I spent a lot of time studying linebackers this offseason. In doing so, I got a spark to put together a glossary of sorts on how linebackers beat blocks. So, here is that glossary. Over a dozen techniques and tools to beat blocks, supported by film examples. open.substack.com/pub/qbklass/...

I've learned today that I don't really understand grounding

team is bad and he’s pressing and it’s leading to bad habits, no doubt, but on that INT it clearly never crossed his mind that Brandon Jones could be a dropper there

ok now Herbert is griefing

peak 2000s/2010s Steelers loved that stuff too iirc

that's a good call because Palms is more "honest" for lack of a better term but idk sometimes players will tweak or freelance their technique to bait plays like that

remarkable how they can get every single person on the defense to play with that level of attention to detail and execute

one of the coolest plays of the season what an adjustment and play. guess that's why they remain the best

idk if Pritchett was freelancing his technique or they taught it that way for niche reasons but I think they were playing Palms with the CB's back to the MoF instead of the sideline to play with the QB??

Worst ambition-to-tools ratio in history

Just two of 16 throws traveling 10 or more yards downfield for Bo Nix in the first half.

it certainly wasn't meant to be

Bo Nix is if Mitch Trubisky had Sean Payton instead of Matt Nagy

this is arguably as normal as Justin Herbert has played all year and everyone else has been next level bad

really good zone spacing from Ernest Jones on the Purdy sack

I meant they had plenty of time when the play clock started at the top of that sequence so when they had 45s or whatever it was

Daniels could have just thrown that away over the TE’s head too. Don’t understand any of what I saw in that sequence.

They had plenty of time to re-spot the ball with a run, spike, and kick. Just completely mishandled it

that's on the QB but yeah we're cruising that direction

KOC I promise we don't need those calls right now