Pats/Seahawks SB - Flat-Slant Concept Vs Cover 3/1

[Brady-Carter]

If you got some time to kill at work. Really good break down of how the Pats used Flat-Slant Concepts against the Seahawks Cover 3 and Cover 1 D. Really easy to read with gifs. Just going to copy and paste the intro and some of the conclusion and drop a link.

Intro:

Josh McDaniels chose the slant-flat route combination as the principal concept for his game plan against the Seahawks defense during Super Bowl XLIX. It combines two quick underneath throws in a high – low read progression that was popularized by Bill Walsh in the 1970s and 1980s. Historically, defenses in that era predominantly ran Cover 3 and Cover 1 shells which meant that they were susceptible to the short passing game. Due to the simplicity and effectiveness of the slant-flat play, Bill Walsh was able to build an empire based on this concept and it was this concept that popularized the Cover 2 defense in the NFL in order to stop this concept.

Conclusion:

The sheer effectiveness of this play dismantled the Seahawks Cover 3 and Cover 1 defense, so much that they actually abandoned those coverages and ran Cover 2 and Cover 6 by the second half. This begs the question: Why was it so effective and why does it seem like it’s never been done before? Further, why did the Broncos’ offense use other passing concepts that were blatantly ineffective in last year’s disappointing Super Bowl when this simple slant-flat play concept was designed specifically for the Cover 3 and Cover 1 defense that the Seahawks run?

LINK

 

[R.E.N. Spells Ren]

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[Malcolmxxx_23]

Op you my nikka but why u rubbing this in

Yall beat blackness ...move on

 

[Bernie Madoff]

Op you my nikka but why u rubbing this in

Yall beat blackness ...move on

Nah shyt talking until september is the cut off date..

 

[unit321]

That was all very complex for me to understand.
All I know is that it wasn't a butt fumble.

 

[KushSkywalker]

Damn Bradys pre-snap reads are crazy

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

Ehhh the whole secondary was injured, all that stuff Woudnt of mattered

 

[Darth Nubian]

shyt would be irrelevant if they would have just given the ball to beast mode.

 

[Don Dada F Poppa]

Ehhh the whole secondary was injured, all that stuff Woudnt of mattered

Woulda been the same effect even if everyone isn't injured, there just aren't enough underneath defenders in a cover 3 scheme (which is Seattle's bread & butter).

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

Woulda been the same effect even if everyone isn't injured, there just aren't enough underneath defenders in a cover 3 scheme (which is Seattle's bread & butter).

Cool story bro.. Point is, they were injured, including their pass rusher Avril & Hill.... Pats are the luckiest SB winning team ever... A healthy Seahawk team beats Pats same way they beat Broncos...

 

[Don Dada F Poppa]

Cool story bro.. Point is, they were injured, including their pass rusher Avril & Hill.... Pats are the luckiest SB winning team ever... A healthy Seahawk team beats Pats same way they beat Broncos...

you know what a quick pass concept means? Peyton got beat up because they kept taking shots deep, which takes more time to develop. If you getting the ball out of your hands in 2 seconds tell me how a pass rush is gonna get there. I'm waiting

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

you know what a quick pass concept means? Peyton got beat up because they kept taking shots deep, which takes more time to develop. If you getting the ball out of your hands in 2 seconds tell me how a pass rush is gonna get there. I'm waiting

28-14... Brady was 4-12 with 1 INT in the 3rd Q until Avril got hurt... Stop tryna get smart & pretend like u know X's and 0's.... With all that said, Seahawks still shoulda won

 

[JLR Steez]

28-14... Brady was 4-12 with 1 INT in the 3rd Q until Avril got hurt... Stop tryna get smart & pretend like u know X's and 0's.... With all that said, Seahawks still shoulda won

Pats got number 4 and you're all in your feelings. Pats exeuted when it mattered.


Anyway,

Good thread, proves broncos outschemed themselves, keep it simple.

 

[Don Dada F Poppa]

28-14... Brady was 4-12 with 1 INT in the 3rd Q until Avril got hurt... Stop tryna get smart & pretend like u know X's and 0's.... With all that said, Seahawks still shoulda won

I coach breh, trust I know X's and O's

Seahawks shoulda won, but blame the head coach and OC

 

[Brady-Carter]

Woulda been the same effect even if everyone isn't injured, there just aren't enough underneath defenders in a cover 3 scheme (which is Seattle's bread & butter).

Ya, this thread is more about a O concept beating a D concept. As the post in the link says. Seattle almost complete abandoned Cover 3 in the second half and went to cover 2 and 6.

Just a small part of the chess match in the game. But interesting non the less.