Week 1 2016 Rams Game coaches film analysis

Originally posted by thl408:

Originally posted by JamesGatz83:
I originally thought this was bad ball placement, but it looks like a timing/route issue. Kerley sits coming out of his break and it looks like Gabbert expected him to accelerate.

It sure does look like Kerley holds up for a split second and that's what forced him to have to dive for the catch.

noticed that too, but didn't want to sound like a gabxcuser - haha.

Originally posted by thl408:
This play is on the drive that ended with the Bow INT. Forgot to show it earlier. It was tied for the longest pass play of the day for the Rams and is another example of a mix up in coverage.

Daggers concept vs Cover1?
The red Go route is to clear the middle of the field and occupy the deep safety so that the Dig (yellow) can work.


Not sure what is supposed to happen but when the Dig breaks inwards, Brock continues to bail as if he was playing Cover3. Reid has matched the slot's Go route so Reid isn't going to cover the Dig either.


+22

They were successful on this dig play more than once. Sort of worried because CAR loves this type of play with big boy Benji.

And that play before Draughn fumbles...we would have 35 total points.

After the Rams get the ball from recovering Draughn's fumble they would go 3 and out. This is that 3rd down play as JoN borrows a blitz package out of Todd Bowles' defensive playbook.

49es show a Cover1 look with the typical 4 rushers on the LoS.


As the snap approaches, so do Bow, RayRay, and Reid. It's a 'Triple A gap blitz'. This blitz package works well against single back formations because the blitzers outnumber the blockers in the middle of the formation.
The Center will block Bow. The RB will block RayRay. Reid is a free rusher.




The other takeaway from this play is that Eli drops back and picks off RRobinson allowing a WR to run free. Good thing the blitz worked.

Originally posted by jonnydel:
It looks like a cover 3 match "liz" where the middle hook/curl defender is supposed to carry a vertical release. I think we just got out-schemed on this one. This is one play that Mike Martz used to run vs Tenn when Fisher was the coach in the SB, it works really well to beat that match cover 3 where the inside defender carries the inside vertical release.



This is near identical to how we play that defense.

So by the time the Dig route broke inwards, the vertical stem is established and Brock should have matched the Dig right? He should not have continued to bail.

Originally posted by thl408:
After the Rams get the ball from recovering Draughn's fumble they would go 3 and out. This is that 3rd down play as JoN borrows a blitz package out of Todd Bowles' defensive playbook.

49es show a Cover1 look with the typical 4 rushers on the LoS.


As the snap approaches, so do Bow, RayRay, and Reid. It's a 'Triple A gap blitz'. This blitz package works well against single back formations because the blitzers outnumber the blockers in the middle of the formation.
The Center will block Bow. The RB will block RayRay. Reid is a free rusher.




The other takeaway from this play is that Eli drops back and picks off RRobinson allowing a WR to run free. Good thing the blitz worked.

58 f**ked up. We get screwed against a better QB on that brain fart.

Originally posted by thl408:

After the Rams get the ball from recovering Draughn's fumble they would go 3 and out. This is that 3rd down play as JoN borrows a blitz package out of Todd Bowles defensive playbook

Originally posted by thl408:

Originally posted by jonnydel:
It looks like a cover 3 match "liz" where the middle hook/curl defender is supposed to carry a vertical release. I think we just got out-schemed on this one. This is one play that Mike Martz used to run vs Tenn when Fisher was the coach in the SB, it works really well to beat that match cover 3 where the inside defender carries the inside vertical release.



This is near identical to how we play that defense.

So by the time the Dig route broke inwards, the vertical stem is established and Brock should have matched the Dig right? He should not have continued to bail.

I think it's a situation where the defenders played everything as they were supposed to, LA just had the right call against the right defense.

Ensuing 49ers drive ends in a 3 and out. This is the 3rd down.

This is how Chip runs his Smash concept - with a Trail concept mixed in.
Red + Yellow = Trail concept (horizontal stretch)
Orange + red = Smash concept (vertical stretch)


The coverage read is if the outside CB sags, that would take away the Corner route - exactly what blue CB is doing.
But if the CBs sag, that opens up the two In routes. The Corner route occupies the orange defender. The yellow In route occupies the yellow defender. This earns a little room for Torrey's In route.


Gabbert targets Kerley's In route (I think) and it's nearly INTed. The pass is so inaccurate that you can see Gabbert hop up and down just as the pass is released like, "oh s**t". Punt. We'll see this route concept many times this season.

I wanted to show the TD pass because these are those moments that make you believe that maybe, just maybe Gabbert could be something - it's hard to see a play like this and not want to be a believer - but then there's all those other plays, LOL



We're going to run something of a deep "sucker" concept to the top of the screen and a "china" concept to the bottom. The key here is Gabbert's head placement, he doesn't stare his receiver down or the concept down - one thing that will kill you in the red-zone. LA is going to come with a cover 2 zone defense.



