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All Twenty Take: Dallas Goedert Makes Offense Easy Last week http://www.eagleslockerroom.com/authentic-lane-johnson-jersey , I lamented the lack of Dallas Goedert in the game plan — as did many.When I heard that Goedert “wasn’t in the game plan,” per Pederson, I was suspicious. How could you not install Goedert into those positions he played in training camp/preseason? — the flex tight end, the backside WR. He can do Ertz-esque things as a route-runner — is he really not a better alternative to Kamar Aiken and Josh Perkins?As it turns out, the Eagles’ coaching staff had greater aspirations for Goedert — plans we saw realized against the Colts. Watch Dallas’ film from South Dakota State, and you see a potential great flex tight end at the NFL level. As a blocker, sure, he looked strong and effective — but that was against FCS competition, which he easily outclassed. And why ask a player of his downfield talent to block?The Eagles already have a stellar downfield tight end — and while Goedert adds further color to that deadly vertical picture, what he offers as a blocker is what got him on the field for Philly.Ertz has always been a shaky blocker, good for a quick wall-off on a wham or toss, but not a guy you want matching up with defensive linemen for extended periods of time. The Eagles used Goedert as a straight in-line blocker, responsible for first level to second level reads and angles.Now, young tight ends often struggle with this in NFL transitions — but Goedert’s first performance was as encouraging as they come.The Eagles felt very comfortable running zone to the strength of the formation with Goedert as the lead blocker, and they worked power to his side as well. The Colts shift their front up a lot — Goedert faced 7-techs and 5-techs as a run blocker — which means that he had to make decisions on a snap-to-snap basis in terms of how he fit within the blocking scheme as whole.Take for example, the first two plays in the cut-up — back-to-back plays on the opening drive. Goedert is head up on a 7-technique on both reps, outside zone to his side. But on the first rep, he swims through #97 Al-Quadin Muhammad to climb to the third level and seal off the closing safety (#29 Malik Hooker); and on the second, he stays thick on the line to drive Muhammad off the line.These two plays, juxtaposed and compared, draw a quick picture of Goedert as a blocker. He gets to Hooker almost 10 yards off the ball on the first rep — Hooker swims him inside, which isn’t a great decision given Hooker’s responsibility to fill the alley on the outside. Goedert is able to re-leverage his hips and drive Hooker where he wants to go.Which is out of the play.On the second play, it’s not about the mobility and agility in space, but rather the hand placement and phone booth power. When Muhammad twists Goedert with his right arm in an effort to disconnect and disengage, Goedert’s torsion strength through his core and his grip strength inside of Muhammad’s pads are both tested — and both pass with flying colors. Goedert activates his hips to generate rolling power and put Muhammad on his heels. Look at all that green space!Man oh man, if Goedert is able to block this well throughout the year, it will keep him on the field for a major percentage of the snaps. But it will also continue to cause confounding problems for defenses — as it did for the Colts all game long.Philadelphia incorporated a ton of HUNH (hurry-up no huddle) pacing into their game plan against the Colts, likely because it allowed them to attack the Colts’ poor linebacking corps (and secondary, if we’re being honest) while taking the gas out of their pass-rushers up front. But on top of that: Philadelphia sequenced similar plays and formations to manipulate the Colts’ back seven — it was truly a Doug Pederson game plan, in that it offered variability, manufactured easy yardage, and always stayed aggressive.Dallas Goedert, in that he is a great blocker and great pass-catcher Womens Nelson Agholor Jersey , fits right into that system. He doesn’t dictate run or pass the way Zach Ertz often did when he was an in-line tight end last season, and by keeping him and Ertz on the field together, you force the defense to play with light boxes or risk getting beaten down the field.Let’s take a look at a cool grouping of play calls, starting with Crack Toss. I can’t remember seeing this play on 2017 Philadelphia tape very frequently, but with the frequency of 12 and even 13 personnel against the Colts, it was an understandable inclusion in the game plan. Philly’s out on the field right now in 12 personnel, with Kamar Aiken and Nelson Agholor as their wide receivers, Josh Adams as the running back, and of course GodErtz as the tight ends.This formation is what you would call “Tight Duo” — Duo because of the two tight end stack at the end of the formation opposite the two receivers on the other side, and tight because the receivers have been pulled in to the center of the field. You need to be “Tight” to run Crack Toss because the innermost receiver (Aiken) is going to crack block the defensive end, which allows OT Jason Peters to climb out into space.Look at how the Indianapolis defense is aligned here. They are mugging the A-gap with one linebacker, but the other ‘backer and the box safety both are rotated to the tight end side of the field — that is the running strength of this formation. Three secondary players — two far off the ball — account for the two receivers to the field side, as that’s more likely the passing strength of the formation.11 personnel is the most common personnel in the league — but with a third receiver instead of a second tight end to the boundary side of the field, you won’t draw in as much attention from the run defense. Of course, Philadelphia goes the other way with the football, forcing a single-high safety to race 20 yards down the field as the fill defender against the run.Now, one of the Eagles’ few explosive passing plays came against the Colts — again in 12 personnel. Here, instead of running the play out of Tight Duo, the Eagles are in traditional Duo alignment.Because the receivers are now flexed out over the length of the wide side of the field, the safeties naturally have to widen. The Colts go for their more typical Cover 2 look, with one safety playing directly over the two tight ends, and with the other capped on top of the #2 receiver to the opposite side.The result? A big space left open in the middle of the field.Philadelphia immediately puts that safety in a place of conflict with two vertical releases from Goedert (first) and Ertz (second) alike. Goedert eats up space with urgency while Ertz runs with a little patience, letting Goedert sucker in the deep safety with the corner route before breaking into the space for the post.This was a 2nd and 10 play call — a down and distance that Doug wisely chose to pass on, while many offensive coordinators would have elected to run. You’ll notice that, because there is no receiver outside of the two tight end set, the corner to the boundary side can leak into the box, just as the overhang defender to the field side peeks into the box. This is a poor numbers situation to run the ball.But if you extend that second tight end into the boundary as a flexed out receiver, you remove that corner from the box. That opens up the space to run.(whispering: the Eagles are still in 12 personnel. Dallas Goedert is still the in-line tight end.)This play immediately followed the long Ertz throw captured above. The formation is almost exactly the same, save for Zach Ertz, who has now extended off of the formation as a flex tight end. This is an 11 personnel sort of look — the formation is Doubles, the classic shotgun formation — but the Eagles ran it out of 12 in order to execute their hurry-up offense on this drive.Because the corner has widened out, Philadelphia essentially has a six man box against six blockers — we don’t need to worry about that creeping overhang defender from the weak side, as he likely won’t be quick enough to make the play. But you will notice that Nelson Agholor runs a little bubble route to the field side as the overhang defender closes. Agholor is theoretically covered by that deep safety Zach Ertz Jersey , so that bubble route should be free yardage given the space in front of him. That bubble route is packaged with the single back power run — Carson can choose, pre-snap, whether to hand the ball off or throw the bubble screen, depending not only on down and distance, but also defensive alignment. While this play is still a run-pass option, the option for Carson is not after the snap — it’s before it. Others would categorize this play as a “packaged play,” in that two plays are packaged into one: single back power to the boundary side, and bubble screen to the field side.Philly ran it multiple times against the Colts, especially when they got into the near red zone.Of course, this play is in the same formation, but this time we’re in 13 (!!) personnel — the isolated receiver to the top is actually TE Josh Perkins. But he is immaterial to this play call and design — make him anybody you want.In that there are three receivers to the field side (count the running back), the Colts defense has to account for the passing strength there — but, fearful of Goedert on the backside, they have to keep a safety over the top of the other two receivers. With Goedert and Ertz both on the field and potentially working the seams, it is very difficult to play single-high shells against the Eagles. Accordingly, you have to put defenders — such as the pink-box overhang defender — in conflict. That plays right into Philadelphia’s hands.Put another way: RPOs characterized the Eagles’ 2017 offense. They shredded their way through the playoffs on the back of ‘em — Cris Collinsworth could tell you a little more about that, if you like. The typical counter to defending RPOs is to spin safeties down into the box as extra defenders and deploy single-high coverage. But to do that is to weaken the seams, and with 12 personnel on the field, teams will be very wary of doing so. Play two-high and lose to RPOs; play single-high and let GodErtz roam free. That right there is a rock and a hard place.Boy, just wait until Alshon comes back.Eagles vs. Vikings Game Preview: 5 questions and answers with the enemy The Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings are set to play each other this Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. In order to preview this big Week 5 game, I reached out to our associates over at Daily