lets look at this play setup

[pantherj]

Williams does look slower and doesn't seem to have the same power he once had. Every player on our team makes stupid mistakes from time to time, and then has them pointed out by the coaching staff during film review. Hopefully we can minimize the simple mistakes this season.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

Goddammit it was clearly designed to go strong side. Don't burden of proof me and expect anyone to take you seriously.

Outside tight end seals inside

Fullback runs strong side to lock up safety

Cam hands the ball off strong side.

Then deangelo cuts inside immediately for no reason. He fuged up.

I know people on here will die defending deangelo because of a game against Tampa half a decade ago. It's alright to admit:

-he was poo last year

-he was poo all preseason

-he has no burst

-he's already passed the age running backs typically fall apart.

You can critique him independent of the offensive line and if you think he still passes the eyeball test you're fuging stupid.

 

we've really missed this on this forum

[Gucci Mane]

Sorry but this is a classic case of "damned if i do, damned if i dont"..

 

If you notice, the db is getting outside leverage on brockel but brockel didnt create a gap between him and 86... Dwills first read is the outside containment, so if he chose to bounce it out and ends up getting beat, he wouldnt hear the end of it. The truth is, with one yard to go, the only logical thing to do is take one cut and go up the middle [aka the shortest route to a yard].

[ZeroZeroSeven]

It's clear to me it's a run outside. Williams seals his dude inside and Brockel is heading out to block the DB. If Olsen had managed to make a block at all it'd be more obvious.

DeAngelo just ran inside for some reason.

To further your point, Williams usually tries to bounce runs to the outside. WTF was he thinking?

[Zod]

Runningbacks are not told which gap to hit when running the ball in preseason. That would be almost intentionally injuring them.

[iamhubby1]

DWill is a bounce it outside kinda of runner. The play looked to be an off tackle, or outside, type play. To me, it is more DWill either messed up, or he didn't get a chance to mess up.

It is easy to critique when you don't know the particulars.

It is easy to say DWill is done.

But, IMO, it is premature to write DWill off based on this play. He looked good on a couple of plays where he bounced it outside against Chicago. He still looked plenty fast to me. But then again, I ain't the expert some of you seem to be.

If this O-line gives him the chance to shine, I will grade him on that. If this O-line doesn't, I will grade him on that. I ain't gonna grade him on the preseason, behind an O-line that has looked bad in every sense of the word.

[tiger7_88]

I would think this was an excellent write up, but then, boobs.

 

Boobs, boobs, boobs, boobs, boobs.

 

 

Ask and ye shall receive.

 

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[tiger7_88]

Ok .. I understand it's bash Deangelo day.  But can you honestly say anyone other than Adrian Peterson could rack up yards behind our offensive line?   

 

 

 

Bo Jackson. :P

 

[Razeyfingers]

 

long story short we're not gonna do a lot this year dudes because rivera is still the coach and shula is a hack. 

 

I just lost a role to the whiny kid from hunger games because, i poo you not, "he has an LA area code and you don't" so lets end this depressing little post by laughing at how short he is.

 

3 things:

 

- Is it possible that Shula told D'lo to run it like that specifically? I dont know why, Im just saying, is there a reason?

 

- Isnt there . . . those phone service things, ya know like answering services where you get a receptionist in whatever area code you want and then they just forward you the calls? People use them to make fake offices.

 

- How many inches taller are you than that guy? Arent you like, a couple of inches from being in Hobbiton yourself?

[Rook35200]

I think D-Will predetermined where he was going to run the ball instead of trusting his blockers. I know it's hard to trust this o-line but as a running back you have to make an attempt to run the ball in the intended gap because that's where your blocking will be. This is a simple power play that all NFL teams run and it's meant to go off tackle. Can't believe he missed that. It coulda been 6 with just the safety to beat.

[AceBoogie]

Dwill has never been a go get me one yard back. That's why we have Stew and Tolbert

[TheRed]

Dwill has never been a go get me one yard back. That's why we have Stew and Tolbert

 

Remember when John Fox had Deshaun Foster bulk up and tried to make him a bruising back?

[AceBoogie]

Remember when John Fox had Deshaun Foster bulk up and tried to make him a bruising back?

It never works in the regular season that play would have went to Tolbert.

[panthers55]

So we have a long thread and plenty of bitching about a 3rd and 1 play in preseason that was meaningless. Because of that Williams is just a guy shula cant call plays and our running game will be poo.

Overreact much???

I also understand players watch film to correct mistakes but lets ignore that too.

Great chicken little post OP.