The Athletic - Cover 1's breakdown of the game, more Allen than Daboll. Also adding some C1 & YPP twitter clips

[Reed83HOF]

Cover1 has been impressing the hell out of me this season. What an excellent write up from the game on Sunday

 

Some excerpts:
 

“There were opportunities in that game where I have to be better,” Allen said. “I have to put our offense in better situations, and I just didn’t do that today.”

 

The game film shows he’s right. Browns defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, like other coaches against the Bills this season, pressured the second-year quarterback. Wilks has blitzed 34 percent of the time this season, which is the fourth most in the NFL. On Sunday, Wilks chose to blitz Allen on 41 percent of his dropbacks, using a variety of bluff blitzes, edge pressures and Cover 0 looks to get into Allen’s head.

 

Wilks and the Browns defense let the Bills operate in the short and intermediate areas. But when the visiting team got to third down, the Browns clamped down.

 

The New England Patriots laid out a defensive blueprint in their 16-10 win over the Bills in Week 4, and other teams have taken notice. The Browns crowded the line of scrimmage and forced Allen to make the correct pre- and post-snap decisions. Buffalo finished the game 5-for-13 on third down and 0-for-2 on fourth down.

 

Linebacker Joe Schobert is responsible for RB Devin Singletary and Mack Wilson is the spy — a Browns setup we saw throughout the game. Allen sees that Knox isn’t blowing past Browns safety Morgan Burnett, so he makes the back-shoulder throw. Knox executes a “push-by,” slightly placing his right hand on Burnett’s back and pushing off as he rotates back to the ball. Allen’s throw is on the hands and Knox drops the ball.

 

This time, Daboll gives Allen the perfect play to beat man coverage. He short-motions WR Beasley behind Brown so the corners have to wait until after the snap to decide who they’re covering.The Bills provide strong protection on this six-man pressure and Allen completes the pass to Beasley with plenty of green ahead of him.

 

The Bills provide strong protection on this six-man pressure and Allen completes the pass to Beasley with plenty of green ahead of him.He has to make a split-second decision on where to go with the ball. Singletary still manages to get a piece of the corner and the linemen pick up the pressure well. Allen simply panics, likely seeing a soft edge and the “wall defender” with his backed turned.
 

On Monday, Daboll credited Wilks for his play-call on that third down. Daboll called a good second half overall, but Wilks’ defensive strategy caused Allen to struggle. The Bills offense had some advantageous one-on-one matchups, but Daboll may have relied on them too much when he would have been better served scheming throws to give Allen easier solutions.

 

Wilks consistently bluffed and/or blitzed Allen, forcing the quarterback to go through his pre- and post-snap processes more quickly than he is used to at this point in his career. When pressured, Allen was 6-for-16 for 65 yard (37.5 percent completion rate), averaging 4.1 yards per attempt and taking one sack.

 

The Bills knew the Browns played an attacking style of defense and they failed to execute consistently against the aggressive looks. Due to the Browns’ success, teams will look to pressure Allen more on third-and-medium situations. Will the results against Cleveland serve as a learning experience for Allen and the offense?

 

https://theathletic.com/1369299/2019/11/12/bills-film-room-the-browns-beat-josh-allen-with-their-pressure-schemes-and-provided-a-blueprint/

Edited November 12, 2019 by Reed83HOF

[njbuff]

Teams will continue to blitz Allen like crazy.

 

He needs to figure it out.

 

Lots of QB's over time have struggled early on in their careers with the blitz.

 

What has changed is the lack of patience with young QB's in today's NFL environment.

 

Seeing Lamar Jackson's success in Baltimore has only enraged Bills fans ire over Allen. But I remain patient.

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

Why doesn't Cover1 come back here and post his own stuff?  

[Reed83HOF]

 

 

 

[whatdrought]

It still seems to me that we run a lot of deep routes against blitz heavy packages... this was a complaint I had last year, and this year we seemed to change some of that initially, but it looks to me like we’re back to it... Allen definitely needs to improve his quickness on reads, not to mention recognizing where blitz is coming from, but it seems like a lot of times there’s nobody to throw to before the pocket is obliterated. Anyone seeing that as well?

