Kicking

[fearsomefour]

Rob isn’t Rob anymore he’s been getting abused on the regular … maybe they should have got right tackle instead of TE

I haven't seen that really.
He has had issues with smaller speed rushers for most of his career. I think this is just because of his massive size. But, he is still a good RT and a powerful run blocker at times.

 

[XXXIVwin]

He was that one kick away from being STs player of the week. It would have been his 5th FG and and all those knuckle ball KOs were dominating.

BTW, I saw a breakdown somewhere, I forget which talking head (getting old) showed this, but it showed that every FG, the Eagles were getting closer to blocking a kick, which only motivated them to really keep pressuring that weak side and game planning it until they got both those kicks. You could say, had they not settled for so many FGs earlier, maybe they never get to that point of perfecting that play. Of course an extra TD here or there and it wouldn't have come down to it.

They break it down here

View: https://youtu.be/oUwxEO6EO-M?si=mk0UCmU8Bpv9q9Dw

This video mostly breaks down the 2nd blocked FG at the 10 minute mark. Looks like both Havenstein and Limmer got completely destroyed. Limmer's guy with the block. Also... Karty's kick looked like it was heading left, though we'll never know for sure.

I'd be interested to see a breakdown of the first missed FG. The hold looked poor.

A lot of possible culprits in the 2 missed FG's! I've seen blame headed toward Karty, Ward, Dotson, Evans, Hav, Davis, Limmer, coaches, and refs. I wonder who legitimately was responsible?

On the second one, to me it looked like Limmer and Havs both got blown up.

 

[bubbaramfan]

3 missed FG's in the first 3 games, gotta fix that.

 

[Tano]

3 missed FG's in the first 3 games, gotta fix that.

3 blocked kicks in the first 3 games - even worse

All 3 looked like they would have been good if not blocked.

 

[dang]

This video mostly breaks down the 2nd blocked FG at the 10 minute mark. Looks like both Havenstein and Limmer got completely destroyed. Limmer's guy with the block. Also... Karty's kick looked like it was heading left, though we'll never know for sure.

I'd be interested to see a breakdown of the first missed FG. The hold looked poor.

A lot of possible culprits in the 2 missed FG's! I've seen blame headed toward Karty, Ward, Dotson, Evans, Hav, Davis, Limmer, coaches, and refs. I wonder who legitimately was responsible?

On the second one, to me it looked like Limmer and Havs both got blown up.

I’m going on memory and it ain’t what it used to be. I recall the last FG snap going a little high and left slowing the set. Then I saw the kick going a little left of center instead of dead center. Finally no one touched Big Daddy on his rush. If that is correct all would have been contributors to a slower and pulled kick right into Big Daddy’s mits.

 

[PhillyRam]

3 blocked kicks in the first 3 games - even worse

All 3 looked like they would have been good if not blocked.

Yeah, I forgot about last week's block. I left the room after the TD and didn't see it, so kind of forgot about that one. How did they not address that?

 

[Mackeyser]

Those blocks weren't on him but you're right.
I think there were 19 blocked kicks all year last year in the entire NFL.
2 in one game is nuts.

There were I think 5 on Sunday, the most in like 2 decades.

In all of them, it was big bodies, doubling up an interior blocker (specifically the “tackle”) and bull rushing them.

I think the technique when they’re overloaded like that is to dive at their feet to slow them down and lower the defender’s level.