OL hits and sacks - Joe Goodberry

[Murdock2420]

(04-13-2021, 05:12 PM)Whatever Wrote: Except that a blitz by definition involves 5 or more players rushing the QB.  

Goodberry has been screaming for OL all off-season.  He is naturally going to post examples with only 4 guys rushing to emphasize his point. I can point to plays that emphasize mine, like WFT bringing 6 on the play Burrow was injured.  That's why you look at season averages and not individual snaps to evaluate these things.

Yet in the very clip above... you can hear them call the play a "zone blitz" that results in only 4 rushing.

Once upon a time, blitzing meant sending more guys then blockers. I would say Pittsburgh is who really changed that under LeBeau with the Zone Blitzing stuff. You send 6 to the line and guys rush that you don't expect, but in the end, just like the video clip from Baltimore... 4 guys are all that comes. 

"A zone blitz is a defensive tactic that sends additional players to rush the opposing team's quarterback, whilst also unexpectedly redirecting a supposed pass rushing player into pass coverage instead."


Again.. watch the video... watch Pitt play us... You say WFT had 6 on the play Burrow got hurt... cool a team we play once every 3 years blitzed on one play.

Meanwhile.... Baltimore and Pitt who we play twice every single year routinely beat our OL with 4 guys... and sometimes... only 3. Again.. watch the video. 

They still score it as a blitz when the CB comes and the DE or DT drops into coverage. So you have to skip the numbers and actually watch the plays.

Come off the "Team Chase" stuff for a few seconds and actually look at how bad this team is on the line.