[Luka]

Cover 1 is so full of *****. It's Allen's fault that on a 3rd 3 where the Browns are almost definitely going to blitz, his shortest route option is 10 yards down the field? Daboll knows teams are going to blitz Allen yet here we are, still calling the same, long developing passing plays. You know how you mitigate the pass rush? Run the ***** ball. Call screen passes. Make teams think twice about calling that blitz.

[Reed83HOF]

 

1 minute ago, Luka said:

Cover 1 is so full of *****. It's Allen's fault that on a 3rd 3 where the Browns are almost definitely going to blitz, his shortest route option is 10 yards down the field? Daboll knows teams are going to blitz Allen yet here we are, still calling the same, long developing passing plays. You know how you mitigate the pass rush? Run the ***** ball. Call screen passes. Make teams think twice about calling that blitz.

[Boatdrinks]

5 minutes ago, njbuff said:

Teams will continue to blitz Allen like crazy.

 

He needs to figure it out.

 

Lots of QB's over time have struggled early on in their careers with the blitz.

 

What has changed is the lack of patience with young QB's in today's NFL environment.

 

Seeing Lamar Jackson's success in Baltimore has only enraged Bills fans ire over Allen. But I remain patient.

Funny thing is, I doubt many of these fans were clamoring for Jackson . ( I liked him at Louisville and thought he should be a consideration if the team didn’t want to move up). Further, Harbaugh and the Ravens really had to step back and think outside the box with him. I doubt the Bills would have drafted Jackson, but I also don’t think they have the creative side to their coaching for it to succeed. He went to the best situation possible for him, and is thriving as a result. The draft is a crapshoot, but some of it comes down to situation and coaching as well. 

[Luka]

6 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

Funny thing is, I doubt many of these fans were clamoring for Jackson . ( I liked him at Louisville and thought he should be a consideration if the team didn’t want to move up). Further, Harbaugh and the Ravens really had to step back and think outside the box with him. I doubt the Bills would have drafted Jackson, but I also don’t think they have the creative side to their coaching for it to succeed. He went to the best situation possible for him, and is thriving as a result. The draft is a crapshoot, but some of it comes down to situation and coaching as well. 

 

Anyone who thinks that Jackson, Mahomes, Watson etc. would've been successful here are kidding themselves. Watson maybe. Mahomes is playing with an offensive genius. The guy schemes offense like Belicheck schemes defense. Jackson required an offense to be built around his skillset, which we can't even do with Allen, who has a more traditional skill set. Those guys would also have to throw to Zay Jones, Lee Smith, McKenzie etc. No Tyreek Hill, no DeAndre Hopkins, no Hollywood Brown.

Edited November 12, 2019 by Luka

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

7 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:

Funny thing is, I doubt many of these fans were clamoring for Jackson . ( I liked him at Louisville and thought he should be a consideration if the team didn’t want to move up). Further, Harbaugh and the Ravens really had to step back and think outside the box with him. I doubt the Bills would have drafted Jackson, but I also don’t think they have the creative side to their coaching for it to succeed. He went to the best situation possible for him, and is thriving as a result. The draft is a crapshoot, but some of it comes down to situation and coaching as well. 

Agreed. I think most if not all of these highly drafted QBs can do the job. What separates those who succeed and those who don't has much to do with the situation they're thrust into. Baltimore deserves credit for using Lamar in areas that maximize  his strengths.  I just don't see that creative side or moreso the ability to adapt by this staff. It's starting to become worrisome to me that the attitude is this is how we do things around here.

Edited November 12, 2019 by D. L. Hot-Flamethrower

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

11 minutes ago, Luka said:

Cover 1 is so full of *****. It's Allen's fault that on a 3rd 3 where the Browns are almost definitely going to blitz, his shortest route option is 10 yards down the field? Daboll knows teams are going to blitz Allen yet here we are, still calling the same, long developing passing plays. You know how you mitigate the pass rush? Run the ***** ball. Call screen passes. Make teams think twice about calling that blitz.

I agree 100%

 

Maybe that's why he stopped posting here ...

 

Too many people called him out on "shoddy" reporting 

 

Amazing how people have forgotten the TALENT on Cleveland.

 

Cleveland ALSO beat the Ravens 

[Luka]

1 minute ago, SlimShady'sGhost said:

I agree 100%

 

Maybe that's why he stopped posting here ...

