Chargers vs Chiefs Week #3: Breaking Down The TEs and Backs Film

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Chargers vs Chiefs Week #3: Breaking Down The TEs and Backs Film

September 25th, 2011

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The San Diego Chargers get their second win of the season as they beat the Kansas City Chiefs 20-17. With Antonio Gates out, Randy McMichael was a bigger part of the passing game, and less of a factor blocking. This week, the Chargers counted on their lineman and some backs to help protect Philip Rivers. A change from the past few weeks where McMichael was frequently called on to help with pass protection. This week, Jacob Hester has a rough game as he produces a 50% on the assignments grade. Let’s take a look at the rest of those scores…

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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

77%
50%
94%

Grade Bar
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Power
Blocking

-1
-1
0

2nd Level
Blocking

0
0
0

Pull
Blocks

0
0
+1

Run Blocking Notes

Hester has an off day. Only 50% on assignment grade this week.
At 10:20 in the 1st quarter, Jacob Hester misses a lead block on Tamba Hali on the outside.
Randy McMichael has done a little better each week on his run blocking. This week, he ends the day with a 94% on his assignments grade. He is doing better and holds blocks longer, most of the time, like the one at 4:47 in the 1st quarter against Tamba Hali.
McMichael does have a poor effort on a run block at 2:00 in the 2nd quarter and at 1:29 in short yardage.
McMichael has a nice down block to spring a run at 13:55 in the 3rd.
Hester gets a good cut back block on a defender at 9:56 in the 4th. Those are the kinds of blocks that are expected of a fullback. Find the defender, wherever he is, and block.
It is nice to see the Chargers run a little more. The tight ends appear to be up to the task.

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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?