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The Urlacher blitz on Feeley

By the way, Urlacher should have been pentalized for throwing his forearm into Feeley's head.
 
Never mind what the play call was??? Going back to your original point about AJ faking the wrong way, it is important to know what the play was. Maybe it was going to be a quick pass out to the right, but do we know to whom? Was their even a receiver in the tv frame? I do agree that AJ locks on to a receiver too much, that I'll agree with you on.
I remember watching a game when Marino was called for delay of game. A few fans that I was with started screaming at the tv saying how bs of a call it was and this and that, but you know what? There wasn't a play clock for us fans to see. Do we know that it was a bad call or good call? we'll never know, because the tv doesn't always show everything.
I'am not trying to argue with you, but we as fans seem to over do things.
 
Gus lucked out on the blitzing LB. The LB ran himself right passed Gus. I know Gus saw him and I got the impression that he knew the LBs momentum would carry him right past him. GUs sort of gave a head move. The bad thing about that play is that Frerotte got away with a throw that he maybe shouldn't have thrown. He basically caught the DBs off guard. Gus should feel fortunate he didn't get his head ripped off on that play. He could have side stepped but chose to take his chances and let the LB run himself past him. Then Gus set up and chunked the ball.
 
SCall13 said:
What incriminates AJ on this is not so much as faking the wrong way but the fact that he IMMEDIATELY locked on to a Reciever to the right, completely disregarding the middle of the field, all the way to the left. That's what hurts AJ the most. Never mind the play call.
But if I had to guess the call, I would say it was supposed to be play action to slow the LBs and hit either the FB over the middle or the TE dragging. Both fairly quick passes that would get us out of the shadow of the endzone.
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The play was designed to hit Heath Evans. Look at the tape...after Evans cuts it back (giving Urlacher a free shot to Feeley), Feeley locks on to him and Evans is looking back directly at Feeley as he runs. Its hard to see this from the original play, but the replay takes a camera angle from behind Feeley and it becomes obvious. Perhaps Evans was concentrating so much on being the receiver for the play that he neglected Urlacher. Maybe it wasnt an intentional blitz and Urlacher just found himself unblocked. Either way, Feeley locking on to Evans hurt him.
 
jlfin said:
Funny, I couldn't see his eyes from my TV. So now Feeley isn't supposed to look right or left. I guess if he had been looking straight ahead he could have avoided Urlacher coming in full speed up the middle. I don't think there is anything Feely could have done on that play to avoid a sack.
I think we should stop over analyzing that one play and stop looking for reasons why Feely should have or shouldn't have been sacked.
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Yeah. He is supposed to look right....and left and down the middle and not immediately lock on one side and stay there. That is what Feeley does. He doesn't survey the field. He surveys 1/3 of it. THAT is why he throw so many pick 6s.
 
yankeehillbilly said:
The play was designed to hit Heath Evans. Look at the tape...after Evans cuts it back (giving Urlacher a free shot to Feeley), Feeley locks on to him and Evans is looking back directly at Feeley as he runs. Its hard to see this from the original play, but the replay takes a camera angle from behind Feeley and it becomes obvious. Perhaps Evans was concentrating so much on being the receiver for the play that he neglected Urlacher. Maybe it wasnt an intentional blitz and Urlacher just found himself unblocked. Either way, Feeley locking on to Evans hurt him.
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Yeah, there was no doubt where Feeley was going with that pass - had he gotten it off. Evans should have at least chipped Urlacher then continued his crossing route.
 
SCall13 said:
Gus lucked out on the blitzing LB. The LB ran himself right passed Gus. I know Gus saw him and I got the impression that he knew the LBs momentum would carry him right past him. GUs sort of gave a head move. The bad thing about that play is that Frerotte got away with a throw that he maybe shouldn't have thrown. He basically caught the DBs off guard. Gus should feel fortunate he didn't get his head ripped off on that play. He could have side stepped but chose to take his chances and let the LB run himself past him. Then Gus set up and chunked the ball.
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He didn't catch anybody off guard Chambers was covered. Well, Chambers had a half step on his DB. The sad this is that had the throw been on the money it would have been for 6. The ball was severely underthrown. Those that say it was thrown that way on purpose rewatch the tape as I just did.

