Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Southern Football Game ( a defensive struggle )

Adam had another decent defensive game but the score was a lot closer than anyone expected.

From his position of outside linebacker on a blitzing defense, Adam gets a few sacks per game. On this play, however, he leaves the running backs ( #32 and #30 ) and goes after the sweeping quarterback in trouble.

A risky play if the quarterback is able to get a pass off. In this case, it pays off. Adam is all about taking risks.


The picture on the left side is a linebacker's dream picture.

You can see the running back coming through an open hole wrapping the ball up in fear of being hit. Adam is #64 and Tyler Morris is #4.

If both ( or really either of them) had any forward motion to match the running back, this play would have finished perfectly with a crushing collision and a cleanup hit putting the running back down for no gain.
Since both of them were on their heals, Adam took the legs and Tyler took the shoulders and the running back got a few yards out of the play and got up happy about not being crushed.


Jacob Ivey (#84)is the defensive end to the left of the play dropping back in good position to help out in case of a fumble or a broken tackle.

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