Offseason All22 Film Study

Just showing another one of his 6 targets in the game. This pass is overthrown, but would not have amounted to much with a defender attacking downhill.
Drive versus Cover 1
QP running the Drag route.

Comeback route vs SWilliams
Notice where QP is lined up with relation to the numbers on the field.


The CB is edging QP towards the sideline. This is a win for the CB.




QP completes the break and there is no separation. Kap will target QP.


QP draws the defensive pass interference flag, but I'm looking at how much separation is there through the break. There is zero as QP can't sell the Go route.

This is Torrey Smith (top of screen) running the same route. The fear Torrey puts into a CB as he releases outside allows him to earn separation.


Will continue QP vs Chargers tomorrow.

Originally posted by thl408:
Just showing another one of his 6 targets in the game. This pass is overthrown, but would not have amounted to much with a defender attacking downhill.
Drive versus Cover 1
QP running the Drag route.

Looks to me like Kap was a bit hesitant there and was a smidge late with that pass. #25 on SD looked to be back-peddling a bit before he saw Patton cut in.

Originally posted by thl408:
Comeback route vs SWilliams
Notice where QP is lined up with relation to the numbers on the field.


The CB is edging QP towards the sideline. This is a win for the CB.




QP completes the break and there is no separation. Kap will target QP.


QP draws the defensive pass interference flag, but I'm looking at how much separation is there through the break. There is zero as QP can't sell the Go route.

When he breaks, he drops his hands to stop his momentum. DBs are looking for that and know they are going to break.

Originally posted by Young2Rice:

When he breaks, he drops his hands to stop his momentum. DBs are looking for that and know they are going to break.

Agreed. The hands need to continue pumping as if still running. The head stays faced forward, chin over the toes. All to give the illusion that the WR is still running forward. Once momentum is slowed down enough to turn around, then turn around. He also takes one big step before starting his stop motion. This shows up on this play and on a play I'll show later as well. No WR running a Go route suddenly takes one huge step. That's a tell for any CB.

Originally posted by thl408:

Originally posted by Young2Rice:
When he breaks, he drops his hands to stop his momentum. DBs are looking for that and know they are going to break.

Agreed. The hands need to continue pumping as if still running. The head stays faced forward, chin over the toes. All to give the illusion that the WR is still running forward. Once momentum is slowed down enough to turn around, then turn around. He also takes one big step before starting his stop motion. This shows up on this play and on a play I'll show later as well. No WR running a Go route suddenly takes one huge step. That's a tell for any CB.

i always thought he ran routes kind of funky.

Originally posted by thl408:
Just showing another one of his 6 targets in the game. This pass is overthrown, but would not have amounted to much with a defender attacking downhill.
Drive versus Cover 1
QP running the Drag route.

If kap could've just got him the ball a second earlier. Patton could've started to go upfield and maybe out flanked that defender(unlikely) or even stopped and perhaps the defenders momentum would have taken him past Patton. All the stuff I've read on drive, it that its best suited when the WR catches in stride at or near the centerline.

Here's the play where VD scored on a long pass play that was called back due to a clipping penalty on Gore.

QP will run an Out route. Can't tell who the slot CB is.
Cover 1 blitz


The CB opens to take outside leverage, funneling QP to the middle of the field where his Cover1 safety help is. After driving hard upfield, QP gets low to begin his break. This is the plant step in his route. A firm plant step can allow the WR to make a sharp cut. Getting low gets the center of gravity low so sharper turns can be made. It also puts the WR in more of a wound up position to fire out into a new direction, in this case, to QP's right.


He fights off the CB's attempt to shove QP off his route. I can't tell if contact is actually made between the two, but that's definitely QP's left arm extended to swat away the CB's left arm.


Some separation. The yellow area is where Kap can place the ball if he chose to target QP, which he shouldn't because based on the coverage call (cover1 blitz), the CB should have defeated QP's route - CB outside leverage vs an Out route


A decently run route, taking three yards to complete the 90 degree turn.

Here's the play where Kap scored on the 90 yard run.

Curl versus SWilliams; Cover 1 blitz


Uses his hands to push off the CB.


A bit of separation created from the pushoff.

This play was considered a 'target' to QP in the boxscore.
Comeback route versus SWillams; cover1 (double team Boldin, #3 WR in the bunch)


Pretty hard to what's going on with QP on the far sideline in terms of technique. Kap attempts a pass to QP as he rolls out. The CB comes back to swat the ball away on a scramble drill type of play.

Quick Out versus cover 3 from a tight split.


It's a simple read for Kap and QP with the CB playing loose, over the top as a deep 1/3 defender. The biggest threat is the weakside curl/flat defender who approached the LoS before the snap. All that did was put him out of position to defend this throw.


Easy completion for +4

Another Stop (curl) route. Drive up field, quickly come to a stop once the CB gets his hips turned, turn around for ball.


QP takes a big step to help him come to a stop. This is cheating when trying to come to a stop.
When running fast and trying to quickly stop. It's easier to take one last big step to put the brake leg far out in front to stop momentum going forward. It's easier to do this, but it's a tell to the CB that QP is about to slam on the brakes. It's better WR technique to dip the head forward and get the chin low. This shifts the chest over the front knee of the plant leg and achieves the same goal - to slam on the brakes.


Kap looked concept side and ended up scrambling due to pressure.

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