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Originally Posted by gochiefs(exceptQB)
Gee, we haven't seen this in Kansas City.
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All I can really provide insight for that .gif is speculation.
#27 (CJ Spillman, $) provides a delayed ( from what I can tell from the gif) blitz. Now, this can be a designed blitz/roll or Spillman reading the back and assuming he was in pro if he was assigned certain responsibilities.
As for the play, the alignment (keep in mind, this isn't WC terminology and I'll update it accordingly as the season progresses in all likelihood), it's Gun Spread LT Strong and looks like 50s pro. While terminology varies from system to system, protection philosophies typically do not. This looks like
50s (weak slide with back having M/S/SSF and
for the majority of Coryell/EP systems, there is a built in hot SS and a WS SA. From the gif, it looks like there is a built in hot but it's speculation (as it could be play design and myself not being familiar with Andy's hot/SA principles).
Now, the back does his job and then begins his "sneak" route. Hudson does a good job (if my protection assumption is correct) in assisting then completing teh slide.
Where this all fails is A) Weakside blitz/support from Spillman and B) Smith staying on the X and not going to the hot or the back running the sneak while failing to climb the pocket.
Now, this analysis has quite a few areas of speculation due to my WC ignorance, but primarily, the issues on this play seem to be on Alex. From the gif, the hot looks available but it's hard to make an accurate determination from this angle. Additionally, I don't know if it was a built-in hot or a route designed and Alex didn't go through his progressions.
At this point, all I can say is A) This particular play looks like Alex's fault, especially from this angle. B)It's 1 play from the PS and I don't exactly have a familiarity with Reid's pro principles/hots/SAs, or progressions, so there is a discrepancy. Hard to not want to read too much into it and I'd encourage most not to. At the same time, if this is continued into the next PS game (against a team that does utilize similar concepts out of base/sub fronts) then there's probably some excellent fuel to add to the fire.
Also, inb4 tl;dr.