The first play of the game, safety Jessie Bates surprised Tannehill and pulled off an interception to set the tone, but plays like this showed why the Bengals made it so confusing. Three turnovers and this sack were at the forefront of an upset that sent the Bengals to the AFC Championship game. “Man, we had ( Titans QB Ryan) Tannehill back there just patting the ball the whole time like, ‘Where are my reads at? What am I looking at?'” Safety Vonn Bell looks back on one game from 2021 as the one where the Bengals disguising and Rolodex of schemes had the quarterback flustered. SACKED! Carr to start the 2nd 3 10 #RaiderNation | #RuleTheJungle I consider playing football a lot of different things besides just rushing the quarterback.” As well as employing a player with Hubbard’s versatile skill set. It wasn’t a great scheme in the early days of trying it out but the game reps turned it into a weapon. Patience to let the blitz develop is imperative to success and they hit it with perfect timing. It only works because of the time on task with Wilson and Hubbard, in particular. They decided the first playoff game would be a perfect time to break it back out for a fresh look under pressure. The Bengals ran this earlier last season in Pittsburgh and got a sack and interception off Ben Roethlisberger. But it’s only possible because a player like Hubbard with a background as a linebacker, who can stand up on the edge, move inside or drop into coverage, brings versatility to fit this play. It’s simple and hardly a disguise as it is specifically meant to force all the extra communication. Then we got good players and get them one-on-ones and they win.” The play clock is running when all this is happening … There is a lot going on. That forces them to do something different. “Now it goes to three down, linebacker is mugged up look. “We are in a four-down look,” Anarumo said. He has to bring in the motion man when the clock is now down to eight seconds, all while adding one more adjustment to the running back. That’s a ton of communicating while a playoff crowd roars deep in his own end. Just that switch alone forces him to walk to the line, point out the move to his line and make the protection adjustments. The move unfolds with 19 seconds left on the play clock and quarterback Derek Carr surveying the field on third-and-4. That’s why players are all doing the same job across the league, but a certain player doing it his way, that’s his little art touch to it.” But that ‘X’ on the board can’t make a play for you. It can be very logistical and very exact. “They are talking about sport being the perfect combination of science and art,” Awuzie said. Through the football lens of Awuzie, however, he sees a secret to the Bengals defensive success. The book is technically about effective techniques in negotiating terms that can satisfy all parties in forming compromises and avoiding strained relationships. “I’m sure he did,” defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo said with a smirk, well aware of the cultured intelligence level at which his top corner operates. Although, he didn’t call back on defensive masterminds like Bill Belichick, Wade Phillips, Buddy Ryan or Dick LeBeau.Īwuzie directed attention to Igor Ryzov, author of the book “The Kremlin School of Negotiation.”
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