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And THIS is exactly what I've been talking about:
If Ragland had been slow to read that cutback or too aggressive laterally and taken himself out of the gap, this would've been blamed on "{X Coordinator}'s complicated scheme!!!!"
This is textbook flow/fill. Hitchens flows with the blockers, as does Ragland. By flowing, Hitchens pulls the C up and out of the middle and also takes away the B gap. By flowing and filling when the gap opens, Ragland is EXACTLY where he should be when the RB sees the B gap close and he's there to blow the shit out of that play. This is how run defense works, not "see gap, hit gap" - and when it works, it looks awfully simple. Because it is.
And this is exactly what the Chiefs have been trying to get guys to do for 2+ years. It was NEVER complicated - the damn players just wouldn't maintain gap responsibility.
When they do it, it's really friggen hard to run the ball. When they don't, it's really easy.
And there's nothing more complicated to it than that. Run defense is about maintaining your responsibility and your effort level. When we get that from the box players, we'll be just fine.
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