Indrid Cold wrote:Although I sure would like to see the All 22 of that 6th play in the SB...
here it is, the 6th offensive play of the game - in the interview king king says
"...you referenced a play that i went and looked at that i thought was a perfect example of what you were talking about , maybe being more aggressive... the sixth play of the game, when you took the short throw to woods when you had brandin cooks open .."a couple of things:
a) king described it as a short throw to woods, but woods was well beyond 15 yards of the line of scrimmage so i wouldn't exactly call it a short throw, king probably meant underneath to woods, not short.
b) goff clearly wanted to take the shot deep to cooks on the play, he was his first look, but protection broke down and instead goff desperately tried to get it to woods.
as a result, i'm not sure how this play is an example of mcvay not being as aggressive as he would have liked?
anyway, it was just a very rough day for the rams offense, the pats defense came to play and set the tone early:
the first rams pass of the day, goff (and mcvay) expected reynolds to be open underneath on the roll out but instead reynolds got blown up when running his route, got dropped on his ass:
the second rams pass of the game, long crossing route, goff with quick pressure in his face as sullivan missed the stunt, reynolds can hear footsteps after just getting blown up and flat-out drops the pass:
again, the play that king referenced:
in short, goff was pressured and hit all day as the pats did a great job taking away mcvay's bread and butter, long developing crossing routes out of close bunched formations.