 

Too many people called him out on "shoddy" reporting 

 

Just like everyone else here, he cherry picks plays to make his point, never addresses anything positive that might show his opinion isn't an absolute. Same childish response you would get here if you refute his point. It's funny because he shows the one play, where Josh has 3 reads to make and he is under considerable pressure almost immediately. He blames Josh but he has no idea what the play call was, what his hot read was. To me it looked like Beasley was his hot read, he sets that way to throw it, has to come off of it and reset and by that time, play is already over.

[Reed83HOF]

3 minutes ago, SlimShady'sGhost said:

I agree 100%

 

Maybe that's why he stopped posting here ...

 

Too many people called him out on "shoddy" reporting 

 

Amazing how people have forgotten the TALENT on Cleveland.

 

Cleveland ALSO beat the Ravens 

And if they ran into a blitz, many fans would be crying about that on here as well. At the end of the day, players need to pick up blitzes in both passing & running situations and at times yeah the defense wins...

[dave mcbride]

8 minutes ago, Luka said:

 

Anyone who thinks that Jackson, Mahomes, Watson etc. would've been successful are kidding themselves. Watson maybe. Mahomes is playing with an offensive genius. The guy schemes offense like Belicheck schemes defense. Jackson required an offense to be built around his skillset, which we can't even do with Allen, who has a more traditional skill set. Those guys would also have to throw to Zay Jones, Lee Smith, McKenzie etc. No Tyreek Hill, no DeAndre Hopkins, no Hollywood Brown.

A lot of this past game is on Allen himself, as this thread shows.

[Reed83HOF]

Just now, Luka said:

 

Just like everyone else here, he cherry picks plays to make his point, never addresses anything positive that might show his opinion isn't an absolute. Same childish response you would get here if you refute his point. It's funny because he shows the one play, where Josh has 3 reads to make and he is under considerable pressure almost immediately. He blames Josh but he has no idea what the play call was, what his hot read was. To me it looked like Beasley was his hot read, he sets that way to throw it, has to come off of it and reset and by that time, play is already over.

Just like you are doing in your post...cherry picking to cast your doubt on Daboll

[dave mcbride]

5 minutes ago, SlimShady'sGhost said:

I agree 100%

 

Maybe that's why he stopped posting here ...

 

Too many people called him out on "shoddy" reporting 

 

Amazing how people have forgotten the TALENT on Cleveland.

 

Cleveland ALSO beat the Ravens 

Cleveland was 2-6 going into the game. 

[billsfan_34]

31 minutes ago, Reed83HOF said:

Cover1 has been impressing the hell out of me this season. What an excellent write up from the game on Sunday

 

Some excerpts:
 

“There were opportunities in that game where I have to be better,” Allen said. “I have to put our offense in better situations, and I just didn’t do that today.”

 

The game film shows he’s right. Browns defensive coordinator Steve Wilks, like other coaches against the Bills this season, pressured the second-year quarterback. Wilks has blitzed 34 percent of the time this season, which is the fourth most in the NFL. On Sunday, Wilks chose to blitz Allen on 41 percent of his dropbacks, using a variety of bluff blitzes, edge pressures and Cover 0 looks to get into Allen’s head.

 

Wilks and the Browns defense let the Bills operate in the short and intermediate areas. But when the visiting team got to third down, the Browns clamped down.

 

The New England Patriots laid out a defensive blueprint in their 16-10 win over the Bills in Week 4, and other teams have taken notice. The Browns crowded the line of scrimmage and forced Allen to make the correct pre- and post-snap decisions. Buffalo finished the game 5-for-13 on third down and 0-for-2 on fourth down.

 

Linebacker Joe Schobert is responsible for RB Devin Singletary and Mack Wilson is the spy — a Browns setup we saw throughout the game. Allen sees that Knox isn’t blowing past Browns safety Morgan Burnett, so he makes the back-shoulder throw. Knox executes a “push-by,” slightly placing his right hand on Burnett’s back and pushing off as he rotates back to the ball. Allen’s throw is on the hands and Knox drops the ball.

 

This time, Daboll gives Allen the perfect play to beat man coverage. He short-motions WR Beasley behind Brown so the corners have to wait until after the snap to decide who they’re covering.The Bills provide strong protection on this six-man pressure and Allen completes the pass to Beasley with plenty of green ahead of him.

