Washington Redskins Coaches film analysis

Last RG3

2Q 1st & 10
Just showing his first read - the slant.


After playaction, RG3 looks up to see this. His WR has won inside position on the CB. So far so good on the slant having a chance to be open.


The slant is open and RG3 is looking right at it.


Same moment in time as pic above. RG3 even pumps his arm at the slant.


Instead, he checks it down to he RB for +5. Borland played a role in the hesitation, but quick slants are rarely ever wide open. They are usually tight window throws and this throw should have been made.

Alfred Morris had a big day running the ball by ripping off some huge chunk gains. The 49ers need to fix this asap with Lynch coming in. Both WAS and SEA are predominantly zone blocking run teams and both Lynch and Morris are tough runners to bring down. If the WAS game was a midterm, then the 49ers better shape up if they want to pass the final (tomorrow's SEA game).

There were four noticeable gains by Morris.
#1
1Q 2nd & 10
Outside zone right




RayMac and Brooks are disruptive in getting penetration which causes Morris to bounce the run wide. Not seen is Cox reading the run and coming up to support.


With Cox having outside contain, it is not Wilhoites job to turn the run back to the inside. It is Cox's job to turn the run inside to Wilhoite/Borland.


There's Cox coming up to support the run.


The overpursuit by Wilhoite give Morris a nice lane.


+22 yards

AMorris #2

1Q 1st & 10
Outside zone right


Dial gives up a bit of ground as he moves laterally to his left.


RayMace penetration causes forces Morris to cut towards the inside.


TJE does a good job keeping his blocker at arm's length. He is in a good body position to shed the block.


TJE sheds the block, but misses the tackle. RayMac gives a valiant lunge, but he could only get a hand on Morris. The FB takes out Borland.


+16 yards

AMorris #3

2Q 1st & 10
Outside zone left


Brooks sets the edge well by pushing back the TE into the backfield.


Because Brooks got so much penetration, he draws the double team block from the FB.


Cully reads the run and comes up in run support as the unblocked defender.


Cully fills the lane.


Cully gets his pads low, but doesn't wrap up.


+11 yards.

AMorris #4

One of the benefits of playing off coverage by the CBs is that they can easily read 'run' or 'pass'. If they read 'run', they can then attack downhill to support the run if it comes to the edge.
Outside zone right


Bethea comes up to support and takes on the block of the WR. I didn't add much illustrations here, but the double team block on RayMac plays a big role here as it allows the RT to hook around and get to the second level. Might be easier to see in the GIF


#68 is the RT and he is now into the second level. #68 ends up sealing off the pursuit from Borland. Wilhoite's backside pursuit takes away any chance at a cutback.


Cox is seen coming up to support the run as the unblocked defender.


Instead of filling the lane, Cox waits for the blocker to engage him.


This gives Morris all the space he needs.


+30 yards

Originally posted by thl408:
Here are a few plays where RG3 shows how he locks into WRs and/or is hesitant to pull the trigger because he isn't sure of what he sees. This play was cut up in post#42, but here it is from the QB's point of view.

RG3 doesn't have much time to make a decision here, but from looking at his head movement in the pocket, it's obvious he never moves away from his first read.
1Q 3rd & 8
WAS: 3 streaks to attack the cover1 safety.
49ers: cover1
Right at the start RG3 can see that both CBs are playing with a slight cushion.


As RG3 takes the snap and drops back he should see that both CBs near the top of the screen use bail technique to help combat any vertical routes, which is exactly what the WRs are running.


RG3 finishes his dropback and is still seen looking to his right as both WRs try to beat the bailing CBs.


RG3 hitch steps up into the pocket and is still seen looking at one of the WRs near the sidelines. All the while the TE is about to flash into a huge open area.


It's hard to fault RG3 too much here because there was pressure coming into his face. What I would be more concerned about, if I was a Skin fan, is that he never moved away from his primary read. There was a chance he could have targeted the route coming into the middle of the field had he red lighted the two streaking WRs near the sideline based on the technique of the bailing CBs.


Watch his head as he never moves off the two WRs near the sideline. The faster he red lights his first read, the better a chance he gives himself to find his TE. He still may not have gotten a throw off, but he never gave himself a chance to.

Hey Thl,

I really appreciate your and jonnydel's posts. I can only imagine how much time that takes to prepare the photos and gifs. And I learn a lot.

I get what you say about RG3 only looking at one receiver, but that pass rush was so fast I don't see how any QB would have time to find a 2nd receiver or throw it away.

I only say it because it looks like some rushes Kap has faced (especially the last Rams game), and I didn't see an escape route there either on most of the sacks Kap took (maybe two could of been thrown away, IMO).

Am I missing something?

Look at brooks on his but. It's his tackle think Lynch is better at the run now than brooks

This is the nice gain to VD that got wiped out due to an ineligible player downfield penalty. It wasn't replayed during the live telecast so I wanted to see if it was a petty call.

3Q 1st & 10
WAS: cover1

The LoS is the 10 yard line.


Kap playfakes on the stretch run left. VD fakes the block.


Rollout right as VD flows to the playside. Boone is already 1 yard downfield.


Kap is mid windup. Boone is now 2 yards beyond the line of scrimmage.


That's a well deserved penalty on Boone. Wipes out a +16 yard gain.

