Originally posted by mayo49:
Call it what ever you want - the point is he has to stop with the face guarding, because he's not very good at it. I'm not talking about him at the LOS - I'm talking about when he's stride for stride with the receiver.
It's cause and effect. "Faceguarding" is the effect of giving free releases, which is the cause. If he jams and obstructs the wide receiver's release, he can stack and squeeze the receiver into the boundary. This allows him to be IN PHASE, and the benefit of being in phase is that he can look for the ball.
Instead, he gives Diggs a free release, and he becomes the one being stacked. As a result, he's out of phase, cannot look for the ball, and has to play the WR's eyes+hands.
[ Edited by Heroism on Jan 5, 2020 at 11:03 PM ]