Carson Wentz shows patience, arm strength and ball placement while executing the Flood Concept with a twist. Philly runs the classic “Flood” concept except for one alteration – Jordan Mathews (WR) crosses his defenders face as if he is running an “Over” route but bends it back to the out at the last second.
Author – Bryan Trulen
Atlanta put the proverbial “beat down” on the LA Rams as they traveled out west and made the Coliseum their own from the opening kick-off. Matt Ryan played a lead role once again in leading the high powered Atlanta offensive attack. We go inside the design with analysis on the 64 yard TD pass from Ryan to WR Taylor Gabriel. Gabriel is having a break-out season and has been developing as a legitimate deep threat.
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Atlanta comes out in 12 personnel on 1st down with “twins” receivers to the field side of the formation. Outlined in Red is nickel CB Lamarcus Joyner who is a key for Matt Ryan pre snap. Notice how Joyner seems to be in “no mans” land as his eyes are fixated on the ball and he is not committing to coverage.
At the snap, Atlanta is now in the opening stage of a Kyle Shannahan configured play action shot play. 1st and 10 puts Atlanta in a favorable protection situation as LA is only rushing four. Outlined in Red we can clearly see how the Ram linebackers are influenced by this run action.
As Ryan comes out of the fake Atlanta has three eligible receiving threats running down uninhibited by any secondary pressure. To the naked eye it seems as though the LA secondary is in the process of being “Fooled” by elite offensive play design. Outlined in Red is TE Austin Hooper matched up against CB Trumaine Johnson.
Ryan has a clean pocket to survey from and his eyes are fixated to his right as he manipulates the Ram secondary. Outlined in Red we see Falcon WR Gabriel continuing his vertical stem as his eyes remain disciplined in order to turn the hips of FS Maurice Alexander by way of selling a vertical take-off route.
Ryan lets it rip as Gabriel is now running across the field to green grass. Notice how FS Alexander’s body is completely turned and out of position as he now has been fooled by stellar route running on the part of Gabriel.
The ball is on its way as the entire Ram defense takes a back seat view of the action.
Ryan drops the ball into the bucket with perfect placement and trajectory to a streaking Gabriel.
Upon reception, Gabriel has a free path to the end zone as Atlanta puts the finishing touches on a dominant victory in Los Angeles. This play is a perfect example of how using deceptively creative play action shot plays in favorable down and distance situations can lead to explosive plays in the passing game.
Sam Bradford is doing all he can to make plays through the air for Minnesota. A recurring theme is the lack of help provided to him by his offensive teammates. Thursday against Dallas was no different.
Matt Ryan has made throwing the football with anticipation and timing a staple of his game since entering the Pro ranks in 2008. Here we we go to the tape and see Ryan do what he does best… Throw the football with ease, anticipation, touch and with placement on a deep out breaking route.
In this video, we isolate an elite Palmer throw showcasing traits such as sound lower and upper body throwing mechanics, anticipation, eye manipulation and pure arm strength.
Larry Fitzgerald shows us how selling and pressing the Defender vertically along with sudden and deceptive movements can create extra separation.
Raider QB Derek Carr shows the ability to throw well on the move
Rivers continues to play the position with a refined sense of mechanics and awareness. In this Video we isolate a play that showcase traits such as coverage recognition, pace of dropback, touch, anticipation and release speed.
Washington Redskins QB Kirk Cousins is one of the better touch and anticipation throwers in the league, here we take a look at a throw from the Detroit game.
Alex Smith Throws the “Corner” Route to Chiefs TE Demetrius Harris- who gives his route away due to his lack of seasoning as a route runner
Drew Brees misfired against Kansas City resulting in a momentum changing pick six for the opposition.
Beautiful Play Design by Tennessee allows Marcus to unleash his natural deep throwing ability on this play.
Deep TD Pass from MM, beautiful design. pic.twitter.com/Z9HZohJpVu
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Matt Ryan Throws Deep to Julio Jones for a big gain.
