DC Frank Bush a Disaster so far

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by kravix

I seem to recall the Chargers saying they were actually going to take him in the first if we hadnt.

No one really knows that for sure.

[nero THE zero]

Originally Posted by painekiller

No one really knows that for sure.

Yea, not even Norv Turner:

Funny that the Chargers finally got a tackle with their final pick. They had been stymied from starting off the draft with one when an unprecedented eight tackles were selected before they picked at No. 27.

“We came up one pick short,” said Turner, who along with the rest of the Chargers brass watched Houston trade into the 26th spot and take tackle Duane Brown of Virginia Tech.

[WMH]

http://espn.go.com/blog/afcsouth

Offenses steering left with runs vs. Texans

October 1, 2009 1:37 PM


Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky

Everyone connected to the Houston defense needs to raise his hand when it comes to assessing blame for the team’s miserable run defense so far.

Back in Week 2 after a huge tackle of Chris Johnson by Mario Williams, I thought perhaps things had begun to turn. Nope.

My new best friend, Marty Callinan of ESPN Stats and Information, gave me this breakdown or where teams are attacking, and not attacking, the Texans on the ground.

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. I just re-watched the Jaguars’ first series against the Texans and of his seven snaps I saw him on the right for six. The general rule is he is on the right in the base on run downs, then flips left to rush the passer.

Amobi Okoye lines up at tackle on the right, next to Williams on a lot of run downs.

And it seems to be where offenses feel like they can control people and find run yards.

Opponents have done much more damage against the Texans running anywhere from the left sideline to the right guard, while doing much less from the right tackle to the right sideline.
Texans rush defense by direction, 2009

RG -- left sideline RT -- right sideline
Att-yds 73-523 20-93
Avg. 7.2 4.7
Long 91 39
Rush TD 6 1

Take note in the Oakland game Sunday: are the Raiders sending Darren McFadden and Michael Bush more to the left and a lot less to the outside on the right? Do the Texans look to do anything to bandage what’s become the weaker side of their run defense?

And what does this tell us about the run play of left end Antonio Smith?

[Roy P]

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?

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.

[Nconroe]

Well, here is a good breakdown from the last game. I don't know if other games were similarly analyzed, but I think each of the big plays was a different breakdown.

http://blogs.chron.com/fantasyfootba...a_look_at.html

If you follow this, I think you'd have to say righht defense was called, just a couple players didn't do their part.

And I don't think Mario, Amobi, or Smith were in this particular play on the left side of defense.

And this analysis seems to differ from Kuharsky's analysis.