Redskins vs. Panthers Defensive Film Review: Top 8 Plays
by Jaxon on Oct 25, 2011 2:12 PM EDT
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PrintNFLPanthers07 was kind enough upon request to put together a short clip of the top plays from the Panthers defense in the 33-20 win over the Redskins. Given all the talk and focus on the Panthers offense (and rightfully so) I think it's appropriate to give the defense props this time for having a good game as well (we need more!). So in the video below we've got the top 8 defensive plays with descriptions for each:
Play 1 - LDE Antwan Applewhite blew past RT J (Jamal?) Brown and gets a good hit on John Beck, knocking the ball loose that is then recovered by the Panthers Terrell McClain. Just a fantastic edge rush to beat his man one on one.
Play 2 - Lined on the right side of LOS, LB James Anderson fights off a block by TE Fred Davis and tackles RB Ryan Torain for a 5 yard loss. Just the start of a great day for Anderson.
Play 3 - Greg Hardy stays home on a play action bootleg and charges Beck like a monster shot from the sea! Beck, upon gazing into the Kraken's glowing eyes can do nothing but feebly throw the ball down before getting pummeled, resulting in a grounding call.
Watch the video below and then read the remaining 5 descriptions... after the jump...
Play 4 - After WR Jabar Gaffney makes a catch over the middle, the ever pursuing Charles Johnson knocks the ball free that is then recovered by...guess who... James Anderson.
Play 5 - DC Sean McDermott calls a middle blitz bringing both SS Charles Godfrey and LB James Anderson. Godfrey gets picked up but Anderson does not and tosses Beck down using an Olympic hammer throw-like tackle. A perfect play call gets the sack!
Play 6 - Hardy again stays home on the play-action bootleg and this time knocks down the pass intended for the flat. Nothing gets past the Kraken!
Play 7 - CB Chris Gamble gets a gift INT as Beck and his intended receiver are not on the same page. I will give Gamble credit for having his head turned in time and then completing the catch while staying in bounds.
This last play is actually my favorite of the day and one I didn't fully appreciate when it happened.
Play 8 - Using only a three man rush, Panthers DE Charles Johnson executes a perfect spin move on LT Sean Locklear and nails the unsuspecting Beck for a crunching sack. Big money has been worth every penny!
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Great video NFLPanthersO7...
Those were some excellent plays by the defense. It’s exciting to see the defense making great plays for a change.
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I didn’t realize till now, but out of the 5 games I have been to the past 5 years, this was by far the best one I have gone to. Best atmosphere, most exciting game, and yet another win.
Perfect in all respects. D had several great plays in this game. Hopefully they can carry that into next week.
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What I hate about our D is opposing QBs able to make big completions at will. I know we are 11th in pass defense but it sure doesn’t look like it, we leave way way too many guys wide open and give the QB too much time in the pocket.
Especially in the last 5 minutes of the game QBs always seem to have 100% completion against us.
by PantherTrain on Oct 25, 2011 2:32 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
It is concerning, but I think it comes from the zone defense we play
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by Son of a Newton on Oct 25, 2011 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
With Gamble, Cap'n and Butler all being good in man, and even better when they can press the WR
Why are we in zone so much? For the love of things holy—Man (sack) up!
Twaa...
I think it all comes back to the pitiful Run Defense.
If we play man, then we have to have our safeties play deep to prevent td’s, but we have to play Sherrod or Godfrey up close to help plug the gaping wound that is our run defense.
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by Son of a Newton on Oct 25, 2011 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions
A zone secondary also keeps almost all our DB's eyes on the QB, so they are more likely to see the running play if it happens.
Press/man coverage by the DB’s means we have as many DB’s as receivers running away from the line of scrimmage, with no idea if it turns into a running play, since their eyes are on their receiver.
So agree, Son of Newton…once we can improve the interior of our DLine AND keep at least 2 opening day starters from our LB corps on the field for a season, that might give us a little more leeway to utilize the press/man-to-man/bump-and-run coverage.
While this is true...
When its 3rd and 11 and we’re still in a zone with an 8 yard cushion on the WRs, I’m just a bit perplexed.
Twaa...
I do agree
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by Son of a Newton on Oct 26, 2011 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel the same way PT...
