Nick Jacobs all 22 breakdown discussion

[Mecca]

Texans ran this multiple times. Bring WR in motion. Wilson has to carry receiver. TE backside gets to come down the line of scrimmage at full speed. Wilson has to pass off WR to safety and pick up TE. Tough assignment. #JacobsEyeInTheSky #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/slOHhUl87p

— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) October 15, 2019

This is a very tough ask of Lee. Show a blitz look when Niemann is blitzing and then go cover the defender to his side where the spot is vacant with a free release for WR. #JacobsEyeInTheSky #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/bAa4tIEjiQ

— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) October 15, 2019

Texans run their sprint out to the TE again. Lee is going to be behind since he has to read and honor the run fake first with a TE going full speed at the line. Only way to adjust to it is to have a DE come up at layout the TE like it’s a pull block. #JacobsEyeInTheSky #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/dNg6wRNCIm

— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) October 15, 2019

Texans hit us with these kinds of plays all day to exploit the LB's. Won't be surprised to see a ton more of this moving forward from other teams.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Texans hit us with these kinds of plays all day to exploit the LB's. Won't be surprised to see a ton more of this moving forward from other teams.

I take only a minor exception to this.

They aren't exploiting the LBs - they're exploiting Steve Spagnuolo. I mean FFS, you can't ask your LBs to go running with WRs and dropping off to TEs with regularity. Look at that first play - Wilson has NO chance at all. None. That's a free 7 yards every time and there's literally not a thing Wilson can do about it.

And it seems like we simply never reacted to it.

Because Spags hasn't demonstrated that he's a very good DC in about a decade. So many people kept coming up with excuses as to why his units were bad over the last several years but nobody ever gave an explanation as to why I should believe they'd have ever been good with him in charge.

At least with Clark you can look at the last couple of seasons where he looked far better and say "hey, he's hurt; has to be hurt..." and excuse the poor season. But Spags is about 3-1 in bad units vs. good units over the last several years and at some point the excuses are the trend. So don't tell me why he sucked - explain to me why he COULD be good.

Nobody ever did that. They just kept saying "Sutton's scheme was too complicated and Spags is simple!!!!" because 'Sutton's complicated scheme' was the narrative pushed by players that sucked at their jobs. Or they just went with "well anyone is better than Bob..."

Folks, Spags may not be. And that possibility was very real from the start.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I take only a minor exception to this.

They aren't exploiting the LBs - they're exploiting Steve Spagnuolo. I mean FFS, you can't ask your LBs to go running with WRs and dropping off to TEs with regularity. Look at that first play - Wilson has NO chance at all. None. That's a free 7 yards every time and there's literally not a thing Wilson can do about it.

And it seems like we simply never reacted to it.

Because Spags hasn't demonstrated that he's a very good DC in about a decade. So many people kept coming up with excuses as to why his units were bad over the last several years but nobody ever gave an explanation as to why I should believe they'd have ever been good with him in charge.

At least with Clark you can look at the last couple of seasons where he looked far better and say "hey, he's hurt; has to be hurt..." and excuse the poor season. But Spags is about 3-1 in bad units vs. good units over the last several years and at some point the excuses are the trend. So don't tell me why he sucked - explain to me why he COULD be good.

Nobody ever did that. They just kept saying "Sutton's scheme was too complicated and Spags is simple!!!!" because 'Sutton's complicated scheme' was the narrative pushed by players that sucked at their jobs. Or they just went with "well anyone is better than Bob..."

Folks, Spags may not be. And that possibility was very real from the start.

Nah you're right, on several of those the guys are in no win situations. They're asking for plays that I'm not sure All Pros can make from that position and if they can it would require you to have 3 supreme athletes that are elite caliber players...we have nothing close to that.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

I take only a minor exception to this.

They aren't exploiting the LBs - they're exploiting Steve Spagnuolo. I mean FFS, you can't ask your LBs to go running with WRs and dropping off to TEs with regularity. Look at that first play - Wilson has NO chance at all. None. That's a free 7 yards every time and there's literally not a thing Wilson can do about it.

And it seems like we simply never reacted to it.

Because Spags hasn't demonstrated that he's a very good DC in about a decade. So many people kept coming up with excuses as to why his units were bad over the last several years but nobody ever gave an explanation as to why I should believe they'd have ever been good with him in charge.

At least with Clark you can look at the last couple of seasons where he looked far better and say "hey, he's hurt; has to be hurt..." and excuse the poor season. But Spags is about 3-1 in bad units vs. good units over the last several years and at some point the excuses are the trend. So don't tell me why he sucked - explain to me why he COULD be good.

Nobody ever did that. They just kept saying "Sutton's scheme was too complicated and Spags is simple!!!!" because 'Sutton's complicated scheme' was the narrative pushed by players that sucked at their jobs. Or they just went with "well anyone is better than Bob..."

Folks, Spags may not be. And that possibility was very real from the start.

Exactly this.

Watching these clips today and aside from gap issues, i see a defense that's constantly in a position to lose. I was thinking to myself that we're ALREADY having schematic issues with Spags.

A guy that, as i argued all goddamn offseason, has fielded his fair share of rank 30+ defenses in his time.

[RunKC]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Texans ran this multiple times. Bring WR in motion. Wilson has to carry receiver. TE backside gets to come down the line of scrimmage at full speed. Wilson has to pass off WR to safety and pick up TE. Tough assignment. #JacobsEyeInTheSky #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/slOHhUl87p

— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) October 15, 2019

This is a very tough ask of Lee. Show a blitz look when Niemann is blitzing and then go cover the defender to his side where the spot is vacant with a free release for WR. #JacobsEyeInTheSky #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/bAa4tIEjiQ

— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) October 15, 2019

Texans run their sprint out to the TE again. Lee is going to be behind since he has to read and honor the run fake first with a TE going full speed at the line. Only way to adjust to it is to have a DE come up at layout the TE like it’s a pull block. #JacobsEyeInTheSky #Chiefs pic.twitter.com/dNg6wRNCIm

— Nick Jacobs (@Jacobs71) October 15, 2019

Texans hit us with these kinds of plays all day to exploit the LB's. Won't be surprised to see a ton more of this moving forward from other teams.

Andy had better be copying this to protect Pat. We can run this shit very effectively with Kelce and our RB’s or Hardman/Tyreek.