Cosell’s Coaching Tape: Week Fifteen 12/24/09 Notes

PANTHERS OFFENSE V. VIKINGS DEFENSE v Moore continued to be wild high with his throws, He’s a very erratic passer with poor throwing mechanics v Leber and Greenway were the Vikings nickel LBs, Sapp was the nickel corner over the slot v Right now MLB Brinkley is a little hesitant and indecisive; At times he’s a lateral mover not a downhill player, at other times he works the trash well and makes tackles – There is an explosiveness to his movement v Moore not a real confident passer at this point; That shows up in the fact that he had a tendency to be a little late with his throws, waiting to see receivers break open rather than anticipating v Brinkley was attacked and beaten on the Hoover 1 yd TD catch, Run / pass conflict on play action at the goal line v Martin and Moore were both used as the Panthers 3rd WR, but the Panthers did not use 3 WR personnel very often v Panthers offense very basic and straightforward in its use of personnel and formations, Not a difficult offense to defend conceptually v Moore average arm strength, Did not show the ability to drive the ball down the field on intermediate and vertical ...

Cosell’s Coaching Tape: Week Fifteen 12/24/09 Notes

BENGALS OFFENSE V. CHARGERS DEFENSE Gregory was again the nickel corner for the Chargers, aligned inside over the slot; Cooper and Dobbins were the nickel LBs, and Oliver replaced Ellison at S Merriman, Phillips and English rotated at OLB in the base 3-4, and DE in the nickel package Ellison an effective box safety; The closer to the line of scrimmage he is, the more valuable is – In some ways, he’s a glorified LB Bengals continued to utilize 6 OL and unbalanced OL concepts Ochocinco 49 yd TD came out of 6 OL personnel versus Chargers 8 in the box, single high safety; Ochocinco out-and-up versus Cromartie If you can dictate 8 in the box, single high safety looks with personnel and formation, you can attack and break down Jammer on the perimeter Rookie Smith played snaps at RT, predominantly in the 6 OL personnel package Bengals pass game more proactive in this game, They threw the ball more although there were a number of snaps in which ...

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