O Breakdown at Titans

[Mongo3451]

Here's the latest offensive breakdown.  I wish I had time to do this weekly.  Note: When I say a run is R2, that equals right (2 hole or A gap).

Play	Actual Play	Player	Comments
1	Pass		Swing pass left to Patterson for 8
2	Pass		Play action pass to Graham for 24
3	Run middle	Arob and Mooney	No holes.  LB and CB run blitz leaving Mooney and Arob alone.  If they come down a chip there would be a huge gain.  1 yard
4	Quick pass rt		Pass to Miller 4 yards
5	Pass rt		Five yards to Arob.  4th and half a yard
6	Run R4	Nagy	Nagy gets cute and calls a fake to Patterson, then handoff to Monty.  Takes way too long for the down, distance and defensive alignment.  Stupid call.  If you are doing play Monty should have lead block with Foles rolling behind him.  Turnover downs.
1	Pass rt		Play action naked QB option rt to Patterson for 5
2	Run L4		Counter pitch to Patterson.  Well blocked.  Too many playing the box 2 yards.
3	Pass rt	Mooney	quick rollout, bunch formation.  Mooney takes to long to hit route, messing up the play.
1	Run rt outside		Miller motions left, nobody goes with him.  Handoff to Monty.  Too many people to block.  Foles misses chance to audible out of play.  Loss 1
2	Run middle	Monty	Draw to Monty.  Perfect call on blitz.  Monty inexplicably cuts when he already had a lane and turns potential 15 yards into 5.
3	Pass middle	Foles	Pass to Miller.  Foles step up in pocket.  Bad footwork and inaccurate to Miller
1	Run left	Foles	Play action pass.  Foles fails to see Mooney cut to the middle for 15+
2	Pass	Ifedi	Ifedi gets beat on the inside.  Foles takes forever to set.  Throws away
3	Pass	Foles	Inaccurate to Arob to the right.  Foles does not like pressure
1	Pass rt		Pass to Graham.  Should have had Kmet in for that.  4 yards could've been 8
2	Pass middle	Foles	Rushes throw to Arob.  Better option was Graham who had his guy beat.  Nothing
3	pass left	Foles	Has Mooney open on 6 man blitz, waits too long wanting more.  Goes to Mooney off back foot and   needs to trust the system.
4	Fake punt	Mingo	Ist down.  Nagy dials up a needed play
5	Run middle	Monty	Up the middle for 1 yard.  Monty misses a gaping hole at R4.  Terrible vision
6	Toss left		Patterson for 7.  good job Leno
7	Run middle	Nagy	Terrible call.  Handoff timing doesn’t match the OL push.  Play would work with Foles under center.   Too much time from the gun.
1	Pass rt		Nice clear out play to Graham for 13.  Again, this should be dialed up for Kmet who is more athletic.
2	sack	Foles	Foles hits his plant foot and fails to throw to Mooney over the middle.  Then Coward gets beat for the sack.  Kmet also got turned around in pass pro.  I don't what Foles saw.
3	Run	Hambright	delay handoff to Monty.  Loss 2.  The rookie gets thrown off his block.  That was a missed opportunity
4	Pass rt	Monty	Delay slant to Patterson.  WR's make nice wall to the left.   Monty misses his seal block and defender is able to turn the play in.  Missed opportunity for a big play
1	penalty	Leno	false start
2	Penalty	Coward	Hands to face.  1st and 25
3	pass left		Mooney for 7
4	pass left	Foles	Monty for 6.  Foles doesn't see Mooney wide open to the left
5	pass left		Incomplete.  Halftime
1	Run rt outside	Foles	Foles drops snap.  Patterson loses 3
2	Pass deep left		Miller for 34.  Perfect throw
3	Pass deep right	Coward	Ball way underthrown.  Looks to be tipped.  Coward fails to see delayed blitz
4	run L4	Hambright	Monty for 3.  Hambright literally falls down while whiffing on double team with Bars.  Play should've went for 10
5	pass middle	Foles	Foles fails to step in pocket.  Scrambles left and throws right to patterson for 6 yards.  If he steps up, he Patterson isolated as the release for a first down.  Note next play
6	penalty	Hambright	false start
7	penalty	Graham	false start
1	pass rt		5 yards to Mooney on rollout
2	pass rt		7 yards to Arob on quick out
3	pass deep right		Play action to Mooney for 22 yards.  Smart throw by Foles
4	run L2		Monty for 3.  Sometimes I wonder about Monty cutting too often instead just going.
5	sack	Graham, Coward	Graham and Coward both whiffed on their blocks.  Titans sent 5 plus 2 on delay.  Foles fails to recognize.
6	pass deep rt		Nice pass to Ridley for 18.  Foles moved in pocket
7	sack and grounding	Foles, Monty	Terrible execution between Foles and Monty to sell the fake for the bootleg.  OLB blows up the play
8	penalty		offsides defense
9	pass short rt		bubble screen to Graham for 3
10	pass short rt	Monty	Monty fumbles for defensive TD.  Monty jukes for no damn reason.
1	Run middle		4yds
2	pass deep rt		Great throw and catch for 23.  Arob
3	pass left		Arob for 4
4	Run rt outside		Patterson for 5
5	pass		batted down
6	Run L4		Monty for 4
7	Run L4		Monty for 5
8	pass deep rt		Missed Mooney in the endzone
9	pass rt		Miller for 5
10	pass rt		Ridley for 6
11	pass rt		Mooney for 6
12	run	Coward	Fake pitch to Patterson.  Arob gets blown up a can't follow with Jet sweep or shuttle pass.  Coward is 3 yards deep, idoit.
13	Run L6	Monty	Monty is developing a really bad habit of stopping and juking as soon as he gets the ball
14	Pass		Tipped at LOS
15	FG
1	pass left		5 for Arob
2	pass deep left		Arob for 27 yards
3	pass middle		Monty for 13
4	pass rt		Mooney for 1
5	run L2		Monty for 4
6	pass left	Hambright	Hambright gets used a turnstile, Foles has no chance
7	pass middle		Miller for 12
8	pass middle		deflected high
9	pass rt		TD Nall
1	Pass middle	Miller	6 yards to Miller.  Fumble
1	pass middle		Nall for 11
2	pass rt		loss of one.  Roughing the passer
3	pass left		Graham for 3
4	pass left	Foles	Throw away.  Nall wide open underneath
5	pass middle		defenseless receiver penalty.  Bad call
6	pass deep left		Mooney catches out of bounds
7	pass left		Nall for 12
8	pass left		Arob for 11
9	Pass middle		TD for Graham
To summarize:  The two fumbles killed us.  We dominated almost every offensive statistic.  Foles had an up and down game.  It seems like he goes through half of each game not as engaged as he should be.  Hambright and Coward had 4 mistakes apeice to lead the OL.  That's too many plays ruined by two players.  Montgomery needs to get his head out of his ass.  He had 6 mistakes.  Hopefully the beating he is taking isn't affecting his psyche.  Foles led the way with 11 mistakes, mostly due to pressure.  Foles is not off the hook with me because he left several first downs on the field when we needed them.  Since big dick Nick had his cocky press conference, we are 0-3 and he has left a lot to be desired.   Foles 2-4 and needs to be more consistent.  Overall, I was happy with Nagy and the OL despite all the heat they have been taking.  The WR corps shined.  I definitely want to see more Kmet and Nall And of course the D did enough.