Norseman. The candid Christopher Gates (@Gates_DN) took the time to answer my questions about the upcoming tilt. Let’s take a look at his answers.1 - The Vikings are 1-2-1 after big expectations going into the season. What’s contributed to the slow start?The biggest contributor to the slow start is that the team has apparently forgotten how to play defense. After being #1 in the NFL in both points and yardage allowed in 2017, they’re giving up 27.5 points a game through the first four games of 2018. The players on the defense, for the most part, haven’t changed, with the exception of adding Sheldon Richardson to the starting lineup (which you would think would be a plus). There seems to be a lot of miscommunication on the defensive side this year for whatever reason, which is strange. This is the fifth season that Mike Zimmer has been the head coach of the team, and just about every player on that side of the ball has been in his defensive scheme since he’s been here. We’ve seen a lot of Minnesota defenders playing at a high level over the course of the past few seasons, and now suddenly the entire defense has gone to crap. Zimmer says that he might be “overcoaching” his defense a bit, but whatever the issue is, they need to get things turned around fast to avoid having a lost season.2 - What is the Vikings’ biggest strength? Where do they have the biggest edge in this game?Thus far, the biggest strength the Vikings have shown has been their ability to throw the football. Despite the fact that Kirk Cousins seems to be under pressure on nearly every snap, he’s still been incredibly accurate and is on pace to set single-season team records in both yardage and touchdowns. The offensive line is still every bit the disaster that it was in 2017, but despite that Cousins has been performing to a level that even the most optimistic of fans probably didn’t expect. Having what might be the best wide receiver duo in the NFL certainly helps http://www.eagleslockerroom.com/authentic-fletcher-cox-jersey , and Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs have been everything Cousins could have hoped for. Thielen has gone over 100 yards in every game this year and is averaging ten catches a game, and Diggs has been earning the big contract he got this offseason as well. Even someone named Aldrick Robinson is getting into the act, as he had two touchdowns on Thursday night. People expected the passing game to be upgraded with the addition of Cousins, but this probably exceeds just about everyone’s expectations. Given that the Eagles’ secondary has had some pretty significant issues over the first few weeks of the year, that seems like an area where the Vikings should be able to take advantage.3 - What is the Vikings’ biggest weakness? What concerns you the most about the Eagles?As good as the pass offense has been, the run offense has been awful. The return of Dalvin Cook was expected to bring a spark to the run game, but he’s missed a game and a half with a hamstring issue, and he hasn’t been doing much even when he’s been in there. As of now, the Vikings have the worst rushing offense in the NFL, and are the only team in the league without a rushing touchdown through the first four games. The Eagles have the best run defense in the NFL, so the Vikings likely weren’t going to get much on the ground this week anyway, but the run offense has been disappointing in any case.As far as what’s the most concerning about the Eagles, it’s obviously their defensive front. As I mentioned in the earlier answer, the Vikings’ offensive line continues to be awful, and that’s a bad place to be against the Eagles’ front four. Despite all of the pressure, Cousins has delivered as expected, but you have to wonder just how long he can continue to keep that up if he has to continue worrying about his health on pretty much every snap. If the Vikings can get him a little bit of time, there should be things that he can take advantage of, but we’ll have to see if it happens.4 - To what extent would a Vikings win this week make 38-7 and the Eagles winning the Super Bowl in Minnesota hurt less? (Sorry, but I had to.)I know that I can’t speak for the entire fan base, but for me, personally. . .it won’t. The Vikings could go out on Sunday and win this game 70-0, and it still wouldn’t do anything on that front. The Vikings had their opportunity, and they blew it. It was set up as perfectly as they could have possibly asked for, and they came up short. Honestly, I don’t think there’s a regular season contest that is going to change my attitude about that. I’ll be happy if they win, but it’s not going to erase anything about last year.5 - Who wins this game and why? Score prediction? And what are your expectations for the rest of this Vikings season?I think this is going to be a pretty good football game, because both of these teams have shown some weaknesses that the other team can take advantage of. However, until the Vikings show that they can stop anybody on defense. . .something that they certainly haven’t shown in three of their first four games. . .it’s very difficult for me to take them in this spot. I still think this team is going to get their season turned around, but I don’t think it starts this week.Eagles 31, Vikings 27
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