Monday, January 3, 2011

Freeney at DT in passing situations: trouble for the Jets?

The Jets have one of the best offensive lines in football.  The one chink in the armour is young Matt Slauson at left guard, who replaces the departed Alan Faneca.

Coincidence or not - during the Titans game Dwight Freeney was lining up at right defensive tackle in passing situations.  If he does this vs the Jets, he would be matched up against the young Jets left guard Matt Slauson.

In those situations Freeney was spinning like mad and caused considerable problems for the Titans offensive line.

The short-area lateral movement of a offensive guard is generally not very good and this is a perfect situation for a player as quick and strong as Freeney to dominate.

I'll be watching this match-up on Saturday to be sure.

You also might want to check out this article: 

How the Jets Defense challenges the Colts Offense
Posted by Scott Bolander at 1/03/2011 12:55:00 PM
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    doesn't the left DT line up opposite the right OG?

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  2. Scott BolanderJanuary 3, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    I fixed it... left and right confuse me. :)

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    When you said "during this last game," are you referring to the Titans game or the last time the Colts played the Jets? I assume the former, but it took a few reads to be clear.

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