DOLPHINS: Saints Adjustments

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As the make adjustments to what we do we can make adjustments to counter their defense. There are adjustments to everything. Ah.......this is the NFL.

ddave
-------------- Original message from "Mark L. Diana" <mdiana at tulane.edu>: -------------- 


> Important proviso. I actually like Hartline on a slant, even though he may 
> not be able to outrun the safety, chances are he'll make the catch. Plus 
> it's a quick pass. 
> 
> I also winder if there isn't a way to run a sort of screen out of that 
> formation. Let the rush get up the field a bit before you burn them with a 
> pass to Ricky with a few blockers out front (you won't need many). 
> 
> Those kinds of plays would tend to keep the corners honest, and maybe lead 
> to some quick scores, or at least big gainers. 
> 
> 
> On 10/29/09 1:31 PM, "D.P. Frog" wrote: 
> 
> > 
> > Provided your receivers can catch 
> > 
> >> Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:26:52 -0500 
> >> From: mdiana at tulane.edu 
> >> To: dolphins-disc at phins.com 
> >> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: Saints Adjustments 
> >> 
> >> I agree that there need to be some adjustments to the WC. If the Jets adopt 
> >> the Saints approach of rushing the corners and putting 8 men in the box, 
> >> that leaves one safety out there on no mans land. You don't have to be a 
> >> great QB to find the open guy if you send two out. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On 10/27/09 7:28 AM, "ldouglas" wrote: 
> >> 
> >>> they did - they ran the ball which forced us back to the Pasqualoni 
> >>> blitz - i.e. rush 7 pre-identified blitzers, get no pressure, and 
> >>> leave the receivers free to roam the field. 
> >>> 
> >>> was this clip from The Head Coaches or from Total Access? I watched 
> >>> both and on one of them Martz mentioned them upping the run and the OL 
> >>> taking over in the run game. I remember he said one of the drives had 
> >>> only one pass 
> >>> 
> >>> Moreover he said he said they attacked the wildcat by attacking the 
> >>> edges and preventing us from taking it to the edge. Now I noticed 
> >>> these Wildcat plays seemed to have a higher proportion of sweep-type 
> >>> runs and not as much up the middle like we did against the Jets. I 
> >>> remember when they marked up Jets game film, they showed the LG 
> >>> pulling and the FB following/creating a running lane between the RG 
> >>> and RT. Perhaps we should have done more of that rather than running 
> >>> for the sidelines. 
> >>> 
> >>> Also with the safeties playing up, I would have liked to have seen 
> >>> more deep passes from the Wildcat look - with or without Pat White. 
> >>> They tried one and Fasano dropped it. Shoulda done more IMO against a 
> >>> fast flowing Saints D crowding the line. Another thing - why haven't 
> >>> we seen Pat White as the Wildcat or even a slot receiver to take 
> >>> advantage of busting personnel tendencies? Is he not good at catching? 
> >>> Worse than Ginn? 
> >>> 
> >>> Honestly - for all the scheme creativity I saw last year, I'm not 
> >>> seeing as much this season. Don't know if it's a concerted effort to 
> >>> see who can and who can't execute the expected plays, but with the 
> >>> exception of what we did to the Jets and on defense to Drew in the 
> >>> first half, I haven't seen it. 
> >>> 
> >>> On 10/27/09, Richie Wohlers wrote: 
> >>>> Thanks for the link. That looks like some good stuff. 
> >>>> 
> >>>> But I'm still disappointed at how fast they run through that stuff. 
> >>>> Doesn't 
> >>>> NFL Network have lots of time to fill? Why be in such a rush? The last 
> >>>> clip showed Reggie Bush lined up to the right and blocking a defender. 
> >>>> Martz talked about how good of a job he did. Now I'd like to know the 
> >>>> other 
> >>>> side of that - did the Dolphins screw up? Was there something that they 
> >>>> could/should have done differently to exploit that blocking scheme? 
> >>>> 
> >>>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:14 PM, wrote: 
> >>>> 
> >>>>> Mike Martz did a nice job showing some of the adjustments made by the 
> >>>>> Saints to fight our rush including Brees stepping up in the pocket and 
> >>>>> rolling the blocking to a RB side on the NFL Network coaches corner. 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> ddave 
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