I do know there are larger issues to give attention to, however we’ve (sadly) bought a complete offseason to do this. This week, I’ll be doing what I like to do: Breaking down some performs from the sport. Because, whereas the tip consequence was clearly not what we wished, there was loads of cool stuff on show.
Today, we’re going to take a look at the touchdown to Green Bay Packers receiver Romeo Doubs [87] within the low purple zone.
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We’ll begin by speaking about Shield. Shield is an RPO move tag the Packers will use within the low purple zone, sometimes paired with an Inside Zone run. It’s a two-man idea, run from a stack. The level man works as a “shield” for the underneath man. He’ll push aggressively on the snap, working to create a pure wall, whereas the underneath man will lower on a Now slant off the hip.
(Yes, that’s an precise diagram from the Packers 2019 playbook, and sure, it options Aaron Rodgers sitting on the Iron Throne. I assume that’s Nathaniel Hackett’s affect.)
The thought is to have the purpose man create a wall for the underneath man, giving him sufficient area for the QB to discover him.
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The Packers ran this on 1st & aim with 3:10 remaining within the 2nd quarter as an RPO (Run Pass Option) tag. Jayden Reed [11] is the purpose man whereas Doubs is beneath. The Packers had been initially in a journeys look, however Christian Watson [9] shifts underneath the formation earlier than the snap to align on the best aspect.
This seems like a good look to throw Shield towards, so Jordan Love [10] fires to Doubs. The Packers are anticipating Nahshon Wright [26] on the skin to be the person overlaying Doubs and Kyler Gordon [6] overlaying Reed. At the snap, Gordon sees this growing and drives onerous to the within, beating Doubs to the spot.
Fast ahead a few performs. It’s now 4th & aim with 2:00 remaining within the 2nd quarter. The Packers initially align in a bunch on the left, however Reed shifts outdoors earlier than the snap, leaving the Packers with a stack of Watson as the purpose man and Doubs beneath.
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Reed then goes in movement, aggressively releasing on a shallow crosser on the snap. The Bears bump protection assignments with that movement, with Tyrique Stevenson [29] selecting up Reed throughout the sector.
Watson releases out, whereas Doubs does a stutter-release beneath, trying like he’s releasing inside. With Watson tying up the within man, Wright jumps over to decide up Doubs on the Now slant.
Wright jumps inside, and Doubs releases to the flat, discovering nothing however inexperienced area. Love finds him for a TD.
Nice two-play sequence to safe a TD.
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