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Free play by play Pre-season game 1

Doug Free play by play from my eyes

Sorry my notes got mixed up and they are out of order some.

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Doug Free play by play

Run up the middle, Doug turns his man to the outside, good play by Doug.

His second play is not shown until he already has his guy on his back, I have no idea how he got there.

Pass play, attempted speed rush, Free blocks it easily no pressure from his man.

Run play away from Doug, difficult angle but a good block is made, Dougs man isout of the play.

Pass play, safety blitz, Doug picks the safety up and puts an end to the blitz, no pressure form the blitz.

Scree pass, Free gives up ground on bull rush but I think he was suppossed to. 

Pass play, deep pass, Free stones his man on the line. 

Pass play, line slide blocks away from Doug, he ends up on double team with Phillips on DE. DE is stood up on the spot no pressure at all.

Kitna drops snap, play was trap with Doug leading into hole, he looked very quick got to a linebacker very fast. 

Deep pass, Doug stones his man on the line.

Pass play, noone rushes on Dougs side of the line, he just stands there.

Run play right off Dougs tackle spot, Choice for huge gain called back for holding on Hurd, Doug Collapses the left side of the D-line, very physical block. Very impressive.

Pass play, Doug slips on dirt and loses his balance, regains his balance but gets pushed back into the QB.

Pass play, long pass, Doug has no one to block again. Just stands there looking for someone.

Run behind Doug, drives DE 4 yards downfield. 

Long pass play, the guy Doug is blocking has quit, he just stands there. Doug gives him a friendly punch and he quits. 

Run play away from Free, Doug drives #90 seven yards straight back. Dominating block.

Run play, Doug drives his man 3 yards and pancakes him.

Pass play, attempted speed rush, Doug handles it easily.

Goalline run, Doug gets no push on 77, seems Doug loses goaline battle.

Shotgun Draw, Kitna drops snap, Free gets to linbacker very quickly.

Pass play, long devoloping play, Free blocks 77, no problem with him.

Free blocks no one as guy runs right by him, I think Doug was on a different page from everyone else or McGeee was  to roll right, the line shifted right but Doug did not. Someone screwed up.

Free and Phillips on double team pass blocking handle it with no problem.

Doug gets called for false start but Proctor did not snap the ball.

Doug punches, punches and on the third punch the DE slaps his hands and rushed right by him, McGee should have passed the ball long before then but he held on to it to long.

Run play, Doug drives DE three yards.

Run play up middle, Doug unloads on MLB and knocks him down.

Pass play, long pass, Doug holds his ground against bull rush.

Pass play, roll out away from Doug, he stones his man where he stands.

Draw play, doug turns his man and drives him, looked very good.

Run up middle, Doug gets whipped to ground. Looked bad on this play. Was off balance badly.

Screen pass, Doug gets driven backwards again. Just like the other screen, I think he's letting his guy drive him.

Quick pass over Doug, quick hard punch gets his guy to lower his hands.

Long deep pass, Doug stones his guy again.

Long deep pass, Same result, Doug looks good again.

Run play away, Doug turns his man outside.

Run play, Doug buries his man in the ground.

Pass play, roll out away from Doug, his guy never gets across the hash marks.

Run play up middle, turns his guy outside and out of play.

Free and Holland on pass play double team, Free gets off balance.

Pass play, bull rush gives up one step and bends but stands his ground.

Free pulls and leads through hole hits safety and drives him ten yards down field.

Run play, sweep left outside Doug, he pancakes 77

Pass play, jail break on McGee, Free missed his block but so did everyone else, ???? not sure what gives on this one. Maybe the ball was snaped early?

Draw play Doug drives guy way outside out of play.

Run play, Holland pulls and steps on Frees foot, Doug falls to the ground before making contact and his guy kills the running back.

4th down play, Doug stands his guy up at the line.

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That was the best iso post I've ever read.

Fantastic stuff.

