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The run that defined a season

Bask in the highlight of Steven Jackson's 56 yard touch down run. It's a real beaut, no?

Besides, marking the return of Steven Jackson to official elite status (something we're hoping this quad injury won't puncture) we see two other important points paraphrased in that play.

Psychology is and should be part of a team's strategy. On top of the Xs and Os, the tape leading up to this game revealed a Cowboys team in disarray. The talent was still there, but, collectively, they seemed unsure of themselves after a couple of unexpected losses and barely sratching out a win against the Bengals. Not to get all Sun Tzu on us or anything, but exploiting a known weakness like that was as essential to this game as knowing the Cowboys secondary didn't match up well against our speedy receivers. The Rams planned for that too, from Steven Jackon, the man who delivered the backbreaking blow with his 56-yarder (from the Dallas News via Blogging the Boys):

"We really felt their body language as a defense...if you jump on them, we felt we could take them out of their game," Jackson said. "We wanted to kill their morale.

"They're a very talented team. It's something we felt if we could jump on them, we could put them away."

Take a look at Goldberg, lined up at TE on the right, and Alex Barron block on that play, a solid contribution, without it there's no 56 yard run. I haven't seen the official results on the sacks, but by my unofficial count, only one sack came from the right side - Greg Ellis early in the 2nd quarter. He didn't commit any penalties either. Barron's one of those players that I've always just assigned to the doghouse until proven otherwise, but he's playing some solid football for the rejuvenated Rams. Goldberg had had a rough day on the left side, but made a great play working in a different role on the line, showing the versatility that makes him an asset.

That play, a "nuisance play" as described by Al Saunders, featured great blocking across the board. C Nick Leckey pulls to make the block that springs Jackson from behind the line. Goldberg takes LB Bradie James out of the play right at the 47 yard line, where the Rams need to get for a first down.

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Barron's biggest issue has always been jumping offsides

He’s athletic as hell and can really block, but it just always seemed like he was a million miles away when the qb was relaying the snap count to the huddle.

As for our line, the only problem I see right now is Nick Leckey. Is he really the only guy we’ve got that can play center? There have been a ton of bad snaps (especially of the shotgun variety) the past two weeks. Maybe I’m missing something. Although, it looks as though his blocking is getting better (could it have gotten worse?), so maybe the snapping will come around too…

Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me......with nothin'.

Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.

by Tackle Box on Oct 20, 2008 11:59 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Beautiful blocking on that play

Watching it live, it was great to see it develop. Cowboys brought a run blitz through the middle, and as Jackson bounced outside, the blocks sealed the lane. He didn’t even get touched for about 15 yards.
As for Leckey, we’ll have to draft a center in 2010 at the latest. Maybe the chips will fall for us and we’ll hit Alex Mack. He’s a beast.

Jay Zygmunt, fire yourself.

by 3k on Oct 20, 2008 12:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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