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Originally Posted by htismaqe:
He looked primed for a big night in the 1st couple of drives of the Raiders game. Hell the whole line looked like it was.
And then the weird shit started happening, like Frank Clark suddenly leaving to have diarrhea.
Yeah....Clark leaving and Wharton getting hurt kind of fucked everything up. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Guessing it had something to do with adjusting blocking assignments to create blitz lanes.
I mean it's not impossible that Spags had them 2-gapping in the 2nd half? Herring isn't explosive but he's fairly strong. You could use Jones as a 3-tech and still get pressure with him while using Herring/Karlaftis as a sort of Nascar style intermittent 2-gap setup that could keep the OL guessing and create better blitz lanes...
Just thinking out loud.
It's as good of an explanation as any. If that's the case, though it hurt more than it helped IMO. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
Yeah, Crosby just wore down, you could see it happen.
I don't think Karlaftis has been bad, he's been fine. But like you said, this was always what he was probably gonna be and why I think you need someone opposite him that isn't Frank Clark
You need a speed rusher on the other side of Karlaftis. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
Yeah, Crosby just wore down, you could see it happen.
I don't think Karlaftis has been bad, he's been fine. But like you said, this was always what he was probably gonna be and why I think you need someone opposite him that isn't Frank Clark
You need a speed rusher on the other side of Karlaftis. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
Even if they reviewed, it's still gonna be called with rules being what they are. It's a bad rule.
They'd say the CB impeded the WR to the ball I'm sure.
And that shit needs to change. If you can go back and review those...and see that the ball was so underthrown that the WR had no clear shot at it....it should be overturned. [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
And that shit needs to change. If you can go back and review those...and see that the ball was so underthrown that the WR had no clear shot at it....it should be overturned.
I don't know how you could determine the WR had no shot at it though? [Reply]
Originally Posted by The Franchise:
And that shit needs to change. If you can go back and review those...and see that the ball was so underthrown that the WR had no clear shot at it....it should be overturned.
Yeah, the rule has to change. As it stands, the rule states that a WR has the right to fight back to an under thrown ball and if he has to go through a defender to do it, it's DPI. They even talked about it on the telecast. [Reply]
Originally Posted by O.city:
I don't know how you could determine the WR had no shot at it though?
That's going to vary from play to play.
Question for you though. Why is it DPI if the DB doesn't get his head turned? In what universe is that some catch all? As long as he doesn't shove the WR away from the ball or impeded him from coming back....what does it matter?
Carr underthrew the ball and that catch would have been hard as fuck for Adams if Watson wasn't there. It's a stupid fucking call. [Reply]
Originally Posted by -King-:
You need a speed rusher on the other side of Karlaftis.
I think that’s gonna be Veach’s focus next Spring. Especially with Wharton tearing his ACL.
Assuming Clark is gone that would leave Karlaftis, Danna (in a contract year) and Chris Jones (contract year but will most likely get an extension of some sort) as our rushers on the roster.
Would really like to get a pass rusher in FA, use a pick in the 1st rd and another in the 3rd or 4th to bolster that position. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
It's as good of an explanation as any. If that's the case, though it hurt more than it helped IMO.
Maybe - but the blitzes were pretty effective. The Harris sack being the most obvious but I can think of at least 2 other plays where pressure from a blitzing player blew up the play.
And given how ineffective our rush was only sending 4, you may just be talking about picking from the best of bad options. I can see the value in flipping to an odd front, bringing pressure from varied blitzers and trying to wrong-foot them since it's not something they've seen on tape.
Confusing Carr would've been a good way to force a mistake. But he played a smart game. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
Yeah, the rule has to change. As it stands, the rule states that a WR has the right to fight back to an under thrown ball and if he has to go through a defender to do it, it's DPI. They even talked about it on the telecast.
Yeah, there needs to be an exception for when the defender has established his space. Watson didn't do anything to further impede Adams - he simply held the space he'd clearly established and Adams treated him like he thought he was a camera guy... [Reply]