Bryan Trulen of QB Film Room takes a look at the All-22 Tape of a particular Bradford to Diggs completion from the NYG game.
Author- Bryan Trulen
Phil Nelson, a Fifth Year Senior QB who played for the Minnesota Gophers from 2012-2013 is first in completions and fifth in passing yardage for all of Division 1 through the first four weeks of football as the triggerman for a pass centric high octane East Carolina offense. Nelson is completing nearly 75% of his passes and has thrown 9 Touchdowns with 3 INT thus far. Nelson 6’2″ 215 brings with him a quick release and a natural inclination be very decisive with the football and the ability to manipulate a defense with pump fakes and his eyes. We take a look at a throw Nelson made from the South Carolina Game.
Here we see ECU in the shotgun with three WR’s to the left of Nelson. South Carolina is showing a two deep coverage with their Inside Linebackers side by side with their SS in man to man coverage. 
Just before the ball is snapped, East Carolina sends their running back in a Jet motion across the field which is done to open throwing windows for Nelson. 
Upon receiving the snap, Nelson immediately gives a quick pump fake to the RB running horizontally across the field. This action widens the South Carolina OLB as we will see in the next frame. The token pump fake by Nelson gives the inside WR for East Carolina just enough leverage get into the vacant area and make himself a viable target for Nelson.
Nelson delivers the ball from a clean pocket in a very decisive manner. There is not much room for error as we can see but Nelson has enough confidence in his ability to make “Window” throws to ensure completion. South Carolina is playing Zone Coverage with their LB’s which classifies this as an anticipation throw for Nelson. 
The ball is in the air with enough arc to get over the South Carolina defenders. This is a very specific of throw that requires touch, a quick release and anticipation as well as accuracy. 
Nelson places this pass at the face-mask level for his WR making this an easy catch as East Carolina picks up chunk yardage with their passing game deep in South Carolina territory.
Creator – Bryan Trulen
At QB Film Room, we are introducing a new series for our viewers called Isolation. The objective of this undertaking is to scour the tape and “isolate” one play that we best feel exemplify a strength or a weakness of a specific player.
Today we Discuss Ryan Tannehill.
Creator – Bryan Trulen
At QB Film Room, we are introducing a new series for our viewers called Isolation. The objective of this undertaking is to scour the tape and “isolate” one play that we best feel exemplify a strength or a weakness of a specific player.
Today we Discuss Blaine Gabbert.
Offensive Coordinator Norv Turner is an absolute wizard when it comes to utilizing and taking advantage of the tight end position within the play action passing game. Unpredictability and using players as movable chess pieces on a board that is the football field can create throwing windows that were previously nonexistent. The crude stages of whiteboard introductory design to repping the play all week in practice to calling the play at the right time on game day is considered a culmination of sorts in terms of all of the aforementioned stages coming to fruition in a matter of seconds. We take a look at a prime example of creativity in the play action pass game.
The Vikings come out in 12 Personnel with three pass eligible targets on the left side of the formation. The CB at the top of the screen does not have a WR in his zone which sets the stage for deception. 
Post Snap, Bridgewater extends the ball to sell the run fake which clearly impact the 2nd level of the defense. The Cardinals stay in their Single High safety look with the CB at the top of the screen fixated on the run action due to not having a receiving threat on his side of the field.
As Bridgewater Sets in the pocket the picture is taking shape down the field. To the Cardinals, this looks like a classic vertical stretch concept at this juncture of the play with the TE (MyCole Pruit) getting ready to bend his route to his right, but wait just a second…
As Bridgewater continues to buy time at the top of his drop the TE (Pruit) plants his right foot in the ground and re-directs the trajectory of his pattern, essentially running a double move out break route to further confuse the Arizona secondary. His (TE) objective now becomes to run across the field to the left while gaining depth. 
The ball is released by Bridgewater blending anticipation and touch to ensure completion. As we can clearly see there is a vast area of green grass created to drop the ball into due to crafty and creative play design by Norv Turner. 
Watch the play in its entirety below.
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