of position) and just immediately turn to his left to help create a wall.
The other aspect is we needed someone from the line, Cuevas, QB or RB to see the defensive action pre-snap, make the call so pre-snap there is an adjustment.
Primarily it's on the RB to be rhe safety valve, see the CB blitzing (it's his man) and disregard the play-action to get into the right position.
It was also a fantastic NFL play by South Carolina's player and he deserves credit for coming wide insted if flat at the QB.
D.Hill needed to see the corner blitz and forget about the play-action fake (which would take him up field and out of position) and just immediately turn to his left to help create a wall.
The other aspect is we needed someone from the line, Cuevas, QB or RB to see the defensive action pre-snap, make the call so pre-snap there is an adjustment.
Primarily it's on the RB to be rhe safety valve, see the CB blitzing (it's his man) and disregard the play-action to get into the right position.
It was also a fantastic NFL play by South Carolina's player and he deserves credit for coming wide insted if flat at the QB.
Posted on 10/31/25 at 10:18 pm to YStar
Appreciate that. I didn't play football after about 6th grade. So, it is not a sport that I understand as deeply as others.
I wasn't aware that the TE or RB could make a call.
I wasn't aware that the TE or RB could make a call.
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