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Tua time!
ok...nothin to it but to get to it...i'll preface this by saying i didn't do an every snap count or an every snap breakdown...quite frankly cause there's too many damn snaps to do that with...but i did take notes on things i saw and some specific plays that stood out for the good and the bad...he primarily was lined up over eric norwood an undersized and i mean undersized for a 4-3 end guy who lacks strength and power but possesses pretty decent edge rush speed...ideally a guy who's a situational pass rusher in my book...just lacks too much bulk and will probably wear a target in the run game if he's an every down 4-3 end...i know i'd attack him with the run...anyways this is again only the first half of the panthers game...
i counted 4 different attempts to cut a guy and in all 4 he was unable to get the guy to the ground...most the time the guys would just step over him when he was under their legs and put their hands on his back to maintain balance once he was on the ground...
gets a hands to the face penalty when he's beaten by an edge speed rush where norwood beats him to the corner i can't tell if his feet seem to stop moving after a certain point or he's trying to reach too much with his arms and getting beat but anyways he realizes he's beat and the hands go up into the face mask and helmet of norwoods...definitely a negative play...
running play moves the dt 3 yards off the ball and out of the hole reggie bush cuts up behind move out blocks by pouncey first and then him for a big 17 yard gain...
gets one snap and i mean only one snap the entire half against a highly rated edge rusher in de charles johnson and johnson walks him back with the power bull rush like he's on skates and it results in a holding penalty on murtha...ugly stuff there...struggled with strength big time
gets walked back another time against 91 i believe but just before he's into henne he's able to sit down and anchor and lock his arms and holds the line...
on goalline my notes say in a 4 point stance he's unable to create anything...
out a series for garner who i have to say for first time reps at left tackle looks pretty solid...
comes down inside on a run play where he's clean into the second level and he's got a lb in his sites and should just decleat the guy but he dives and makes marginal contact...he's on the ground the lb doesn't get in on the play but should have been blown up...
false start murtha...3 penalties now in the half
i think off what i'm seeing his initial kick slide in pass pro looks pretty good the feet look ok but i think i see a guy who when he faces explosive first step edge rush burst and guys who can dip and bend around the corner he's gonna struggle in pass pro...i think i'm gonna see a lot of reaching with his arms because it seems to me that his technique suffers when faced with speed and he tries to compensate by reaching with his arms..i think the footwork slows down as well....he sits down pretty well can't say he looked to upright or didn't have sufficient knee bend all that much but there's something concerning about him against explosive edge guys...and of course if he gets beat a few times he's gonna start trying to cheat and overextending and then guys are gonna give him the outside first step and then rip inside and they're gonna have free runs at the qb...or wait for him to overextend and then break out the power bull rush and likely put him on his back
i do like though that he seems to have strong hands and when he locks out and grabs hold of a guy he's not going anywhere...guys stayed blocked when he was in front of them...
i'd like to see better contact when he's got free runs at guys in the run game...
bottom line is if this guys playing left tackle for us in games that matter due to jake long being out for whatever reason i think we better give him a lot of help...chip with the rbs roll the protection to his side etc...
i counted 4 different attempts to cut a guy and in all 4 he was unable to get the guy to the ground...most the time the guys would just step over him when he was under their legs and put their hands on his back to maintain balance once he was on the ground...
gets a hands to the face penalty when he's beaten by an edge speed rush where norwood beats him to the corner i can't tell if his feet seem to stop moving after a certain point or he's trying to reach too much with his arms and getting beat but anyways he realizes he's beat and the hands go up into the face mask and helmet of norwoods...definitely a negative play...
running play moves the dt 3 yards off the ball and out of the hole reggie bush cuts up behind move out blocks by pouncey first and then him for a big 17 yard gain...
gets one snap and i mean only one snap the entire half against a highly rated edge rusher in de charles johnson and johnson walks him back with the power bull rush like he's on skates and it results in a holding penalty on murtha...ugly stuff there...struggled with strength big time
gets walked back another time against 91 i believe but just before he's into henne he's able to sit down and anchor and lock his arms and holds the line...
on goalline my notes say in a 4 point stance he's unable to create anything...
out a series for garner who i have to say for first time reps at left tackle looks pretty solid...
comes down inside on a run play where he's clean into the second level and he's got a lb in his sites and should just decleat the guy but he dives and makes marginal contact...he's on the ground the lb doesn't get in on the play but should have been blown up...
false start murtha...3 penalties now in the half
i think off what i'm seeing his initial kick slide in pass pro looks pretty good the feet look ok but i think i see a guy who when he faces explosive first step edge rush burst and guys who can dip and bend around the corner he's gonna struggle in pass pro...i think i'm gonna see a lot of reaching with his arms because it seems to me that his technique suffers when faced with speed and he tries to compensate by reaching with his arms..i think the footwork slows down as well....he sits down pretty well can't say he looked to upright or didn't have sufficient knee bend all that much but there's something concerning about him against explosive edge guys...and of course if he gets beat a few times he's gonna start trying to cheat and overextending and then guys are gonna give him the outside first step and then rip inside and they're gonna have free runs at the qb...or wait for him to overextend and then break out the power bull rush and likely put him on his back
i do like though that he seems to have strong hands and when he locks out and grabs hold of a guy he's not going anywhere...guys stayed blocked when he was in front of them...
i'd like to see better contact when he's got free runs at guys in the run game...
bottom line is if this guys playing left tackle for us in games that matter due to jake long being out for whatever reason i think we better give him a lot of help...chip with the rbs roll the protection to his side etc...
