NFL GDT: Week 8
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Roboturner913
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Here's how smart Sean Payton is, first offensive possession against the Cardinals:
1st play: Mike Thomas lines up wide right. Patrick Peterson covers him.
2nd play: Thomas lines up wide left. Peterson travels to his side.
3rd play: Thomas lines up in the right slot. Peterson travels to cover the slot.
4th play: Thomas lines up left strong side in a hybrid TE alignment. Peterson does not line up over Thomas but stays outside on the right.
5th play: Thomas lines up wide left. Peterson covers him.
6th play: Thomas lines up wide right. Peterson covers him.
7th play. Thomas lines up left slot weak. Peterson stays outside on the right.
At this point, Payton has determined Peterson will travel to cover Thomas outside left, outside right and slot right, but will not cover him slot left no matter which side the formation is strong. Why? IDK. I doubt Peterson is somehow allergic to covering slot left. Whatever the reason may be, Thomas spent most of the rest of the game playing slot left and anytime he played somewhere else, the play was either a quick pass to the other side where a LB was covering a WR, a swing pass or a screen pass.
If you're using Patrick Peterson to cover somebody like Austin Carr, you're wasting him. If you're using Peterson to cover Thomas when you have no intention of throwing to Thomas, you're wasting him. Basically Sean Payton forced the Cardinals to waste their best player the whole game and they didn't catch on until late in the 4th quarter.
1st play: Mike Thomas lines up wide right. Patrick Peterson covers him.
2nd play: Thomas lines up wide left. Peterson travels to his side.
3rd play: Thomas lines up in the right slot. Peterson travels to cover the slot.
4th play: Thomas lines up left strong side in a hybrid TE alignment. Peterson does not line up over Thomas but stays outside on the right.
5th play: Thomas lines up wide left. Peterson covers him.
6th play: Thomas lines up wide right. Peterson covers him.
7th play. Thomas lines up left slot weak. Peterson stays outside on the right.
At this point, Payton has determined Peterson will travel to cover Thomas outside left, outside right and slot right, but will not cover him slot left no matter which side the formation is strong. Why? IDK. I doubt Peterson is somehow allergic to covering slot left. Whatever the reason may be, Thomas spent most of the rest of the game playing slot left and anytime he played somewhere else, the play was either a quick pass to the other side where a LB was covering a WR, a swing pass or a screen pass.
If you're using Patrick Peterson to cover somebody like Austin Carr, you're wasting him. If you're using Peterson to cover Thomas when you have no intention of throwing to Thomas, you're wasting him. Basically Sean Payton forced the Cardinals to waste their best player the whole game and they didn't catch on until late in the 4th quarter.
