There was a little pressure from #97, Grady Jarrett, but center Cody Whitehair was there to help his left guard, Tom Compton. Sitton passes his man to Massie, then steps between where he believes his quarterback is, and the defender is. Beasley runs away from Massie, so Massie moves to pick up Sitton’s man, while Sitton feels Massie, and eyes Beasley coming around to the inside. Watch as Massie and right guard Josh Sitton work in tandem on the two guys rushing at them. The Falcons rushed four, and the Bears’ offensive line all did their jobs. Had he stayed near the top of his drop, Falcon defensive end Vic Beasley, who began the play lined up in a nine-technique on Chicago’s right side, probably wouldn’t have been able to pick up the sack.īeasley takes a little chuck from Bear tight end Zach Miller, then runs into right tackle Bobby Massie, before deciding to loop back behind the defensive tackle. He then starts to drift forward, even though he still had a clean pocket. Let’s forget for a second that Beasley was available when the Bears took wide out Kevin White with the seventh pick in the 2015 NFL Draft.īears’ quarterback Mike Glennon gets to the top of his drop on this third and eight play, and has to wait for a receiver. Here’s how things have looked through the years.Īnd now let’s get down to the nitty gritty. I’d be completely content in finding other way’s to get my Xs&Os fix on every week, so hopefully their pass protection finds a way to start shutting out pass rushers. But I hate it because the longer my column gets, the more the Bears’ quarterbacks are getting smacked around, and that usually leads to a loss. I love it, because it’s fun to take a magnifying glass to the pass protection, in particular the offensive line. This is probably my favorite, and my least favorite, weekly feature that I do here at Windy City Gridiron.
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