An In-Depth Play Analysis - 4th and 3 on Car 4

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Something I threw together in the past 10 minutes just because the play had been sitting in my head the past few days. I'm going to do a quick run down of the 4th and 3 play we failed to convert through the air yesterday.

4th and 3 on the 4.

Offense - Shotgun, 3WRs 1 TE, Trips left(Roddy(rear left), Jenkins(front and center), and Finneran(rear right)), right slot(Gonzalez), Turner in the backfield to Ryan's right.

Roddy runs a speed out
Jenkins runs a corner route.
Finneran blocks
Gonzalez runs a quick slant
Turner blocks
Ryan rolls left

The progression seems to be Roddy, Jenkins, Gonzalez, run/improvise. The formation forces the defense to collapse inside and play honest. You cannot double anyone or flood anywhere without just leaving yourself open to be burned.



Panthers rush 5 and have one player that bumps Jenkins and then trails Ryan. Both Roddy and Gonzalez are immediately left open one on one. Jenkins' route also plays as clearout for Gonzalez by drawing the safety and LBs on his side of the field away and towards the back of the endzone. Because Ryan sees Roddy open immediately on the speed out, he doesn't even bother looking anywhere else. If you were Ryan, and you saw Roddy that open, would you stop to look around the field? The answer there is a resounding **** no, that's about as good of a situation as you can realistically get in the NFL.



What went wrong? Simple execution. Ryan rolled out, didn't set his feet, and just over threw the ball by a few feet. The formation did its job, the receivers got open, Ryan had the time he needed, and everything that was needed was there. This just shows the difference a few feet can make in the NFL. Hopefully Ryan will have this down before our play-off game.