Inside the Playbook: Lance Moore 80 yard TD

The always excellent Matt Bowen details the coverage breakdown on Lance Moore's 80 yard TD, explaining why the 4 Verticals is a perfect route scheme to attack the Cover 3.

over 1 year ago orang3b 3 comments 1 recs |

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Good article, thanks

Rec’d. Though DeCoud took responsibility for the play, it’s pretty easy to see how that play is a good call against that defense.

by tom slick on Sep 29, 2010 6:00 PM EDT reply actions

it also explains it wasn't all Decoud's fault

It was a lapse by the Defense or even the DC with improper personnel and presnap depth.

Shockley was the big factor in that play.
More growing pains for our defense.

Feeding the Monster since 1984

by brotherbrown on Sep 29, 2010 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions

There were several calls by Payton

That ate the devensive call for lunch. Off the top of my head, this one – the 80 yd TD; also the screen to Pierre Thomas right behind the Zone Blitz that went for 23 yards on their first play of OT. I’m sure there were others (Payton’s pretty good at that) where we had almost no chance of a stop because of the perfect play call.

But for the most part, it was pretty good Defense (3rd game in a row!) – they “only” allowed 4 plays of 20 yards or more.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by orang3b on Sep 30, 2010 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions