The Browns gave the NFL the blueprint to exploit it… and it’s one the Eagles are particularly suited to follow
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 17: Brock Purdy #13 of the San Francisco 49ers looks to pass during the second quarter against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on September 17, 2023 in Inglewood, California. SANTA CLARA — Conventional NFL roster-building says to build from the inside out. The closer you are to the ball at the line of scrimmage, it’s alleged, the more critical you are.
Behind that are linebackers and safeties that value speed over strength. Cleveland eschewed Shanahan’s efforts to match personnel, make them “heavier” in the process — taking defensive backs off the field and playing more linebackers — and that agility, paired with aggressiveness in the run game and tight man-to-man coverage in the pass game, held San Francisco to 215 total yards in the Browns 19-16 win.
And I have checked and re-checked this now 10 times: right guard Spencer Burford has a pass-blocking score of 13.9 on 182 snaps. Thirteen point nine, out of 100! He’s allowed 15 hurries and incurred five penalties so far this season.Big tests coming for 49ers, Eagles and surging Lions “People get a lot better at defending outside zone and when they’re committed to defending outside zone, what do they get worse at?” Shanahan said Thursday. “That’s why we try to balance everything out. We try to make sure that they’re playing certain things. We just try to see what the defense is playing and we try to attack it.”
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