 

The Bills provide strong protection on this six-man pressure and Allen completes the pass to Beasley with plenty of green ahead of him.He has to make a split-second decision on where to go with the ball. Singletary still manages to get a piece of the corner and the linemen pick up the pressure well. Allen simply panics, likely seeing a soft edge and the “wall defender” with his backed turned.
 

On Monday, Daboll credited Wilks for his play-call on that third down. Daboll called a good second half overall, but Wilks’ defensive strategy caused Allen to struggle. The Bills offense had some advantageous one-on-one matchups, but Daboll may have relied on them too much when he would have been better served scheming throws to give Allen easier solutions.

 

Wilks consistently bluffed and/or blitzed Allen, forcing the quarterback to go through his pre- and post-snap processes more quickly than he is used to at this point in his career. When pressured, Allen was 6-for-16 for 65 yard (37.5 percent completion rate), averaging 4.1 yards per attempt and taking one sack.

 

The Bills knew the Browns played an attacking style of defense and they failed to execute consistently against the aggressive looks. Due to the Browns’ success, teams will look to pressure Allen more on third-and-medium situations. Will the results against Cleveland serve as a learning experience for Allen and the offense?

 

https://theathletic.com/1369299/2019/11/12/bills-film-room-the-browns-beat-josh-allen-with-their-pressure-schemes-and-provided-a-blueprint/

So then why only run 13 times? 

[billspro]

25 minutes ago, whatdrought said:

It still seems to me that we run a lot of deep routes against blitz heavy packages... this was a complaint I had last year, and this year we seemed to change some of that initially, but it looks to me like we’re back to it... Allen definitely needs to improve his quickness on reads, not to mention recognizing where blitz is coming from, but it seems like a lot of times there’s nobody to throw to before the pocket is obliterated. Anyone seeing that as well?

 

I agree, if we called some timely screens against the Blitz they would have backed off. The screen game has been pathetic this year.

4 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

Cleveland was 2-6 going into the game. 

 

They had a very difficult schedule. Wouldn’t surprise me at all if they had 8 wins by the end of the year.

[billsfan_34]

26 minutes ago, whatdrought said:

It still seems to me that we run a lot of deep routes against blitz heavy packages... this was a complaint I had last year, and this year we seemed to change some of that initially, but it looks to me like we’re back to it... Allen definitely needs to improve his quickness on reads, not to mention recognizing where blitz is coming from, but it seems like a lot of times there’s nobody to throw to before the pocket is obliterated. Anyone seeing that as well?

The route tree Daboll employs is frustrating. Curls, comebacks, and quick outs can really back a blitz/heavy pass rush off - or simply just running the ball.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

2 minutes ago, billspro said:

 

I agree, if we called some timely screens against the Blitz they would have backed off. The screen game has been pathetic this year.

 

 

The screen game's been pathetic every year for like 20 years. It boggles the mind that not ONE Bills regime in that time could successfully run them.

 

 

[GoBills808]

21 minutes ago, Reed83HOF said:

 

 

 

I had a very long SB conversation about this play...this is 100% on McKenzie imo. Allen needs to look the safety off, which he does, but McKenzie is already looking back for the ball before he Allen even goes back to him and lets the ball go. WR is twisting and turning around instead of putting his head down and getting to the spot.

 

RUN. YOUR. ROUTE

[dave mcbride]

1 minute ago, billspro said:

They had a very difficult schedule. Wouldn’t surprise me at all if they had 8 wins by the end of the year.

I do think that Cleveland is talented, but I don't think they're well coached and I think they're terribly undisciplined. That's often the determining factor in a league that features so many close games. They still have to face the Steelers twice, the Ravens, and the Cardinals on the road (AZ is not an easy out at all). They have the Bengals twice and the Dolphins at home, but I'd be careful about Cincy - they do not want to go 0-16, that's for sure. 

[Luka]

8 minutes ago, Reed83HOF said:

Just like you are doing in your post...cherry picking to cast your doubt on Daboll

 

I didn't cherry pick anything Cover 1 employee. I stated very basic, very obvious things Daboll could be doing to help Josh out and he isn't. Period. That's on overlying theme for the whole season. 

[billsfan_34]

8 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

A lot of this past game is on Allen himself, as this thread shows.