Some drives, our D lacks intensity! I do love Applewhite though! He’s a keeper, probably will be the best free agent pickup outside of Shockey when it’s all said and done this year… I’ve spent the past couple of days on Hogs Heaven and you guys should see all the praise their giving Cam and Smitty! it’s amazing! We’ve got those guys over there fighting and fussing over whether they should draft a franchise QB or CB on defense! They’re praising us big time, you guys should go over there and check it out if you get the chance!lol
Not an expert
but it seems to me that a lot of completions are inside the numbers for 10-15 yards (usually a linebackers assignment, or the lb was sucked up in zone coverage by the play action). Also, a lot of the completions outside the numbers are in between assignments (once again in the zone) and those things just come with time. The first year Meeks was here people were flipping s*&% all season long. Give it time. Much better performance this week all around (players and coordinators — I’m looking at you McDermott) lets see how it carries over.
"One step at a time"
God god almighty...
How fast did Hardy accelerate on that grounding by Beck?! I swear it looks like he was shot out of a cannon.
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by Tater596 on Oct 25, 2011 2:40 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
It's part of the reason we drafted him.
If I’m recalling correctly he was injured a lot in college, but when he was on the field he was productive. We kind of took a flyer on his athletic ability (not that he’s raw technique wise) and it paid off. I’d like to see us do that more often.
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IIRC...
Hardy had 5 surgeries while he was in college – distributed between his hands, wrists, and feet. I think I read that somewhere in an article written about his motorcycle accident.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong about any of the specifics.
Anyway, I didn’t realize the extent of injury concerns until recently…it’s actually sort of surprising that anyone was willing to spend a draft pick on him after all of that, but I’m so glad that the Panthers did. =)
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Jeez, girl, I'm a qualified journalist and I don't read half the articles you do!
I knew he had a few serious (ish) injuries, just didn’t know how many.
I just remember the overall feeling pre-draft of: when he’s on the field he’s destructive, but he’s not on the field often enough. The good thing about the injuries is that they weren’t the same area – so it’s not a degenerative condition.
And yes I’m glad we drafted him too. I like it when we take fliers on lower round draft picks. If they don’t turn out then so be it, but when they do you strike gold.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
That is the general gist yes
He was an absolute force when he was on the field at Ole Miss, but he just wasn’t out there much. His gamebreaking talent was undeniable, he just was never healthy.. and sometimes when healthy didn’t really seem to be that into playing.
Now, it appears he has a massive chip on his shoulder and not only plays motivated, but is staying healthy! We couldn’t ask for more really, particularly for such a late draft pick.
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He had "Work ethic" concerns as well...
paired with a lack of production his final year at Ole Miss, and he was able to slip to us; it’s crazy though that we got him so late, considering prior to his senior year he was talked up by some draftniks as a #1 overall talent!
Nobody fucks with the Jesus! -Big Lebowski
I remember the 'work ethic' concerns,
but everything I read pre-draft said that they were overblown. He was just injured all the time – and he had the kind of athleticism where he could do pretty much whatever he wanted on the football field when healthy (which has been proven to be true).
All in all a good pick by Hurney.
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I also remember some concerns that he was batshit crazy.
I don’t know about you, but I like than in a D-Lineman.
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by BusyBeingAwesome on Oct 25, 2011 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You have to be batshit crazy to play on D in the NFL.
Ray Lewis, for example, is completely unhinged.
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
Pssh...I assume all SEC D-lineman are batshit crazy
“You’re telling me you WANT to do two a days in the Mississippi heat???”
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The D did look improved this past game, although overall, it still is our weak link. There’s certainly work to do, but they did make a couple of really big plays and created turnovers (more than I realized while I was first watching it – and I’m mad I still haven’t found the time to re-watch the whole thing).
Anderson had one of the best games of his career – the only other one I think compares is the game he had against the Saints at New Orleans last season. If only he’d made that would-be INT (he just said on WFNZ earlier today that he lost some sleep over that one and that the coaches and his teammates have given him some flack/teasing).
Applewhite has definitely added a spark, and I wouldn’t complain if we saw a little more of him.
And echoing Tater above…Play 3 from Hardy was great – it really did look like he was shot out of a cannon.
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I think the footage is in fast-forward...
There’s no way he runs that fast. Plus, it looks like Beck runs faster than normal as well.
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LOL...
I did just rewatch it and realized the clip was sped up. But even watching it in real-time, I thought he flew in out of nowhere.
