1st quarter review
2nd quarter
Third Quarter
O.Mare kicks 65 yards
from CAR 35 to end zone, Touchback.
Washington Redskins
at 15:00
1-10-WAS 20 (15:00)
J.Beck pass deep middle to J.Gaffney to CAR 48 for 32 yards (C.Godfrey).
Perfect play action.
The LBs bite which means the Mike doesn’t get downfield to take the underneath
coverage on Gaffney’s route into the seam.
1-10-CAR 48 (14:20)
T.Hightower right tackle to CAR 42 for 6 yards (D.Connor).
Paulsen fights
through play side safety (who is then taken out by Young) then drives the LB to
the outside, allowing Hightower to cut upfield.
2-4-CAR 42 (13:43)
R.Torain left guard to CAR 40 for 2 yards (D.Connor).
Montgomery gets to
the second level but completely whiffs and the Mike backer is free to make the
stop.
3-2-CAR 40 (13:00)
(Shotgun) J.Beck pass incomplete short right to T.Austin (C.Gamble).
The slot corner
pretty clearly pulled on Austin’s jersey to keep him from getting into the
slant on time, but no flag.
4-2-CAR 40 (12:56) (Shotgun) J.Beck sacked at CAR 47 for -7 yards (J.Anderson).
Beat by the blitz. There are blitzers coming through both A gaps. Helu
picks up one correctly but his cut block in ineffective and only slows the guy
slightly. The other comes clean because Cook is frozen by the DT who is head up
on him… but drops into coverage.
Carolina Panthers at
12:52
1-10-CAR 47 (12:52)
(Shotgun) C.Newton pass deep left to B.LaFell pushed ob at WAS 16 for 37 yards
(K.Barnes).
Doughty and Rocky are
blitzing from the defensive left, so on the right Orakpo starts out on the line
but just before the snap slides over to the slot receiver. Wilson is on the X receiver with Barnes
deep as a safety. It’s unlikely that he play was designed such that Orakpo
would be responsible for the slot receiver deep downfield. So Orakpo tracks him
into the flat but then passes him off. But Barnes is momentarily frozen when
the X receiver threatens the seam, even though Wilson follows that route. It’s at least conveicable that Wilson
should have stayed outside and passed off the post to Barnes, but it looks more
likely that Barnes messed up by not going straight to the sideline.
1-10-WAS 16 (12:23) (Shotgun) C.Newton left tackle for 16
yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Three errors on this
play. The first is by the announcer, who calls it an option even though there
are no “options” in terms of a back for Cam to pitch it to or a receiver for
him to throw to. This is simply a designed QB run.
The second one is on
Orakpo, who fails to establish any kind of contain and lets himself get sucked
to far inside, where he is obviously burned when Cam runs to the outside.
The third is on
Doughty, and man is it a doozy. He has a good angle on the play. However, as
part of the Panthers’ play design the FB who initially lined up on the right
side of the backfield crossed the formation and was acting as a lead blocker to
the left. Doughty should have tried to win a collision with this blocker,
forcing Cam to cut inside harder than he did so that Orakpo, Fletcher or Landry
would have a chance to catch him. But somehow – God only knows how – Doughty
got it in his head that the lead blocker had the ball. He ends up tackling the
guy. Really. Good form too – he wraps him up around the waist and drives
through him. Unfortunately he drives him to the outside, which doesn’t help with redirecting Cam.
I want to be mad at
Reed, as his screw up was probably the biggest (though certainly not the only)
factor in giving up this touchdown. But I can’t help but appreciate the man’s
contributions to physical comedy.
O.Mare extra point is
GOOD, Center-J.Jansen, Holder-J.Baker.
WAS 6 CAR 16, 2
plays, 53 yards, 0:35 drive, 2:43 elapsed
O.Mare kicks 72 yards
from CAR 35 to WAS -7. B.Banks to WAS 18 for 25 yards (J.Hines; J.Williams).
