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Originally Posted by WMH
http://espn.go.com/blog/afcsouth
Offenses steering left with runs vs. Texans
Mario Williams is moved around and plays on both sides, but he starts out on the right and it seems they try to keep him on the weakside. Amobi Okoye lines up at tackle on the right, next to Williams on a lot of run downs.
And what does this tell us about the run play of left end Antonio Smith?
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I'm a little confused. The offense's left is the defense's right. Are you suggesting that offenses are running at Mario and Amobi with success? Are you implying that Antonio Smith is feared and offenses are running away from him?
If we are trying to implement an attacking defense, then Amobi might penetrate the A-gap while Mario rushes around the C-gap, leaving the B-gap to a LB (Diles or Ryans). Conversely, if the NT has the A-Gap to the right of Center, then the B-gap is Ryans, the C-gap is SS (insert name) or possibly Cushing, or Antonio Smith.
I think it's a matter of gap integrity. Either the SS or Diles over-shooting their gap to "make a play on the ball" only to leave a cut-back lane without any help.
I'm hopeful that Pollard will be better against the run than his predecessors at the SS position.
There is the other elephant in the room as well, how about our CB's doing a better job tackling or turning the play inside.