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"When you get into coaching, you strive to be a Super Bowl-winning head coach. That’s what my goal is, to come here and become a Super Bowl-winning head coach and to sustain an atmosphere of winning." - Ron Rivera
Yeah, he did get there quickly...
Just one of the million reasons we love the Kraken.
The truth will set you free, but not until it is finished with you. ~David Foster Wallace
I may not always be right, but even a blind nut finds a squirrel every once in a while.
If The Kraken was chasing you ...
YOU WOULD ALSO “run faster than normal”!!!
by criolle johnny on Oct 25, 2011 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
This was totally Beck at that moment...
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by Tater596 on Oct 25, 2011 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions 13 recs
dude...know your rodents...it's a chipmunk
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Looks like a prairie dog to me...
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its absolutely a prarie dog. i used to have one.
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by braves&panthers4ever on Oct 25, 2011 6:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
tell that to the person who uploaded it to dramatic chipmunks.com
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I may not always be right, but even a blind nut finds a squirrel every once in a while.
Tough to tell, honestly.
Chipmunks normally have the white stripe down their back and tail…but not all of them do.
The thing is…some Chipmunks look exactly like prairie dogs, but are just like a 10th the size. There’s really nothing in the picture to give us scale.
End scientific-ish analysis of dramatic rodent.
Twaa...
according to Wikipedia...
Which we all know is THE source for information, it’s a prairie dog, and the people who do the videos don’t know their rodents and call it a chipmunk by mistake.
I would retract my “dude know your rodents” statement to Jax, but he called it a hamster, which is even further off target than calling it a chipmunk. :-)
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When I looked it up... I searched "Dramatic Chipmunk"
Which brought me to the gif creator.
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by Tater596 on Oct 26, 2011 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'm in awe sir, in awe.
I kinda like power running football though. It’s iike a bloody violent ballet…
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by The Duke Dude on Oct 25, 2011 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Rivera seems like a man that coaches off merit.
If you make plays and show up on tape you’ll get more opportunities on the field. At this point Applewhite is one of the standout players on our (poor) defence, so he’ll definitely get more playing time.
I also think McD is feeling more confident about the secondary, so he’s blitzing a little more of late. That’s why the defence is improving.
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OMG
I just got chills watching that video. Seriously! I felt like I was watching the game all over again. I think I need a beer now to celebrate. Cheers!
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Anderson had by far his best game of the season on Sunday.
I was starting to worry that we’d overpaid him.
Another thing to note, Hardy played that bootleg to perfection. That’s a Shanahan staple and Hardy snuffed it out almost every time.
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We can expect a lot more of it next game against the Vikings.
Ponder and the Vikings will run it to death.
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I'm not so sure.
I mean they’re more of a ‘downhill’ power running team. The naked bootleg works best when the O-linemen are athletic so that everyone has to commit to going one way, otherwise you have O-linemen in your second level….and then you’re screwed. Ponder is certainly athletic enough to run it – but I’d be surprised if they call it often. It’s too much of a risk I think.
Against bigger O-lines it’s much easier to play your assignments and then react when you see it’s a run etc. You’re not having to run through quite as much trash. That said with Peterson’s speed if you delay reacting to the run you’re not going to catch him from behind.
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From a philosophy standpoint I agree however
based on the game last week, Ponder ran a naked bootleg for a pass attempt or bootlegged after handing the ball off more than a dozen times (I stopped counting at 17). I expect we’ll see a lot of it.
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Hardy played that bootleg to perfection all day.
Several times Beck would turn around and see The Kraken in front of him. You could just see Beck’s body language say “oh (*&$#$$#(%&^!)$%@#!!!!”
I kinda like power running football though. It’s iike a bloody violent ballet…
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by The Duke Dude on Oct 25, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Oops...forgot about the sarcasm font
I’m pretty sure Beck wasn’t feeling very sarcastic towards The Kraken on Sunday.
I kinda like power running football though. It’s iike a bloody violent ballet…
When it was working it was a thing of beauty to me. - Vagus
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by The Duke Dude on Oct 25, 2011 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah it works against undisciplined DEs 'cos they usually crash down on the run trying to eliminate the cut back
(which is a BIG part of the Shanahan O), but obviously Rivera/McD told Hardy to just play his assignment and forget about crashing down. That’s good coaching.
Btw am I the only one that doesn’t like D-linemen with numbers in the 70s?
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
I actually like DE with a 70's number or 50's number.
