09-25-2018, 09:28 AM
(09-25-2018, 06:29 AM)CTcard Wrote: I'd say that Wilson was just too far away to effectively pull without making the play exceptionally slow developing. That was a design flaw. However, overall, the OL and Williams did a great job blocking on the play. It did succeed because of the OL; Love had a clean hole through the LOS.
By the way, that was Power (or at least a twist on Power - here both the pulling guard and the FB had kickout blocks with the whole right side of the line down blocking).
This is a slight variant on your classic counter play--seal the strong of the line and kick out with pulling blockers. Wilson was definitely too slow or too far away to help (who amongst us is not), and Bryce made the right call to accelerate through the hole -- it was a tiny gap. Love had to really pick his feet up over Scooter Harrington's feet (TE, #80).
Massive credit to fullback Reagan Williams who made the first block against Oregon DE/OLB Jalen Jelks rushing from the edge. Williams stonewalled Jelks, who was really close to closing the lane. Williams was giving up 3 inches of height and about 25 lbs to Jelks, but that block held.