Having Allen throw 42 times vs 13 runs puts him in a very tough spots. Sure, he would like some of the throws back. That said, I cannot pin this on Allen. Daboll abandoned the run yet again after motor had 140 all purpose the game prior and going up against a Browns 30th ranked run D and 4th ranked pass D. 

2 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said:

The screen game's been pathetic every year for like 20 years. It boggles the mind that not ONE Bills regime in that time could successfully run them.

 

 

Especially with a guy like Singletary that can hide/blend behind blockers out in space.

[dave mcbride]

1 minute ago, GoBills808 said:

 

I had a very long SB conversation about this play...this is 100% on McKenzie imo. Allen needs to look the safety off, which he does, but McKenzie is already looking back for the ball before he Allen even goes back to him and lets the ball go. WR is twisting and turning around instead of putting his head down and getting to the spot.

 

RUN. YOUR. ROUTE

It's supposed to be an outside shoulder throw, which is why he was looking that way. Allen threw it inside and about 8 yards farther than he should have. Usain Bolt wouldn't have gotten to that one. After 16 failed attempts to deliver a catchable deep ball to the receiver,  the last place I'd look to assign blame is the receiver. 

[billspro]

2 minutes ago, Joe in Winslow said:

The screen game's been pathetic every year for like 20 years. It boggles the mind that not ONE Bills regime in that time could successfully run them.

 

 

 

I agree, Chan was the only one that came close to having a good screen game. It is such a big part of every successful offence in the NFL. I don’t understand why it’s not a part of ours. It is so much easier to play dline when you don’t have to worry about the screen game.

[GoBills808]

Just now, dave mcbride said:

It's supposed to be an outside shoulder throw, which is why he was looking that way. Allen threw it inside and about 8 yards farther than he should have. Usain Bolt wouldn't have gotten to that one. After 16 failed attempts to deliver a catchable deep ball to the receiver,  the last place I'd look to assign blame is the receiver. 

The ball landed about 3 yards in front of him. Are you suggesting he should begin looking for the ball at the 30 yard line?

[dave mcbride]

3 minutes ago, billsfan_34 said:

Having Allen throw 42 times vs 13 runs puts him in a very tough spots. Sure, he would like some of the throws back. That said, I cannot pin this on Allen. Daboll abandoned the run yet again after motor had 140 all purpose the game prior and going up against a Browns 30th ranked run D and 4th ranked pass D. 

Especially with a guy like Singletary that can hide/blend behind blockers out in space.

This is a misleading stat, and also the Bills ran it 20 times. In the Bills two half-ending drives when they were trying to move down the field quickly, they threw it 17 out of 18 plays.  On the drive in which they took the lead and which began with more than 9 minutes to go, they ran it 5 out of 8 plays. 

[Coach Tuesday]

Those clips are tough to watch.

 

I'm sooooo tired of poor QB play.  25 years!!

[dave mcbride]

5 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

The ball landed about 3 yards in front of him. Are you suggesting he should begin looking for the ball at the 30 yard line?

It was way beyond his reach, but more importantly I can't believe people are fishing for excuses on his deep throws. NFL QBs complete deep throws nearly every game -- it's a basic part of the skill set. He never does, and they're never even close -- regardless of the receiver. Foster is a bona fide good deep threat, and he's been missing him by a mile all season. John Brown has been catching deep balls his whole career until he came to Buffalo.

Edited November 12, 2019 by dave mcbride

[Reed83HOF]

6 minutes ago, Luka said:

 

I didn't cherry pick anything Cover 1 employee. I stated very basic, very obvious things Daboll could be doing to help Josh out and he isn't. Period. That's on overlying theme for the whole season. 

  nice try I am a manufacturing plant manager.

 

All of your responses thus far have been deflecting criticism of Allen and placing blame on Daboll for not helping him out. Do you expect Daboll to make the reads for him pre-snap like McVay does for Goff (we see how good that works)? Could there be better play calling from Daboll; yeah. Could Josh struggle with reads and the game slowing down for him - yeah? 

 

If Josh was able to make some of the throws, his WRs & OL exectued a bit better - it wouldn't have come down the the 3rd and 4th play with 25 seconds left. We were 5 for 13 on 3rd down - those were not all on Daboll's play calls. If you chose to not see Josh's issues as well - that's on you buddy...

