How To Win "Breakdown" WK 1

DT’s aren’t used to running the ball. I like the fight, but there is good reason why the DT’s should fall on the ball instead of trying to scoop and score. He got lucky on the bounce but when one of the big guys has the ball, there is a million ways something like this can fail.

I was hoping for at least the safety here, but it’s evident that even though the AZ defender had the ball before the goal line, he didn’t have complete possession of the ball.

but you know it got me thinking.,.. Most young guys come into a team and have vets that show them what it takes to win. Our team has been loosing so long that there is no one to teach these guys how to react when they get a recovery etc. Hall should have turned around, yes, but there were 6 GUYS around Murphy. That is freaking crazy. As long as they were all scanning for players coming in he would have had a touchdown hands down. They just aren’t used to having enough talent to even get a recovery from someone stripping the ball because they never had enough talent to strip the ball. This is what we are talking about when we say winning mentality. It isn’t “I BELIEVE I WE CAN WIN” ….it’s “I know what to do when we make a winning play”. It actually makes me a little excited because damn straight this same scenario happens next week, we will have six guys scanning aroung them looking for someone to take out.

I second what someone else said above. Your analysis shows that what we all thought was a good play was marred by a serious lack of awareness. Twice the Rams had easy defensive ways to score. On this play: a 6 guy escort down the field and not one of them threw a block!

I give them credit for the hustle, but minus some points on the follow through.

making sure he couldn’t make the play. What were the rest of tehm doing? James Hall did the same thing twice in the same game. He didn’t block for Fletcher and he didn’t block for Ryan. That’s ridiculous.