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He is a long-term project and injuries forced Hudson into playing way too early. They had four tackles on the depth chart above him.
Knowing this, wouldn't you expect the coaching staff to provide a little help on the edges? Maybe a TE lined up outside the tackle, chipping before he goes out? Maybe a RB to pick up a blitz?He is a long-term project and injuries forced Hudson into playing way too early. They had four tackles on the depth chart above him.
Knowing this, wouldn't you expect the coaching staff to provide a little help on the edges? Maybe a TE lined up outside the tackle, chipping before he goes out? Maybe a RB to pick up a blitz?
Hudson was left on an island against Watt, and not only that, but also when they had a blitzer coming around his side uncovered and completely unaccounted for.
Hudson is getting the blame for those plays and to be fair he did miss some blocks, but a LOT of the problem was the scheme, blocking assignments, and complete lack of blitz recognition or mitigation.
Off the top of my head I bet we're the worst team in the league when it comes to burning the blitz with hot reads. Every other team in the league knows how to do this, but not us. For this I have to blame Stefanski and AVP.
Off the top of my head I recall about 2 plays where Baker could have pulled the trigger quicker and hit 1) Odell across the middle, and 2) unloaded anywhere before he got sacked and fumbled.Yeah, helping with chipping would have helped. Of course Hance on the other side was also playing over his head. I'm wondering why Baker can't step up and make quicker throws. I'm pretty furious like everyone else, but I'm more willing to be mad at the timing of the injuries than mad at coaches. Oh, and Chris Hubbard is a dick for taking up any cap room with his body breaking down.