Originally posted by PineNut:

Originally posted by thl408:
Here are a few plays where RG3 shows how he locks into WRs and/or is hesitant to pull the trigger because he isn't sure of what he sees. This play was cut up in post#42, but here it is from the QB's point of view.

RG3 doesn't have much time to make a decision here, but from looking at his head movement in the pocket, it's obvious he never moves away from his first read.
1Q 3rd & 8
WAS: 3 streaks to attack the cover1 safety.
49ers: cover1
Right at the start RG3 can see that both CBs are playing with a slight cushion.


As RG3 takes the snap and drops back he should see that both CBs near the top of the screen use bail technique to help combat any vertical routes, which is exactly what the WRs are running.


RG3 finishes his dropback and is still seen looking to his right as both WRs try to beat the bailing CBs.


RG3 hitch steps up into the pocket and is still seen looking at one of the WRs near the sidelines. All the while the TE is about to flash into a huge open area.


It's hard to fault RG3 too much here because there was pressure coming into his face. What I would be more concerned about, if I was a Skin fan, is that he never moved away from his primary read. There was a chance he could have targeted the route coming into the middle of the field had he red lighted the two streaking WRs near the sideline based on the technique of the bailing CBs.


Watch his head as he never moves off the two WRs near the sideline. The faster he red lights his first read, the better a chance he gives himself to find his TE. He still may not have gotten a throw off, but he never gave himself a chance to.

Hey Thl,

I really appreciate your and jonnydel's posts. I can only imagine how much time that takes to prepare the photos and gifs. And I learn a lot.

I get what you say about RG3 only looking at one receiver, but that pass rush was so fast I don't see how any QB would have time to find a 2nd receiver or throw it away.

I only say it because it looks like some rushes Kap has faced (especially the last Rams game), and I didn't see an escape route there either on most of the sacks Kap took (maybe two could of been thrown away, IMO).

Am I missing something?

I agree with you about the pressure on RG3. I stated so in the post (bolded). Putting on my 'harsh critic' cap, the alignment of the CBs as well as their initial actions after the snap (bail) should tell RG3 to look elsewhere immediately. Unless he has someone like AJ Green or Megatron, there is no physical battle to be won and the CBs' positioning defeats the vertical routes, or at least makes it a very low percentage throw.

Here is the Gore fumble. Some coaches teach their RBs to always carry with the stronger arm. The benefit is that it's the stronger arm and can feel more natural.

Some coaches teach to carry with the arm that is further away from the pursuit of defenders. In other words, if running to the left, carry the ball with the left arm since all the DLs and LBs are coming to the right. This is the case here. The benefits of this is that it is harder for the defender to reach for the ball and that it allows the free arm for straight arming.

Gore is running to his left. All the big boy defenders are coming on his right. Because Gore carries the ball with his right hand, it's closer to all the big defenders and easier to reach. The ball gets cleanly punched out.
3Q 1st & 10
Counter left

With 7:36 left in the 4th quarter, the 49ers started the game winning drive. Here are those plays.

1st & 10
WAS: cover1 - Both DEs and DTs will run a stunt
Color coded because the laps overlap.


Kap completes playcation and looks to his right. JMart and Boone pick up the stunt. Iupati has some trouble staying with his man. MMartin follows his man. Staley has no one to block.


Same moment in time as pic above. Boldin is trailing VD. This is a man busting element. Combined with the bunch formation, this play is designed to bust man coverage. What is tries to actually accomplish, I can't tell. My guess is Boldin on the Out route is the primary because that's where Kap looks to first.


Boone gets pushed back into Kap's face and Kap has to evade. Crabs is open, but the way Gore's route is designed to release up the middle, Gore's defender takes away the throwing lane to Crabs. This is assuming Kap had time to look to Crabs, which he did not.


Sacked for -6.

Originally posted by thl408:

That's a well deserved penalty on Boone. Wipes out a +16 yard gain.

I'm going to assume that the nearside sideline judge (not in the frame) threw the flag. Also, it seems like Boone either completely brainfarted or didn't exactly know what the play was since he was almost immediately more than 1 yard downfield after the snap.

Game Winning Drive
Play #2

2nd & 16
We've seen this route combo (Kap's left) before from the 49ers this season (saw a lot of this @DAL). VD pushes the zone defenders back for the Curls to work.
WAS: cover3


Kap takes the snap and looks to his right.


Mid windup as Boldin has just started to turn around. With the CB backing up, the quick Curl is an easy completion.


+10

Game Winning Drive
Play #3

3rd & 6
WAS had a lot of activity presnap and shows a cover0 look. They want the 49ers to think the blitz is coming.
WAS: cover3


Standard 4 man rush as 3 of the defenders that were near the LoS back off. Kap takes the snap and looks left.


Mid windup targeting VD.


+5.5

Game Winning Drive #4

4th & 1


Power play right. Miller kickout, Iupati pull and lead.


Iupati pulling. The blue safety will shoot the gap between Looney and VD


Boone's block is devastating. JMart and Looney combo block to pancake the DE.


The blue safety gets in the backfield and sneaks behind Iupati. Gore halts his path and cuts behind the push provided by Looney, JMartin, and Boone.


Blue safety gets nothing but air.


+3 yards