[Bertva]

Before cutting Mitch we need a new GM and Head Coach. I have no faith is these 2 at this point.

[Mongo3451]

Let me add that Hambright looked good as a run blocker, while Bars was terrible at run blocking.  Our OL is talentless without Daniels and Whitehair.  Ifedi can run block but not pass block. Coward can't recognize anything in a zone block.  Leno is average at pass and slightly below at run. Maddie is average at run and below at pass. 

Our interior must be above average at both run and pass.  Right and left tackle need to be prototypical.  It would be my greatest day as a Bears fan to see our first 3 picks bolstering both lines with 2 OT and a DT.

[adam]

I love these, thanks for doing these Mongo.

There are a couple of plays that stood out to me, obviously the Monty fumble ends up being the difference in the game, but how about the 15 play FG drive. What the hell was Nagy thinking on the Philly Special to ARob. Our O-Line is decimated and there was no need for any trickery there, after you had 9 positive plays out of 11 to that point. The Bears were moving the ball and had the Titans on their heels. Just keep doing what you are doing. 

Here is another crazy sequence:

4    pass rt -  Mooney for 1
5    run L2 - Monty for 4
6    pass left - Hambright gets used a turnstile, Foles has no chance

That 3 play sequence took almost 2 minutes off the clock and gained 5 yards. This is when they were down by 3 scores in the 4th quarter. Again, WTF is Nagy doing? He has zero game awareness and that is why they have scored only 7 points in the 3rd quarter all season. He doesn't know why things are not working, so how does he adjust? So apparently, he doesn't.

They had a great special teams play (Mingo with longest run of the game for the Bears), then you immediately call a timeout on the next play? All the main offensive players are on the sideline. How are they not ready to come in with the next play in hand? Piss poor coaching. After that fake, they should've quickly ran their guys to the line and waited for TEN to make their substitutions, then ran the next play. This is not rocket science. 

I also wouldn't get too encouraged by the late scores as TEN went into prevent defense and almost lost because of it.

Montgomery is great at getting the extra yard and breaking tackles, but man Mongo, you are right. He has to stop the jiggle on every play. Just hit the hole or cutback, don't dance in place. On the screen, if he just followed the ball to the outside he would've been going away from the pursuit, but his spin brought him right back to the defender who popped the ball out. It's sad and comical to watch all the O-Line on that play as it is hard to determine what they are trying to do. 

In the end, this comes right back to Nagy, you changed out the other coaches, you brought in your QB, and it is still not working. The O-Line is part of the problem, the QB is part of the problem, but now it seems that coaching is the biggest problem. 

[Mongo3451]

With the two of these breakdowns I've done, it's obvious what is working.

Anything to a TE, rollouts, and up tempo.  Our most effective running back is Patterson right now and he doesn't cut.  I would also like to see Foles under center more to help Monty with some quick hitting run plays.  When in the shotgun, the back has no momentum at the snap, forcing them to trust the hole and go.  There were holes all game, they just weren't there long.