The Eagles like to put their DE’s in 50’s #s. Hugh Douglass, Trent Cole, Brandon Graham, etc.
I think when Hardy was drafted we were out of 90’s so he was given 76. He must like it, as I’m almost sure he was given an opportunity to change to 90-something.
Twaa...
I certainly wouldn't tell him to his face that I thought his number sucked.
It just irks me a little. 50s are LBs or O-line. 70s are O-line.
I’m a little anal about that on Madden.
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I like to do it by role.
If you are a pass rushing OLB you might get 92—like a DE. I like to put Nose tackles and under tackles in 60’s and 90’s respectively, so I know which one is my nose tackle, and so on…
Twaa...
I just do it by position.
So:
QB/K/P: 1-19
RB/CB/S: 20-39
WR/TE: 80-89
S/FB: 20-49
O-line: 50-79
D-line: 90-99
LBs: 50-59
"Nah, you look like Elijah Wood." - danmerqury
As a general rule, yes.
I try to stick to the NFL mandated numbering system as well, but will get role-specific at times.
TE’s who just block are high 40’s instead of 80’s. So putting them in on the fly is easier, visually…that’s all it is.
Tackles are 70’s, guards and centers are 60’s.
So in other words, what you do will affect what number you wear, since the only way to do any formation substitutions is on the fly—while the play clock is ticking (WTF is up with that?) You can create a completely custom playbook but you can’t substitute formations until you are actually in game, where you have only a few seconds between plays to do so. But I digress.
Twaa...
No...he does not.
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by BW Smith on Oct 25, 2011 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
He kinda does look like he would be the killer in a low-budget horror film.
The truth will set you free, but not until it is finished with you. ~David Foster Wallace
I may not always be right, but even a blind nut finds a squirrel every once in a while.
by BW Smith on Oct 25, 2011 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
My choices...
Lloyd Peterschmidt
Stewart Winchester
Howard Brookstone
George Rosenberg
The truth will set you free, but not until it is finished with you. ~David Foster Wallace
I may not always be right, but even a blind nut finds a squirrel every once in a while.
That's right...cause he don't care.
The truth will set you free, but not until it is finished with you. ~David Foster Wallace
I may not always be right, but even a blind nut finds a squirrel every once in a while.
He wore #86 in college...
And #96 was taken by Brayton at the time, so he probably picked #76 to get as close to his college number as possible, since DE’s can’t have numbers in the 80’s anymore (which sucks, IMO).
The truth will set you free, but not until it is finished with you. ~David Foster Wallace
I may not always be right, but even a blind nut finds a squirrel every once in a while.
I hate those punk kickers who wear numbers in the 90's in College Football
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by Son of a Newton on Oct 25, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Me or the kickers?
I don’t literally hate those kickers, but I just think it’s kind of silly.
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by Son of a Newton on Oct 25, 2011 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok ;^)
Good to know!
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by Son of a Newton on Oct 26, 2011 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Too bad our LBs didn't sniff it out quite as well...
only reason the Skins put any offense together in second half was those god damn bootlegs! It was like clockwork seeing our LBs get sucked into the PA, and then see Beck flip over them for a 10-20 yard completion to one of the TEs!
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Phillips and Connor were overplaying the run certainly.
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Connor had a better game, but I'm still pretty disappointed in his play.
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by BusyBeingAwesome on Oct 25, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
The one drive that made it 13-16 was disgusting...just re-watched it moments ago.
Horrible play from Connor and Phillips the whole drive.
Twaa...
One thing that stood out to me against the Skins...
was how our guys all seemed to be wrapping up on a consistent basis; saw a lot less missed tackles, which gave me the warm and fuzzies for sure! Fundamentals win games, plain and simple; if you can wrap up on the ball carrier, you don’t even have to be the one that gets the tackle…the mere fact that you’re attempting to tackle properly usually slows the ball carrier down enough to allow for the rest of the defense to come over and help out!
Nobody fucks with the Jesus! -Big Lebowski
A most IMPORTANT point Tom... that's exactly how to slow (not stop) Peterson this week...
Also target left ankle – it’s in the game.
So much to be done, and so few people willing to do it for me.
It took me about 15 minutes to watch that 2 minute clip all the way to the end, because I kept starting it over.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a 2 minute clip to watch.
Newton for '11 ROY!
Walker for '11 ROY!
Biyombo for '11 DPOY!
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