Chambers was covered with another DB trailing behind there was no help on top, meaning a good throw might go the distance.

Gus didn't fake anyone out either. He made no move, no head fake nothing. He put his arm up ready to throw and the LB'ER flew by him.

I think the fact that he just stood there is why the LB'ER flew rigt by him. If I am going full speed I expect the guy tomake a move to.

Gus did not see him. On this play if you rewatch he clearly locked onto Chambers. He stared him down the whole time and from the snap u knew it was a bomb to Chambers. In the end the play went the Phins way.
 
SCall13 said:
It was a delay stunt blitz. Our new FB (his name slips my mind-Hunter I think) should have tried to bump him went he went off the 3 gap and cut it back to the middle. (He ran right by Urlacher) Urlacher came untouched, but Feeley did have time to see him. The reason Feeley DIDN'T see him was because he was doing his typical staring down to someone over to the far right - so he didn't see Urlacher until it was too late. That is exactly what happened. Feeley was SO FOCUSED on someone to the right, that he didn't see (or feel) pressure coming until he caught Urlacher out of the corner of his eye.
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You guys are horribly being unfair to AJ. First off he felt the pressure from Brown and stepped up to avoid his rush & step right into a rushing Urlacher who came from a hidden position because he was behind a lineman who was blocking a DLman.
 
SCall13 said:
BOTH backs went left. The odds of both of them going the wrong way and Feeley faking the correct why is pretty slim.
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I do not think the fake was actually meant to be a play action fake. I think it was just a movement to hopefully make the backers bite for just a sec.

AJ did not look confused by a RB not being there.
 
steveincolorado said:
I'am not defending AJ, but you really can't blame AJ for that one until you know what the play was. Maybe both backs went the wrong way for whatever reasons, maybe they both read something different on their presnap read, we really don't know..
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If you could watch the play again then you would notice that no one made a mistake other than Carey not blocking Brown.
 
How about Frerotte taking that sack on the first drive, His only time playing against the first string. That was one of the slowest developing sacks I have ever seen. Where was Frerotte's fabled pocket presence on that play. There are sumo wrestlers who could have avoided a sack on that play. That first series for Frerotte was deceptive for many fans IMO. His first pass he underthrows CC (great adjustment on CC's part), his second throw he overthrows CC for what wouldve been a first down and on his third drop back he gets sacked after standing forever in the pocket

His performance lit up once the second string defense came in and Saban made his line adjustments which incidentally is the same unit Sage faced on his first drive of the 3rd qtr on which he promptly drove the length of the field for a touchdown. Sage actually had a harder time against the 3rd string than the 2nd.

As for the Feeley sack he did the right thing by not throwing to Evans. Evans was blanketed and it could easily have been picked. Even Marino couldnt have got it to the tight end on that play. The sack was the best outcome you could have hoped for on that play. Hell even Saban went out of his way to blame his coaching staff and the Oline for failing to pick up the blitzers until the 2nd qtr.
 
SCall13 said:
You're right, he did have time to at the VERY LEAST throw the ball away. And had he not been lock on to the right, he would have seen Urlacher coming and would have been able to get the ball off to someone or out of bounds. Would he have taken a hit doing it? Probably. But that's the nature of the game, right?
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He had less than 3 secs from the snap of the ball.. He stepped up as soon as he finished his drop, so when could he have thrown it away? Do you guys want him to risk trying to throw it away & then in the motion of doing so get sacked and throw a pick? He did the right thing by tucking the ball away.

Also, this is another example of how you guys are being unfair.
 
Dphins4me said:
If you could watch the play again then you would notice that no one made a mistake other than Carey not blocking Brown.
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Really??? How quickly you forget that H.H.'s schemes are zone blocking schemes. Carey did whiff on Alex Brown but not a single lineman put a finger on Urlacher and it was pretty obvious that it was a delayed blitz (I don't know what the TV angle was but in person it was obvious).

Chicago put a lot more into this game then we did. They showed a lot more of their defensive packages in a preseason game then I think they should have but maybe they're trying to change their teams attitude/culture of losing.
 
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