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The Miracle in All 22

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Galant, Dec 11, 2018.

  1. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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  2. Deus ex dolphin

    Deus ex dolphin Well-Known Member

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    Man, Gronk threw a great block to cut off #27 and make sure Drake could get into the endzone.
     
  3. texanphinatic

    texanphinatic Senior Member

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    I don't think any of us will ever tire of seeing Gronk clearly panicked because he has no concept of defense, head the wrong direction, turn around with the speed and agility of a steamroller, stumble like the tin man without oil, take a worse line than the Maginot and utterly fail to catch Drake. That's just art.
     
  4. Deus ex dolphin

    Deus ex dolphin Well-Known Member

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    To be fair, Gronk was set up to fail on that play, like if Drake had pitched the ball to Ted Larsen. That said, it will NEVER not be fun to watch.
     
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  5. Galant

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    texanphinatic Senior Member

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    Oh absolutely, huge coaching blunder from BB. No way we were doing a hail mary at that spot on the field and clearly Gronk has the defensive aptitude of a lemming. Plus, he's contractually obligated to let up scores of 69 yards.

    If you watch him closely, any decent defender would know he had help inside and to cut off the boundary to force Drake into either stepping out or going back into the more cluttered interior. But he first stepped the wrong way, tried to correct and almost fell over, took a terrible line and then blocked his own guy.

    A glory that will never been unseen.
     
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    To be fair, if Gronk sealed off the sideline then it would have been a foot-race to the sticks on the other side of the field. Drake would have had to beat that one safety (who was actually a safety) and everyone else wouldn't have mattered. I think he scores either way.....this way is just more fun because it made a lot of people look stupid.

    Okay, I watched again in slow-mo from the endzone angle. If he did cut outside and reverse field, he had three linemen trailing the play that he could have pitched to around the 10 yard line (or looped behind them for a wedge). So yeah, I think he scores either way. But man....the chances of seeing one of our bubbas getting the pitch to win the game from 10 yards out? As a former lineman, that would have made my decade!
     
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  8. texanphinatic

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    No way imo, there are 4 unblocked Patriots who actually have defended more than one play professionally to collapse that side with no Miami blockers in front and they aren't particularly close at game speed. At best Drake gets a few more yards before he is tackled, or we end with a game ending penalty for a block in the back or similar.

    Pause the above all 22 at the 19 second mark - that's just as Drake makes his decision and Larson is picking up the block. If Drake heads to his left, there is the safety in front, and two more DBs trailing on that side who will clean up and have the speed to make it. On the right side is Gronk who is clearly in bad position with his feet. Drake made a great read and housed it.

    The only reason it worked at all is because Gronk was in there and he didn't have a prayer of matching Drake one on one. As soon as Gronk made that first (mis)step to the inside of the field it was over.
     
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    You might be right...I just know Drake was the fastest guy on the field and he was briefly in the open (just after Larsen's block). Honestly, he never should have made it that far but the guy behind him choked big-time.

    Edit- you're right....he probably didn't have enough speed to cut across all three players. It was the right move and it's amazing that he "sensed it". He obviously didn't see it because he was surrounded.
     
  10. Galant

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    So much of that wouldn't work without his pure speed. He lights those afterburners and leaves the defenders behind. There are at least three times he slows down and loses momentum but then just burns away...
     
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    Yeah I think it would be cool as hell to hear him someday do an in-depth breakdown of that play, exactly what he saw, his decision making, etc. You know it was happening, because you saw the hesitation, him think about a lateral, see Larson make the block, make one false-step left to move Gronk that way and then boom turn on the jets. How much of that is conscious vs. athletic autopilot/instinct.
     
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  12. Phin McCool

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    This one? :sidelol:
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