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I dont agree with La that Tavon has ‘poor short area quickness from a standing start.’
Unless La means Tavon just looked dazed and confused. Cause thats how he looked
to me — he looked like he wasnt sure what to do when he got the ball
and was surrounded by defenders. He just looked like he was ‘thinking’
a lot to me. Unsure of what to do. Looked like a ‘mental’ issue
to me, not a ‘lack of quickness from a standing start.’Who knows though.
If it ‘was’ ‘mental’ then we’ll see a big improvement in year two, i
would assume.One thing Tavon has always liked to do is to — just stand still. And wait. Until defenders
are right on him, and then ‘whoosh’ off he goes. That seems like a kind of instinct of his.
If he’s not sure what to do, he…waits. That worked in college, and it works in the pros
on kick returns, but it dont work on bubble screens when you are surrounded.w
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Laram — on TavonHere’s the thing about Tavon…
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I think the Rams were surprised by two things. First let me say that every team in the NFL and college run bubble screens, or “stop routes” as they’re so affectionately called here.CP avg 10.7 ypc on bubble screens. (passes thrown behind the los)
Tavon Austin on bubble screens avg 2.7 ypc.
Here’s my point.
The Rams were surprised at how poor the edge blocking was (Cook), and how poorly Austin’s short area quickness was from a standing start.
He obviously was not going to break any tackles, and he simply was not making the first guy miss. Size matters especially in traffic, so its imperative that you create space by making the first guy miss.
This is exactly the reason I do not blame the OC or the coaches period, in the way they used him early.
I was astonished by it myself looking at the screen and seeing the first guy take him down.
Tavon himself said that the NFL was harder than he imagined, and I really don’t think enough of you are taking these factors into consideration.
It was a feeling out process for everybody.
