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In Sunday’s videogame versus the Chargers, at the half, Tagovailoa just finished 20% of his passes, the mostaffordable conclusion portion in the veryfirst half of any videogame this season, according to NBC.
The Chargers’ defense had a extremely great strategy gettingin the videogame — start out in male protection on early downs and apparent death circumstances (second-and-7+ and third-and-3+) then switch to zone protection when the offense is in journeys (on third-and-long).
When Tagovailoa tosses inclines versus zone protection, he might toss it when his receiver gets in inbetween zones. But when running a slant path versus male protection, it would force Tagovailoa to wait for his receiver to get open and/or force hard tosses.
The Chargers chose on requiring Tagovailoa to make the harder tosses.
On the veryfirst drive of the videogame, it was second-and-10, and the targeted receiver (Jaylen Waddle) is at the leading of the screen. The protector is playing head-up press guy protection, leaving no space for Waddle to get open.
The really next play, on third-and-10, the offense was in journeys, and so the defense changed from guy protection beneath to zone beneath. Usually a return path (red) versus guy protection would be open.
The nickel cornerback (No. 36), novice Ja’Sir Taylor remained in his below zone rather of sticking with the outside slot, who was running the joint. The defense passed off duties perfectly, and they did this all videogame. We’ll touch on this a little more lateron.
This defensive camouflage offered Tagovailoa difficulty throughout the veryfirst quarter.
On the Dolphins’ 2nd offending drive of the videogame, the Chargers went back in guy protection on second-and-9, taking away the slant when onceagain.
At veryfirst, the play action works, as the linebackers action up to choice up the run, which opened the middle. Unfortunately, the sticky male protection was too physical for Tagovailoa to toss Tyreek Hill open.
So, the Chargers chose to run guy protection for a lot of the night.
In the 3rd quarter, the Dolphins ran a dagger idea in the middle of the field with the 2 slot receivers.
When run properly, the protectors must nearly clash, opening up the in-route beneath.
With the security stepping up to aid, this permitted the nickel corner to undercut the path which took away the chance for a toss.
The 49ers likewise checkedout a little bit of guy protection versus the Dolphins in their week 13 match:
When looking at both these clips pre-snap, the defenses are in a comparable appearance versus the receivers. Both results are the verysame — Tagovailoa is sacked.
Over the last 2 weeks, defenses haveactually done a terrific task being physical versus the Dolphins’ receivers. Even when the Dolphins came out in stacked looks to provide their receivers area, the 49ers pass rush would get to Tagovailoa, and the Chargers were bracketing Waddle and Hill, requiring Tagovailoa to appearance inotherplaces or make hard tosses.
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The Chargers likewise did a terrific task taking away the Dolphins’ greatest risks with brackets and changes that they were able to interact pre- and-post breeze.
In the clip listedbelow. Hill movements throughout the line of skirmish and when he crosses the center, cornerback Asante Samuel interacts with his nickel corner, “switch!”
Now both protectors have inside utilize and the securities choice up the pieces if one of those men get beat.
The Chargers did a excellent task all night changing off obligations in both guy and zone protections.