Charlie Weiss was Lord Insideous's first Offensive Coordinator in New England, and later Head Coach of Notre Dame.
After watching the Monday Night game which shall not be named, he flatly stated that the Browns Offensive Line (overall) is atrocious in pass defense.
Charlie didn't bash Freddie Kitchens or anything, but made these general statements about what you do when you have all the skill players but a turnstile-type offensive line.
Most of this is redundant (extra big guys in for longer passes, run to set up play action, crosses and slants; quick passes, and moving the pocket).
Oh a correction: Baker Mayfield doesn't always roll right. Defenses are loading up to his left and flushing him that way deliberately. The DBs also know how his receivers will try to bail him out. Mayfield will step up and to his left and kill people...which is why they make sure he can't this season.
Anyway I wasn't able to see this mess (thank God), but it didn't sound like there were any called rollouts at all. I could be wrong about that, but if I'm not, Freddie Kitchens needs to get his head out.
Joey Bosa was unstoppable, including on one play by Bitonio AND Robinson, and a moving pocket could have helped them by making him change directions and...nevermind but it's a very basic way to buy an athletic quarterback an extra second or two.
The other thing Charlie mentioned (to compensate for a bad passblocking offensive line) was a 3-step drop.
I learned something new from Charlie here, as he said "You just take a 3-step drop and cut those guys!"
I had to figure out what he meant, but wow...
Again, I missed the game, so I don't know how deep Baker was on most of these plays--but I know Weiss watched it, and he stressed this point for a reason:
The shallower drop takes away the edge-rushers, sorta. The Offensive Tackles hardly need to move to stay in their way or ride them around behind the quarterback.
It keeps the blockers closer to eachother and shrinks the gaps between them.
The cut-blocks Charlie talks about are on the edge-guys as they lean in and try to get behind the tackles.
Charlie (or somebody else) pointed out that Mayfield is deadly when he throws the ball within 1.5 seconds, and the 3-step drop in 2019 pretty much demands that (or a pitchout or handoff) because inside penetration is the next big thing.
The 49ers Defensive Line is awesome (especially a healthy and inspired Bosa), and nobody else the Browns will face are like those guys...but Weiss is still right.
Indeed, Weiss even hinted that he'd be picking the Browns over the Seahawks.
I sure hope so. I just saw 3 more Baker Mayfield commercials. You better believe that kid is under pressure!
Try not to freak out too much. The Browns hung with the Rams and stomped the Ravens. I'm not denying that they sucked like an atomic Hoover vs the Niners (ps give them their props here: Shanahan is awesome and his Dad's system hardly needed tweaking...I think they'll kick the Rams and Seahawks to the curb and win that Division).
What they did to the Browns' defense shouldn't make everybody forget what that defense did vs the Jets/Ravens/Rams ok?
Charlie Weiss said that Mike Shanahan always made sure to have a tight end who could seal off the "outside guy". He'd run his *zone-blocking* scheme and run "stretch"-plays all day.
Thanks to that blocking tight end, who would seal the "edge-setter" linebacker or DE inside, the running back always had a an outside cutback lane.
Charlie called it a "stretch-cut" and made it sound unstoppable. And it sounds like Kyle did that to the Browns...a bunch.
I hope that Freddie Kitchens tries to learn from Kyle Shanahan here, and copy him wherever possible (ditto Monken btw, who I still suspect has led Freddie astray).
PS Charlie Weiss didn't mention RPOs. Run/pass options are misunderstood. It's really a play action fake (or not), but the offensive line zone-blocks, which confuses the defense.
The big weakness with RPOs is that the Quarterback must (ahem) get rid of the ball quickly if he passes, as his offensive linemen are ineligable receivers--and are heading upfield hunting little guys.
But you see it fits, right?
Back to the massacre which shall not be named:
Charlie Weiss and I have just told everybody how to max out the offense.
If you think the Browns' 2019 Defense is a disaster after this game, you are an idiot (
This massacre was no "fluke" (because Shanahan and the Niners are the real deal), but wtf if you think you just finally saw the "real" Mayfield...and his history is irrelevant, as is his scheme, coaching, and offensive line...well obviously give Mayfield a chance here #$÷+?!#€%÷￦@!?!!!
Baker and co will be ready for the Seahawks.
...okbye
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