Washington Redskins
at 12:17, (1st play from scrimmage 12:12)
1-10-WAS 18 (12:12)
J.Beck pass short right to F.Davis to WAS 40 for 22 yards (C.Godfrey).
The safety bites on
play action, and thanks to Davis’s speed he is unable to recover sufficiently
and Davis gets open.
1-10-WAS 40 (11:34)
J.Beck pass short right to L.Paulsen to CAR 36 for 24 yards (C.Godfrey).
I love this: Every
time Paulsen catches a pass its because the defense flat-out forgets to cover
him. It apparently never occurs to the Panthers’ safeties or LBs that Paulsen
could do anything other than block, so he just runs past them.
1-10-CAR 36 (10:54)
T.Hightower left guard to CAR 32 for 4 yards (D.Connor). WAS-T.Hightower was
injured during the play. His return is Questionable.
2-6-CAR 32 (10:27)
J.Beck pass short middle to L.Paulsen to CAR 8 for 24 yards (J.Anderson;
J.Phillips).
Again! Paulsen is
taken so unseriously as a receiver that no one even thinks to cover him.
Unfortunately he’s the second tight end now, so this trick won’t work much
longer.
1-8-CAR 8 (9:47)
R.Torain left end to CAR 15 for -7 yards (J.Anderson, D.Connor).
And this is why some
people (including me) have doubts about Torain despite all the fun broken
tackles. There was no need for this loss to be so severe. He runs past two
cutback lanes that would have resulted in minimal gains, or maybe even small
losses, but instead runs sideways to the sideline despite the fact that the
corner is clearly denied by the LB beating Fred Davis’ block.
2-15-CAR 15 (9:03)
J.Beck pass short left to F.Davis to CAR 4 for 11 yards (C.Munnerlyn).
Helu picks up the
blitzing safety, and Montgomery keeps his feet moving but maintains his balance
to adjust to a spin move. Gaffney is barely open and Beck fires the ball to the
sideline route perfectly. I’m pretty sure Rex can’t make this throw.
3-4-CAR 4 (8:20) J.Beck scrambles left end for 4 yards,
TOUCHDOWN.
And here’s another
thing Rex doesn’t do – when Brown tries but fails to cut the LDE, Beck is able
to flee him on foot and exploit the inside rush of the RDE to create a
touchdown.
G.Gano extra point is
GOOD, Center-N.Sundberg, Holder-S.Rocca.
WAS 13 CAR 16, 7
plays, 82 yards, 4:03 drive, 6:46 elapsed
G.Gano kicks 65 yards
from WAS 35 to end zone, Touchback.
The one-man kamikaze rush is still happening from Carolina kickoff unit.
Really wish I knew what was going on there.
Carolina Panthers at
8:14
1-10-CAR 20 (8:14)
C.Newton pass deep left to S.Smith to WAS 47 for 33 yards (J.Wilson).
The lack of pressure
isn’t a mystery – a four man rush against a seven man protection isn’t goint to
get you anywhere.
1 1-10-WAS 47 (7:44)
D.Williams right tackle to WAS 46 for 1 yard (R.Doughty, L.Fletcher).
Very nice play by
Doughty. The run is up the middle, but Bowen and Orakpo collapse the line.
Doughty stays home on the (defensive) left and is in position to make the
tackle when the RB tries to bounce it outside. And as an added bonus, this time
the guy he tackles is actually holding a football.
2-9-WAS 46 (7:04)
(Shotgun) C.Newton pass short right to S.Smith to WAS 31 for 15 yards (D.Hall).
The Panthers adjust
nicely to the blitz – the LG stays home to pick up Fletcher and the RB accounts
for Rocky on the delay. Cofield does get past the RG with a nice swim move but
Cam makes an accurate throw despite the impending hit.
