both bates FGs came as close to hitting the goal post as i have ever seen. one you could actually see the shadow of the ball on the goal post as it went through. LOL.
That soft zone shit at the end killed them. They were putting 8 in the box earlier in the game and challenging the Wrs more.
Texans LB’s and Pitre were destroying the run game all night. Johnson like to use a lot of wham blocks with his TE’s and pull OL to second level to clean LB’s. Speed of their LB’s was an issue and there was a ton of missed blocks that allowed them to keep blowing up run plays. I don’t know what success rate was on play action last night but with the way the LB’s were crashing, I’d guess it had to be decent.
Teams trying to replicate that will be easier said then done, not sure many teams have that kind of speed at LB and a chess piece like Pitre that can play all over.
Tampa employed a similar style of play. Both defense LBs jumped the pullers and beat them to the hole. 2nd half the Lions started to spread them out a bit and not allow them to stack as many in the box and started to gash them with Gibbs in the spread run game. BJ had to pull adjust and scheme to defeat that defense. Our playmaker all participated to get something going on offense.