Eddie O'Sullivan
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In this case, what Ringrush tried to do, there was a dummy loop out the back as well with a spot option.
which he thought, if I come up and in here, I can stop that pass, which he technically did, but they didn't give the ball to that player.
They gave the ball to the winger coming around.
And so it was a huge fracture in the lane.
That's where the winger went through.
And then he fed it.
It was a one pass then.
It was a line break.
One pass off a line break, you'll probably score.
So they kind of suckered Ringrose up into the hole and then dropped the runner, which is the other way to beat the Blitz.
It comes flying up and you drop runners off the ball carrier on his shoulder.
And there's no time to come in and make the tackle.
Technically, Ringrush would have sat back there and saw the runner coming off to Lange's shoulder and bit down.
Right?
But he decided to go upfield to shut the space outside off and they took the space on the inside.
It was a well-worked play.
I would suspect that, you know, to be fair to Beyond, they looked at it and said, yeah, we can pull this guy over the line here.
And that's where the hole is.
That's what I would say.
If I was watching it, I would say, yeah, pull him over the hole.