1-10-WAS 31 (6:19)
S.Smith left end to WAS 25 for 6 yards (L.Fletcher). End around
Simply outstanding by
Fletcher, who reads the end-around despite the misdirection and somehow manages
to chase down Steve Smith in a foot race to the sideline.
2-4-WAS 25 (5:34)
D.Williams left guard to WAS 22 for 3 yards (R.McIntosh).
Golston holds the
point of attack well enough that Rocky is kept clean.
3-1-WAS 22 (4:55)
J.Felton up the middle to WAS 19 for 3 yards (R.McIntosh; L.Fletcher).
Bowen, Cofield, and
Carriker hold their ground at the line and Fletcher and Rocky rush into the
gaps, but just good old fashioned running from the FB turns this into first
down yardage.
1-10-WAS 19 (4:18)
(Shotgun) C.Newton left end to WAS 17 for 2 yards. Lateral to D.Williams to WAS
12 for 5 yards (L.Landry).
Ok, now this is an option play as Cam has the (ahem)
“option” to keep it himself, but since Fletcher and Landry have angles on him
he pitches to a trailing RB hoping he can take advantage of the WR’s solid
block on Wilson.
2-3-WAS 12 (3:38)
D.Williams left guard to WAS 4 for 8 yards (R.Doughty).
The formation gives
away this run. Bowen is head up on the LG, meaning the LT and both of the twin
TEs are uncovered except for Orakpo with a wide split and Fletcher and two DBs
all several yards off the line. Unsurprisingly, a hole is created.
1-4-WAS 4 (2:59)
J.Stewart up the middle to WAS 2 for 2 yards (B.Orakpo).
Nield driven way
back, but Golston plays some good two-gap which lets Rocky get into the hole
and make the play.
2-2-WAS 2 (2:21) (Shotgun) J.Stewart right guard for 2
yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Unabalanced line. The
LT lines up next to the RT and seals Carriker inside, and Rocky is taken out by
a pulling guard. And the Panther’s found a nice way to neutralize Kerrigan –
they lined up a trips bunch on the play side and forced him to cover one of
them.
O.Mare extra point is
GOOD, Center-J.Jansen, Holder-J.Baker.
WAS 13 CAR 23, 10
plays, 80 yards, 5:57 drive, 12:43 elapsed
O.Mare kicks 65 yards
from CAR 35 to end zone, Touchback.
Washington Redskins
at 2:17
1-10-WAS 20 (2:17)
J.Beck pass incomplete short right to A.Armstrong.
This was a
challenging catch, but Armstrong still struggles to make enough of the
challenging catches.
I find myself saying “well, it would
have been a great catch…” a little too often with Armstrong – a NFL starter
should make at least some of those.
2-10-WAS 20 (2:12)
J.Beck pass incomplete short right to F.Davis.
That same safety lets
Davis get open by biting on play action, but Davis just commits a bad drop.
3-10-WAS 20 (2:07)
(Shotgun) J.Beck pass short left to T.Austin to WAS 28 for 8 yards (S.Martin).
4-2-WAS 28 (1:46)
S.Rocca punts 37 yards to CAR 35, Center-N.Sundberg, fair catch by A.Edwards.
When is a relatively short 37 yard punt still a good punt? When a 4.8
second hang time precludes any possibility of a return. Of course it helps that
Niles Paul continues to regularly beat his blockers and find himself standing
right on top of returners as the make the catch.
Carolina Panthers at
1:39
Can we call it night?
I’m calling it a night.
1-10-CAR 35 (1:39)
D.Williams right tackle to CAR 35 for no gain (R.McIntosh).
PENALTY on
CAR-B.Bell, Offensive Holding, 10 yards, enforced at CAR 35 - No Play.
1-20-CAR 25 (1:15)
J.Stewart left guard to CAR 28 for 3 yards (L.Fletcher).
2-17-CAR 28 (:29)
C.Newton pass short right to S.Smith to CAR 46 for 18 yards (J.Wilson).
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