Based on that, you would tend to believe Wade when he says Free did well.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. - Thomas Jefferson

by Fighter15 on Aug 16, 2009 8:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Agree, this looks encouraging

Free’s pedigree coming out of college was solid, bordering on superior talent. That is why his virtual disappearance until now has been disappointing, somewhat of a mystery. If he can come into his own this year, prove to be a quality back-up at this stage, it’s a major plus

The 7th Rule of "Fight Club": Fights will go on as long as they have to.

by tdships on Aug 17, 2009 1:59 AM CDT reply actions  

+1

I worry most about Flo’s health, so it’s a good thing if Free is ready to step up.

Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.

by dunkman on Aug 17, 2009 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions  

Free is the coaches guy at LT - he "disappeared" because our LT barely missed a snap.

Free is a relative rookie in terms of game time, I reckon the coaches don’t want to weaken his potential at LT by getting him to cover other positions too.

The difficulty with this approach is they can’t suit him up on game days as he can’t be the swing guy. So he only gets to play if Flo goes down for multiple games – Flo would be covered by the swing guy if he goes down.

Kinda ass-backwards – but I guess that’s the impact of the 45 man game-day roster…. Always seemed strange to me, if you have 53 players on the squad, why not let them all suit up? Forces teams to do this stupid swing-OL stuff.

One plus of going to say 18 games (and dropping 2 pre-season games) would be that they would have to make the game day roster larger to compensate I would think.

"Where's Woody? - We need another Darren Woodson

by BoyfromOz on Aug 18, 2009 6:56 AM CDT up reply actions  

injuries

I think part of the idea at least is that teams can keep short-term injured players on the 53-man roster without having a big game-day disadvantage, it basically creates a sort of 8-man temporary injured reserve pool, so each team goes to the game with the same number of healthy players even if they’ve got a few players with temporary injuries on the 53-man roster. So it does have a certain logic. But I agree, if the season is extended they may want to raise the roster limits for both total and active game day.

by scottmaui on Aug 18, 2009 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions  

53-man limit is for parity, same for 45-man gameday roster

The rule was implemented to prevent deeper teams from having too big of an advantage.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. - Thomas Jefferson

by Fighter15 on Aug 18, 2009 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ok, but isn't that a strategic choice?

trading-off fewer stars for more depth?
Seems a valid trade-off to me and would favour the more team-based rather than star-based approaches.
Why penalise them further?

“short term injured” pool makes some sense to me.

In reality, these things are negotiated between owners with differing viewpoints/strategies – guessing what we have is some sort of compromise they settled on…

"Where's Woody? - We need another Darren Woodson

by BoyfromOz on Aug 18, 2009 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

I rewatched the game yesterday, too and kept an eye on Free.

Albeit, he was going up against backups for much of the game, he looked the part of a LT. His pass protection was solid and he was no panzy in the running game.

The dude is huge. If Flozell is a hotel, then Free is a hotel with an extra floor for a casino.

The season begins in 3...2...
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by Aaron Novinger on Aug 17, 2009 7:50 AM CDT reply actions  

isn't Flo like

30 lbs. heavier and an inch or two taller than Free?

by sublimezg on Aug 17, 2009 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions  

I thought he was 6' 8", but he is 6' 6".

Maybe it’s just his helmet.

Okay, then The Hotel can have the casino floor and Free has a bar terrace.

The season begins in 3...2...
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by Aaron Novinger on Aug 17, 2009 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions  

They say he is small or lacks strength

but he looked big on the set, maybe its all pads? He looks big!

by Musiccitynorm on Aug 17, 2009 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Free is more of an athlete,

Flozell is tall and big, Free looks more athletic but shorter and thiner in the waist but larger in the chest and shoulders.

by Musiccitynorm on Aug 17, 2009 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

If you mention his "bubble"

I’m leaving.

Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.

by dunkman on Aug 18, 2009 6:51 AM CDT up reply actions  

He's talking about Free, not Holland.

