Thank you to Washington reporter Nicki Jhabvala for putting this reel together. Check’s in the mail:
A quick breakdown here:
Upon further review, the Communist offensive line was absolutely horrendous in this game. Carson was also bad. He’s just got zero pocket awareness in there. 2017 Carson was good at using his body to wriggle free and do some Big Ben stuff, like stay upright, squirm out of tight spaces, and then get out and do things with his feet, but you don’t see any of that anymore. He looks nothing like the guy we saw during the Super Bowl season, pre-injury.
It’s wild to me that they got to him SEVEN TIMES with just a four-man rush. Only twice did they send a 5th guy, who was a linebacker, so they were essentially able to keep seven linebackers+defensive backs down the field and cover all these guys while the d-line feasted. I’d actually love to see the all-22 film of this game, because I can’t imagine Terry McLaurin and company were getting open considering the Birds didn’t have to sacrifice anything on the back end in order to pressure the QB.