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October 12th, 2011 
Bewsaf 
The San Diego Chargers beat the Denver Broncos this past Sunday by a score of 29-24. The San Diego Chargers are now in sole possession of 1st place in the AFC West. The Chargers ran the ball a lot more against the Denver Broncos. Cory Speery recorded a 75% run blocking assignments grade and a -1 power score. He appears to be taking advantage of all the time he can get as Antonio Gates remains on the sideline with an injury. Let’s take a look at the rest of those scores…
Run Blocking Stats
Team Run Blocking
Did the lineman get the job done or not? These grades are good for understanding value for a team and not necessarily for comparing across teams. A game in the mid 80s to 90% is a decent score.
Power Blocking
How often did the offensive lineman dominate the block or how often did he get dominated? These scores are good for comparing across teams and finding the most dominant lineman in the league.
PB Score
Anything over zero is a good score. The more over zero the more the lineman dominated the defender. Each lineman is scored a minus for being dominated, a zero for a draw, or a plus for dominating the defender.
Team Run Blocking
The number of success over failures for the lineman when blocking linebackers and safeties on the second level. The lineman must be athletic to accomplish a high second level score.
Player
Name
- Kory Speery
- Jacob Hester
- Randy McMichael
Percent
Grade
- 75%
- 83%
- 67%
Grade Bar
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Power
Blocking
- -1
- +1
- -1
2nd Level
Blocking
- 0
- 0
- +2
Pull
Blocks
- -1
- 0
- -1
Run Blocking Notes
- Randy McMichael had an on and off day. One moment he does a very nice job, and the next, his motor appears to be stuck and he allows defenders to get off his blocks. He particularly has problems with defenders holding him off and making their way down the line of scrimmage to make tackles around the center or guard area. Many times, offensive linemen would have good blocks and hole would be there for running up the gut…but McMichael’s defender would make his way from the end position down inside.
- At 12:13 in the 1st quarter, Cory Speery and Randy McMichael double team a defender and drive him off the ball. It’s good to have a couple of tight ends that can do that from time to time without getting an offensive lineman involved in the block.
- McMichael does a lot of motioning, like an H-back, lining up like a fullback, and pulling across the formation at the snap of the ball.
- At 11:26 in the 1st, McMichael pulls across the formation at the snap of the ball and gets just enough of the defender on the edge to spring a big run around the left tackle area.
- Randy McMichael is least affective blocking when he is lined up in the fullback position. But he does do a nice job at 9:19 in the 2nd quarter leading the play.
- Sometimes, tight ends meet up with defenders that are much bigger than they are. At 2:42 in the 2nd, McMichael pulls across the formation after the snap of the ball and runs into a human wall. Not much push by Randy on that play.
- One thing that Jacob Hester continues to do well, is pick out which defender needs to be blocked. He has a nice ability to adjust on the run and change assignments if the need arises. 5:08 in the 3rd quarter, is a good example of this ability.
- Cory Speery has his troubles keeping his defender from getting inside on him and moving to make plays in the center of the formation, as well. At 14:21 in the 4th, Speery locks onto the defender but can’t keep him from extending and moving inside to make the play.
Pass Blocking Stats
Team % Blocking
Did the lineman get the job done or not? These grades are good for understanding value for a team and not necessarily for comparing across teams. A game in the 90% is a good score for pass blocking.
Power Blocking
How often did the offensive lineman dominate the block or how often did he get dominated? Each lineman is scored a minus for being dominated, a zero for a draw, or a plus for dominating the block.
Pressures
How often did the offensive lineman give up pressure on the quarterback? Every once and a while a lineman can do his job but give up pressure on the QB. This stat will help glean more info from the line grades.
Combo Help
How often did the offensive coordinator provide help for a tough defender or a struggling lineman. Yea, two lineman ended up with the same grade, but how much help did either of them get?
Player
Name
- Hester
- McMichael
- Mathews
Percent
Grade
- 83%
- 77
- 66%
Grade Bar
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Power
Blocking
- 0
- 0
- 0
Pressures
Allowed
- 1
- 1
- 0
Sacks
Allowed
- 0
- 0
- 0
Combo
Help
- 4
- 6
- 2
Pass Blocking Notes
- At 11:26 in the 1st quarter, McMichael picks up a blitz and does not let the defender get to Rivers. But he does allow him to get too close. That is because when he recognized who he was picking up, he stood and waited for the rushing linebacker about 3 feet from Rivers. Philip would probably like Randy to step up a little to meet the linebacker so there will be less pressure put on the quarterback.
- Ryan Mathews had a nice day running the ball, but on one pass protection play, he attempts to cut a defender and doesn’t do a very good job (13:42 in 4th).
- McMichael may have had an on-again-off-again day run blocking but his pass blocking was pretty solid. He did give one pressure during the game…but other than that he protected the quarterback well.
Additional Season Stats
Player
Name
- -
Games
Played
- -
Number of
Penalties
- -
Number of
Drivens
- -
Sacks
Allowed
- -
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