The season begins in 3...2...
http://twitter.com/BloggingTheBoys

by Aaron Novinger on Aug 18, 2009 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm outta here

Blecchhhh

Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.

by dunkman on Aug 19, 2009 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions  

Derek Kennard style?

The season begins in 3...2...
http://twitter.com/BloggingTheBoys

by Aaron Novinger on Aug 20, 2009 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions  

This is a butt load of work

thanks for doing it, MC Norm. Great, great stuff.

Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.

by dunkman on Aug 17, 2009 10:05 AM CDT reply actions  

I agree.

Must be a labor of love.

"Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

by BlueZombie on Aug 17, 2009 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

Doug Free has always had excellent feet

For me, that’s the first thing I look for in a LT. He is athletic and has demonstrated good technique. My knock on Free has always been his strength, can he stand up a DE and stop him in his tracks on bull-rushes. I’ve always been a fan of Free from what I see at camps, but the true test will be if he has to play some extended snaps.

by Dave Halprin on Aug 17, 2009 10:14 AM CDT reply actions  

I want to see against starters

although his first series was against Oaklands starters

by Musiccitynorm on Aug 17, 2009 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

First of all Norm thanks for taking the time and effort for this excellent post.

this is certainly something everyone on this blog has a big interest in.

On the other hand you have done such a good job that we are going to have to ask you to do it again, possibly for the season and possibly every guy on the line. No need to thank us for the promotion just keep up the good work.

I find the harder I work, the luckier I get. Thomas Jefferson

by squidlo97 on Aug 17, 2009 11:55 AM CDT reply actions  

Plus

a post-by-post analysis of each blogger.

Long thoughtless post, squidlo97 has been drunk blogging again.

Short, misspelled post. Same result as squidlo, dunkman is making no sense.

Terry trying to pull people onto the Romo bandwagon, flame-war ensues.

Bad karma, DalaiLuke intervenes, but in Thai ruining the thread. Again.

Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.

by dunkman on Aug 17, 2009 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

It's a lot of work on game day

but man Grizz and Raf could really use the metrics to weed out the “problem posters”…

Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.

by dunkman on Aug 17, 2009 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

ROTFL!

That is funny!

I find the harder I work, the luckier I get. Thomas Jefferson

by squidlo97 on Aug 17, 2009 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

lol

The season begins in 3...2...
http://twitter.com/BloggingTheBoys

by Aaron Novinger on Aug 17, 2009 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions  

Just goes to show how knee-jerk we bloggers are

and that we should trust the coaches in their evaluations.

Without this, there’s no way to make an informed opinion.

Thanks again Norm.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. - Thomas Jefferson

by Fighter15 on Aug 18, 2009 10:00 AM CDT reply actions  

I agree 100%

and yet people hang the words of sports writers and TV personalities who know nothing or next to nothing. It’s almost surreal.

Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.

by dunkman on Aug 18, 2009 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Love the post

Please keep up the good work. If it becomes too time consuming maybe some other people will step up. I live in denver and do not get all the games.

Thanks again

Mike

by mgsmith100 on Aug 18, 2009 12:57 PM CDT reply actions  

I want to see him play against the Vikings 1st team pass rushers

I know Flo will probably get that first series since it’s the last preseason game, but it would be nice to see him against a legit pass rusher instead of other team’s scrubs.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on Aug 19, 2009 10:27 AM CDT reply actions  

Tennessee is good and deep

This Friday will tell me where we stand on a lot of guys. Well, backups anyway. Tennessee is a deep team on both sides of the ball on the line.

by Musiccitynorm on Aug 19, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions  

Back up center looks like the real issue on the line now

Bright and Isander looked like decent UDFA pick ups, but I guess there is a reason why they were UDFA. Wonder if we can get them through waivers to develop and possibly learn the center position?

Seems like I remember Proctor being on the PS for 2 or 3 years…….but maybe these guys have a better base potential, at least they are strong and have wt.

by bad knees on Aug 19, 2009 10:45 AM CDT reply actions  

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