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Okay gents, since I am a Rams fan and a defensive coordinator for the best team in the country of Norway, I have done some digging into film to try and understand where we got schematically beat.
What I found was that the scheme was fine. The problem was the execution. Case in point… On that play where Jalen Hurts took a QB-Trap-Option to the house, it was apparent that at least two of our players made mistakes. One mistake was sloppy technique and the other was brain paralysis.
I present four slides as evidence.
The first slides shows us the formation and alignment a split second after the ball is snapped. This is basically what is referred to as the pre-snap alignment. The first thing I will point out is the alignment of Rozenbloom. Notice how he is a front side defender roughly occupying the B gap.
The second slide we can see Jalen reading the defense as he debates whether to put the ball in the belly of Saquan. We can also see that both the front side guard and tackle are pulling. It also shows Agent 0 attempt to wall off pulling guard. (Ref: If you want to see how to meet a pulling guard see Eagles.)
The third slide shows us how ROOKIE ILB has not moved. He literally does not know what to do and apparently hasn`t seen the two pulling linemen. He is frozen, and he is not even a dive or pitch defender because BOTH the WILL and OLB are there for that. Literally all ROOKIE ILB need to do was fallow the pulling linemen and beat them to the whole.
The fourth, and last slide, shows us what happened to the backside pursuit. Notice how ROOKIE ILB still has not moved. And now he can`t move. Also notice how Agent Zer0 has hampered DL persuit. Rozenbloom played it right but he didn`t have a pursuit angle given that he had to go around the line from the front side B Gap to the backside C Gap.
What I found was that the scheme was fine. The problem was the execution. Case in point… On that play where Jalen Hurts took a QB-Trap-Option to the house, it was apparent that at least two of our players made mistakes. One mistake was sloppy technique and the other was brain paralysis.
I present four slides as evidence.
The first slides shows us the formation and alignment a split second after the ball is snapped. This is basically what is referred to as the pre-snap alignment. The first thing I will point out is the alignment of Rozenbloom. Notice how he is a front side defender roughly occupying the B gap.
The second slide we can see Jalen reading the defense as he debates whether to put the ball in the belly of Saquan. We can also see that both the front side guard and tackle are pulling. It also shows Agent 0 attempt to wall off pulling guard. (Ref: If you want to see how to meet a pulling guard see Eagles.)
The third slide shows us how ROOKIE ILB has not moved. He literally does not know what to do and apparently hasn`t seen the two pulling linemen. He is frozen, and he is not even a dive or pitch defender because BOTH the WILL and OLB are there for that. Literally all ROOKIE ILB need to do was fallow the pulling linemen and beat them to the whole.
The fourth, and last slide, shows us what happened to the backside pursuit. Notice how ROOKIE ILB still has not moved. And now he can`t move. Also notice how Agent Zer0 has hampered DL persuit. Rozenbloom played it right but he didn`t have a pursuit angle given that he had to go around the line from the front side B Gap to the backside C Gap.