[GoBills808]

1 minute ago, dave mcbride said:

It was way beyond his reach, but more importantly I can't believe people are fishing for excuses on his deep throws. NFL QBs complete deep throws nearly every game -- it's a basic part of the skill set. He never does, and they're never even close -- regardless of the receiver. Foster is a bona fide good deep threat, and he's been missing him by a mile all season. John Brown has been catching deep balls his whole career until he came to Buffalo.

I am talking about this one play, specifically. And I'm not 'fishing for excuses', I'm telling you what the issue with THIS PARTICULAR PLAY was. 

 

This is a better angle of where the ball ended up. That isn't 'way beyond his reach' if he keeps his head down and runs his route like a competent pro wideout. Again: THIS PARTICULAR BALL was thrown where it needed to be. 

 

 

[billsfan_34]

8 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

This is a misleading stat, and also the Bills ran it 20 times. In the Bills two half-ending drives when they were trying to move down the field quickly, they threw it 17 out of 18 plays.  On the drive in which they took the lead and which began with more than 9 minutes to go, they ran it 5 out of 8 plays. 

Are you counting Allen running 7 times when things broke down and a few designed runs. 13 total runs for 2 backs with one being a relic is lousy play calling.

[Buffalo716]

The modern age has turned everybody into an armchair GM and a scout 

 

Hindsight is 2020 and looking back at things are easy. Josh Allen wasn't the greatest but he wasn't bad. He made a good amount of big time throws

 

Cover 1 always tried to look for everything to make Tyrod look good and always had excuses for him. A 28 year old vet

 

Now we got a 23 year old with actual QB talent and he tries to put the pressure on him

 

Instead of an OC who DOESN'T DEVELOP RHYTHM OR AN IDENTITY THROUGHOUT 9 WEEKS OF THE SEASON

 

QBs don't develop overnight or in 2 games... It's a steady development over years and if you are angry about where Josh is in his development, idk what to tell you because he's way ahead of where I thought he'd be

 

 

Edited November 12, 2019 by Buffalo716

[dave mcbride]

2 minutes ago, billsfan_34 said:

Are you counting Allen running 7 times when things broke down and a few designed runs. 13 total runs for 2 backs with one being a relic is lousy play calling.

Most of his runs in that game were designed runs - the two TD runs, for instance, and a couple of others. I think two were scrambles. Mackenzie ran one too. 

[GoBills808]

4 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

The modern age has turned everybody into an armchair GM and a scout 

 

Hindsight is 2020 and looking back at things are easy. Josh Allen wasn't the greatest but he wasn't bad. He made a good amount of big time throws

 

Cover 1 always tried to look for everything to make Tyrod look good and always had excuses for him

 

Now we got a 23 year old with actual QB talent and he tries to put the blame on him

Instead of an OC who DOESN'T DEVELOP RHYTHM OR AN IDENTITY IN 9 WEEKS OF THE SEASON

I would like a second opinion I respect of the McKenzie throw if you have a chance to look at it...would appreciate what you're seeing on that play.

[Buffalo716]

Just now, GoBills808 said:

I would like a second opinion I respect of the McKenzie throw if you have a chance to look at it...would appreciate what you're seeing on that play.

Gotcha buddy I'll take a look...

 

The McKenzie play where Josh over threw him and got hit in the mouth?

[billsfan_34]

3 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

Most of his runs in that game were designed runs - the two TD runs, for instance, and a couple of others. I think two were scrambles. Mackenzie ran one too. 

For simplifying things -  17 designed runs vs 42 passes. Just not very balanced and hard to win that way, imo but I do respect yours - ? 

[GoBills808]

Just now, Buffalo716 said:

Gotcha buddy I'll take a look...

 

The McKenzie play where Josh over threw him and got hit in the mouth?

Yeah the 2nd and 10 near the end of the third quarter, ball on BUF 43

[Buffalo_Stampede]

32 minutes ago, billspro said:

 

I agree, if we called some timely screens against the Blitz they would have backed off. The screen game has been pathetic this year.

 

They had a very difficult schedule. Wouldn’t surprise me at all if they had 8 wins by the end of the year.

They did call them. Allen strange enough has trouble completing them. 2 things we want to be successful at, screens and play action Allen struggles at.