The vertical release on the outside draws the attention of both the corner and the safety - it appears they are playing a "soft" cover 2 zone.


The "china" side is well covered as a soft 2 will beat the china. On the other side you see the vertical hold the corner and safety and the inside defender is being held inside by Gabberts eyes.


You see from here how he's holding his head straight down the middle of the field - this is what holds #26 inside.


Aaron Donald again beats Beadles and Gabbert throws the ball with Donald breaking towards him. His eyes have held #26 long enough inside so that there's enough room created outside for McD.


He puts a lot of mustard on the pass and places it down and to the outside so that it's shielded perfectly from the 2 defenders.


He waits until the very last second to move his head over to where he'll throw the ball, his front foot has started to lift, right here.



He waits right until he's releasing the ball to stare at his target. This is what holds that defender in place and allows the TD to happen.


Then, he has the arm strength and accuracy to place the ball right in where it needed to go.

I don't care who you are - that right there is near perfect execution of a play. He did everything right. If he could just get those other things right, consistently....UGHHGHGGHGH...... Don't tease us Gabbert!!!!!

s**t". Punt. We'll see this route concept many times this season.

This was one I watched several times and I couldn't figure out if it was just that bad of a pass(hard to believe it was that bad) or if there was a miscue and Kerley was supposed to turn the route into a curl based off coverage - either way, it wasn't pretty.

Originally posted by thl408:
Ensuing 49ers drive ends in a 3 and out. This is the 3rd down.

This is how Chip runs his Smash concept - with a Trail concept mixed in.
Red + Yellow = Trail concept (horizontal stretch)
Orange + red = Smash concept (vertical stretch)


The coverage read is if the outside CB sags, that would take away the Corner route - exactly what blue CB is doing.
But if the CBs sag, that opens up the two In routes. The Corner route occupies the orange defender. The yellow In route occupies the yellow defender. This earns a little room for Torrey's In route.


Gabbert targets Kerley's In route (I think) and it's nearly INTed. The pass is so inaccurate that you can see Gabbert hop up and down just as the pass is released like, "oh s**t". Punt. We'll see this route concept many times this season.

These are the things where a QB who owns the offense can manipulate defenses. I know the pressure was coming since one of our OL missed an assignment due to a zone blitz but the QB can easily pump fake the slant to freeze the CB and hit the corner route. Big Ben so good at this.

Originally posted by NinerGM:
This is what drives me crazy about this guy. Will make a Aaron Rogers throw but then on 1 and 10 at the 20 throw a dirt ball or can't hit a WR in the flat.

The only hope? Coaching. I just trust in the coaching.

Chip Kelly said they practiced every one of their TD plays a lot, specifically for the RedZone. Remember when Harbaugh/Roman didn't start focusing on Redzone more until after a bad year in the red zone. Kelly is already thinking ahead.

Since Gabbert practiced this play a bunch of times, he knew what to do. I think he will get better as he gets more reps vs different looks. Right now, all he has to go on are the few reps he had to split vs some defensive looks.

Originally posted by NinerGM:
This is what drives me crazy about this guy. Will make a Aaron Rogers throw but then on 1 and 10 at the 20 throw a dirt ball or can't hit a WR in the flat.

The only hope? Coaching. I just trust in the coaching.

IKR?? It's plays like that, where the mental and physical sides of his game come together and it is really, really good, it makes you think - wow, I see why they drafted this guy #10. Then there's those dirt balls or overthrows, or whatever and you're like, ".....dude....C'mon man...."

Originally posted by jonnydel:

Originally posted by NinerGM:

This is what drives me crazy about this guy. Will make a Aaron Rogers throw but then on 1 and 10 at the 20 throw a dirt ball or can't hit a WR in the flat.

The only hope? Coaching. I just trust in the coaching.

IKR?? It's plays like that, where the mental and physical sides of his game come together and it is really, really good, it makes you think - wow, I see why they drafted this guy #10. Then there's those dirt balls or overthrows, or whatever and you're like, ".....dude....C'mon man...."

Coaching is the hope though. I remember reading an interview with Walsh and he said his philosophy was if you could do it once, you could then practice it and do it consistently. I know most of the WCO tree guys believe this. Hopefully at some point Blaine could put it all together consistently. However, I'm not holding my breathe.

This is the last Rams drive of the 1st half. Also a 3 and out.

Noteable because RayRay properly pattern matches here and it helps to blow up the play. This is a WR screen where the drag route is the only viable target. The Trips side of the formation is blocking for him.


RayRay sees the Drag and matches it before it crosses his face, which is important. All WRs in red are looking for blocks.


The combination of RayRay covering the drag, and Brooks' edge pressure forces Keenum to hold the ball.


AA gets the sack.