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NOTE: This requires a subscription to view, but I have summarized the main points
https://theathletic.com/532852/2018/09/ ... -vs-bears/
Samuel Gold has been doing excellent film breakdowns on the Hawks for a couple years and now works for The Athletic. He broke down each of the six sacks.
Sack 1: Coverage sack - no one was open. Lockett should've changed his route to account for obvious slot CB blitz - most likely OC's fault for not drilling this into him.
Sack 2: Wilson could've thrown it to Carson or in his direction to avoid the sack. Pocket collapsed from multiple angles and swallowed him up.
Sack 3: Great read by defense. Accounted for the bootleg and had Wilson dead to rights as soon as he rolled out.
Sack 4: This one's on Ifedi. Says Ifedi takes a wide path in his pass set that allows Mack to bull rush him straight into the QB. I'll add that four of the routes were vertical and the one flat was covered well - no one was open.
Sack 5: Blitzing LB bull rushes Prosise into QB and RW trips on Prosise foot as he tries to scramble in the pocket. I'll again add that every singe route was a vertical release - there were no short options in the middle and everyone was covered.
Sack 6: Wilson at fault for losing the ball, but no one is open. Sam says this is a coverage sack. I'll add that no one was open. Receivers running double moves against 10 yard cushion so DBs were not fooled
Overall: Sam says Wilson is responsible for one sack (I'd throw in losing the ball on the fumble). Otherwise it was bad protection, great coverage, and going up against a great pass rush.
Personally, I was mad at Wilson watching the game, but the broadcast didn't show downfield much at all. This was worse than the Denver game, BUT Wilson played better this game. At least on the sacks, it appears he didn't more than one open receiver and I don't think there was a shot of converting any of them outside of something crazy happening. Playcalling seems to be terrible. Lots of vertical releases, not many outlets, if any, and the Bears did a great job of disguising coverages and rotating right before the snap.
https://theathletic.com/532852/2018/09/ ... -vs-bears/
Samuel Gold has been doing excellent film breakdowns on the Hawks for a couple years and now works for The Athletic. He broke down each of the six sacks.
Sack 1: Coverage sack - no one was open. Lockett should've changed his route to account for obvious slot CB blitz - most likely OC's fault for not drilling this into him.
Sack 2: Wilson could've thrown it to Carson or in his direction to avoid the sack. Pocket collapsed from multiple angles and swallowed him up.
Sack 3: Great read by defense. Accounted for the bootleg and had Wilson dead to rights as soon as he rolled out.
Sack 4: This one's on Ifedi. Says Ifedi takes a wide path in his pass set that allows Mack to bull rush him straight into the QB. I'll add that four of the routes were vertical and the one flat was covered well - no one was open.
Sack 5: Blitzing LB bull rushes Prosise into QB and RW trips on Prosise foot as he tries to scramble in the pocket. I'll again add that every singe route was a vertical release - there were no short options in the middle and everyone was covered.
Sack 6: Wilson at fault for losing the ball, but no one is open. Sam says this is a coverage sack. I'll add that no one was open. Receivers running double moves against 10 yard cushion so DBs were not fooled
Overall: Sam says Wilson is responsible for one sack (I'd throw in losing the ball on the fumble). Otherwise it was bad protection, great coverage, and going up against a great pass rush.
Personally, I was mad at Wilson watching the game, but the broadcast didn't show downfield much at all. This was worse than the Denver game, BUT Wilson played better this game. At least on the sacks, it appears he didn't more than one open receiver and I don't think there was a shot of converting any of them outside of something crazy happening. Playcalling seems to be terrible. Lots of vertical releases, not many outlets, if any, and the Bears did a great job of disguising coverages and rotating right before the snap.