Former NFL GM Ran Carthon takes you behind the curtain of a pro scouting department: the strengths and weaknesses of each week’s biggest games.
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Episode 3 of The Advance Report is live.
Packers vs. Patriots, both teams on offense and defense.
New England runs it 74% of the time Drake Maye is under center. Green Bay’s run game has been a problem.
Full breakdown here: youtube.com/watch?v=ejhPkB0_…
Every team has tendencies. Here's a tendency of the NE Patriots Offense that I picked up on. Episode 3 of The Advance Report on the way. Here's a sneak peek 👇
Jeffrey Simmons' impact has been more than his stat production. He is commanding four hands and four eyes. That creates 1on1 matchups for Montez Sweat, Austin Booker, James Lynch & Grady Jarrett. So far those guys are showing up & winning their 1on1's.
This CHI Secondary remains the weak link of this defense. That's two Montez Sweat sacks erased by penalties in the Secondary.
Swift has to be more decisive running against this SEA front. Sweet feet and dancing wont work tonight! #MNF
CHI's Offense has consistently flirted with Delay of Game penalties all night. Caleb Williams appears to be getting them into the right calls, but those checks come inside of :10 seconds on the play clock. #MNF
Dennis Allen appears to be aligning Jeffery Simmons over Grey Zabel on 1st & 2nd down. Then kicking him over to RDE on 3rd Down. #MNF
Caleb Williams is doing a nice job of remaining patient and taking the Check Down. A 2 High shell will force you to take the long route and matriculate the ball. The better CHI runs it, the more it'll force SEA to bring that other Safety down in the Box. #MNF
On that first defensive series, the Bears aligned Jeffery Simmons all across the defensive front (3-Tech, 1-Tech & DE). #MNF
Versus the NYJ, Raiders rookie RB Mike Washington had 25 carries to Ashton Jeanty's 2. At the end of the preseason @ryanwilsonCBS & I identified Washington has an "Impact Rookie". Here's why 👇
Jaxon Smith-Njigba (867) needs 133 rec yards to become the 5th player in NFL history to record at least 1,000 receiving yards in their team’s first 8 games of a season.
How do the Ravens attack Josh Allen's Bills?
Ep. 2 of The Advance Report is live! I break down BLT at BUF the way we did it in the building: strengths, weaknesses, who to pick on and the injury report.
Full breakdown 👇
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Ravens RB Derrick Henry (8 total TD's) can become the 3rd player in NFL history with at least 10 scrimmage touchdowns in nine consecutive seasons, joining Hall of Famers Jerry Rice (10 consecutive seasons) & LaDainian Tomlinson (nine consecutive seasons).
Bills QB Josh Allen has 4,961 career rushing yards and can become the 5th QB all-time with at least 5,000 career rushing yards, joining Lamar Jackson (6,666, entering Week 8), Mike Vick (6,109), Cam Newton (5,628) & Russell Wilson (5,568).
The Patriots blitzed Caleb Williams on 61.5% of his drop backs last night. He was 12/20 for 205 yards and a TD when blitzed. The 61.5% blitz rate was the Patriots highest blitz rate of the season.