jwendt

History

Member for
3 years 34 weeks

Karma

Current value
1

Recent Comments

"

is one such example. The 46 generally refers to an alignment with the center and both guards covered and two standup players, usually 2 LB's, here a LB and a Safety playing LB. UM stands up the "DE" away from the 2 LB's, but it looks similar schematically. Any of coaches around here, please let me know if I'm off base. I don't remember seeing much of this previously this year.

Date Title Body
2 weeks 1 day ago not Vick - at least not by NFL standards

Love Denard - but Michael Vick had a cannon arm.  By NFL standards, Denard's is probably below average.  He's also shorter and lighter than Vick.

Anyone taking him to play QB is doing so with the idea that they'd install some sort of package or totally overhaul the offense like the Broncos did mid-way through last season.
32 weeks 3 hours ago covered te grrrrr

Covering the TE just never makes sense to me. RichRod did it occasionally and we saw it a few times this week again. We've never thrown from this alignment and probably never will. If the #s to one side are that important to the play, then flip the weak tackle (ie, go unbalanced) and let Roger be the weak tackle so at least the safety has to mildly respect the end that was in this case, Lewan.
32 weeks 1 day ago risk-reward

I think Brian's points are fair. NW was getting solid yards on low risk plays. in the first half, they turned that philosophy into points. In the 2nd, two turnovers on low risk plays killed drives.

On the flip side, 3 turnovers and a relative lack of big plays made gave NW a nice halftime feeling. In the 2nd, we avoided the TO and forced them to do simple things right a bunch of times in a row. This is not easy to do without making a mistake. Many a good defense (see Cover 2) is built on a philosophy of forcing the offense execute consistently for long drives.
32 weeks 1 day ago risk-reward

I think Brian's points are fair. NW was getting solid yards on low risk plays. in the first half, they turned that philosophy into points. In the 2nd, two turnovers on low risk plays killed drives.

On the flip side, 3 turnovers and a relative lack of big plays made gave NW a nice halftime feeling. In the 2nd, we avoided the TO and forced them to do simple things right a bunch of times in a row. This is not easy to do without making a mistake. Many a good defense (see Cover 2) is built on a philosophy of forcing the offense execute consistently for long drives.
32 weeks 2 days ago agree, mostly

keep in mind that regardless of coaching, the guard knows where the play is going. on the pass, he. knows that the typical reaction will be for that lb to recognize and drop while the single blocked DE is a threat. no doubt he should have recognized and picked up the blizter, but those are not easy reads, especially while pulling. on the other hand, when you're the lead blocked on 4th & 1, you lead through the hole unless the ball carrier is immediately threatened by that DE defeating the block.

32 weeks 2 days ago agree, mostly

keep in mind that regardless of coaching, the guard knows where the play is going. on the pass, he. knows that the typical reaction will be for that lb to recognize and drop while the single blocked DE is a threat. no doubt he should have recognized and picked up the blizter, but those are not easy reads, especially while pulling. on the other hand, when you're the lead blocked on 4th & 1, you lead through the hole unless the ball carrier is immediately threatened by that DE defeating the block.

35 weeks 9 hours ago 45 was Fencik

Gary Fencik wore 45. The D is named for Doug Plank, a Bear safety that wore 46, though he retired before he Buddy invented the 46 D.
35 weeks 3 days ago counting cards

This argument only holds when you include the assumption that both teams are roughly average in a number of areas. the .9 vs..91 moves a lot if the 9ers have a K with better than average long field goal ability, an offense prone to turnover or a defense likely to give up big chunks of yards, etc.

I'm not knowledgeable enough of SF football to speculate. you know who might be? their head coach. Just like the "right" play in Blackjack changes on some hands if you know the deck is face card heavy or your expected value in a poker hand changes when your buddy signals that he already folded with 1 of the aces your opponent needs, you can't assume that league average historical performance is the best input to this equation.
2 years 9 weeks ago Concur

You are unlikely to get anything changed at a sports book. One other shot might be to find a seat at a race book that has it's own little TV. I've pulled this off at a couple of the bigger books on the 1st weekend. Usually you can't get a great view of the hoops screens, but you'll probably have your own mini TV which you can toon (hopefully to the BTN).

You will have to be "actively wagering" on the ponies - but for $2 every half hour or so, it's well worth it. Plus, that can mean free drinks if you slip the waitress a Zoltan for Space Emperor t-shirt.
2 years 26 weeks ago 46

Some of what you're tagging as 4-4 under or 4-4 under split looks a lot like a take on the old 46 made famous by Buddy Ryan and the 85 Bears.

"

O11 2 7 Ace Twins Twin TE 4-4 under split Pass Sack Martin -1
I mean, really, what is it going to take for an official to throw a flag on the Wisconsin offensive line? Martin(+3) zips around the center and is instantly into the backfield on this play action; center then grabs his shoulder from behind and starts slowing him down; no flag. Tolzien tries to evade Martin and manages to do so at first but Martin is agile enough to change direction and drag him down from behind. (Pressure +2)
Theme provided by Roopletheme; sidebars adapted from Chris Murphy.