Coaches film analysis from the superbowl

[yseJ]

Come on come on all

yours truly will break down some plays from the sb

here's first peyton pick

what we here is no huddle doubles formation that one RARELY sees used. this formation is great for getting off the press coverage, and indeed this will be a timing route that will be based on receiver behind LoS being the #1 option

seattle shows single high safety look with chancellor, and man coverage on the doubles with earl thomas at LoS. thomas will blitz and thurmond will pick up the most important receiver here.

what this play gives peyton is two real options in welker (or is it decker, cant telll between the white boys) and julius thomas. if seattle plays zone coverage, welker should easily get open on the 'switchover', if its man coverage, j. thomas has a window before safety can make a play. however, the crossing route of welker is what makes this route work. I indicated this with a red circle in mspaint

what happens on the play:

seattle stays in man and sends 6 pass rushers on the play. peyton feels pressure and sees man coverage and decides to throw to j thomas, correctly. however, timing is slightly off and the seahawk covering welker (thurmond) has a path to the ball because he plays welker off.

peyton proceeds to err and overthrow the ball right into kam chancellors hands


more to come, I love coaches film

 

[FaTaL]

welker might of been the better option but im not sure he could of made that type of throw

 

[yseJ]

welker might of been the better option but im not sure he could of made that type of throw

it had to be a perfect throw to fit it into j thomas hands before kam would catch it, too. had to thread the needle and failed at it.

if this was zone, welker probably gets like 15 yards

 

[yseJ]

this is prolly first flat out bad down for peyton in terms of pass complexity. this is 4th and 2 down 22 pts on the seattle 19 yard line closing out the 2nd quarter


this is a simple playcall that is designed to beat a zone. we'll have a slot WR run a post route and DT run a kind of an out route that goes upfield just a few yards.
broncos have one on one at the top and TE and RB wll be two checkdowns for short yard gain.

result of the play: hags indeed are in a cover 3. TE is open at the 1st down marker. DT is actually open enough to make a good catch on a good thrown the ball. theres tons of protection as hags rush just 4

peyton throws a terrible wobbly pass to DT that he cant even catch and broncos turn it over on downs

 

[FaTaL]

peyton throws a terrible wobbly pass to DT that he cant even catch and broncos turn it over on downs

i think it might of been tipped but either way it wasnt getting completed

 

[yseJ]

and after the first half the broncos offense just gets sloppy. running wrong routes, peyton doing exactly same shyt as kaep and trying to throw a fade on sherman to DT...then d thomas fumbling. tbh they kinda give up completely and just look like theyre trying to air it out hoping for a big play fast

Ill see what I can find interesting in seattles offense. one thing you'll find out is russ trusts his WRs and lets the ball out fast when he feels he has an outlet. obviously, hes playing against a shytty D but that stands out.

 

[godkiller]

Come on come on all

yours truly will break down some plays from the sb

here's first peyton pick

what we here is no huddle doubles formation that one RARELY sees used. this formation is great for getting off the press coverage, and indeed this will be a timing route that will be based on receiver behind LoS being the #1 option

seattle shows single high safety look with chancellor, and man coverage on the doubles with earl thomas at LoS. thomas will blitz and thurmond will pick up the most important receiver here.

what this play gives peyton is two real options in welker (or is it decker, cant telll between the white boys) and julius thomas. if seattle plays zone coverage, welker should easily get open on the 'switchover', if its man coverage, j. thomas has a window before safety can make a play. however, the crossing route of welker is what makes this route work. I indicated this with a red circle in mspaint

what happens on the play:

seattle stays in man and sends 6 pass rushers on the play. peyton feels pressure and sees man coverage and decides to throw to j thomas, correctly. however, timing is slightly off and the seahawk covering welker (thurmond) has a path to the ball because he plays welker off.

peyton proceeds to err and overthrow the ball right into kam chancellors hands


more to come, I love coaches film

Very astute and cool analysis. We need more of this stuff in this subform. +Reps

Can you do another play?

 

[jadillac]

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result of the play: hags indeed are in a cover 3. TE is open at the 1st down marker. DT is actually open enough to make a good catch on a good thrown the ball. theres tons of protection as hags rush just 4

peyton throws a terrible wobbly pass to DT that he cant even catch and broncos turn it over on downs

In all honesty, i think EVERYBODY is open on this play....maybe Maxwell could've caught up with Welker, but if Peyton throws it right he could hit Welker in the endzone. Two guys(Welker and Decker? up top) could've been led for a TD, but I dont think Peyton trusts his arm strength like that anymore, certainly not against these dbs. Or a pump fake to Welker, and Maxwell would bite and then DT would probably be wide open to walk in for a TD. And then the two guys underneath are open at the time of this photo.

But Peyton stared down Thomas b/c that sideline back-shoulder throw to him has been bread n butter all season. He hit it once in the game.

 

[USSInsiders]

can you break down how the seahawks secretly filmed the broncos practices and managed to decipher all of Peyton's audibles and hand signals so they essentially knew every single play from scrimmage?

 

[ItWasWritten]

can you break down how the seahawks secretly filmed the broncos practices and managed to decipher all of Peyton's audibles and hand signals so they essentially knew every single play from scrimmage?

whats your excuse for all those other big game busts? peyton is trash

 

[Formerly known as...]

i think it might of been tipped but either way it wasnt getting completed

Yeah it was tipped i remember the play....I remember thinking Welker was open and he should have looked that way. He stared down Thomas a lot sunday! strange considering Denver were known for having multiple receivers who can ball.

 

[yseJ]

Yeah it was tipped i remember the play....I remember thinking Welker was open and he should have looked that way. He stared down Thomas a lot sunday! strange considering Denver were known for having multiple receivers who can ball.

yea it looks like it was tipped, barely. the LT got that work pushed in

DT got targeted heavily after the first half, because broncos offense just went to the "find one on one and take a shot downfield with DT/decker" mode after the halftime.

 

[yseJ]

Very astute and cool analysis. We need more of this stuff in this subform. +Reps

Can you do another play?

yea, Im gonna do few hags plays

 

[yseJ]

heres the failed fleaflicker

its a quite simple play. the seahawks go one WR and show that theyre gonna run. the placement of that call is nearly perfect (2nd and 5 so run is credible). this WR will slow down like hes blocking and then turn upfield. I think thats kearse. marshawn will get toss to right and bait safeties to that side, and then kearse will go deep into (hopefully) vacated area

what happens on the play:
broncos safeties stay disciplined and seattles LT gets beaten before russ even gets the ball. even then, the play basically fails as kearse is well covered for his route. russ only option is to run left. as is, the 'pocket' collapses and russ has to go run left and throw the ball away with a shovel pass

 

[godkiller]

heres the failed fleaflicker

its a quite simple play. the seahawks go one WR and show that theyre gonna run. the placement of that call is nearly perfect (2nd and 5 so run is credible). this WR will slow down like hes blocking and then turn upfield. I think thats kearse. marshawn will get toss to right and bait safeties to that side, and then kearse will go deep into (hopefully) vacated area

what happens on the play:
broncos safeties stay disciplined and seattles LT gets beaten before russ even gets the ball. even then, the play basically fails as kearse is well covered for his route. russ only option is to run left. as is, the 'pocket' collapses and russ has to go run left and throw the ball away with a shovel pass

Great analysis.

On the previous Peyton interception play, you said Peyton made the right call but the ball was still intercepted. I didn't see that part of the game but what options does a QB have in that situation, in your best estimation?