Week 10 Quick Hitters

11/16/2017
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After taking a long and deep dive into the film, as you can expect, there weren’t many positives in the Bills-Saints game. So I want to focus on three players who appeared to struggle against a very good Saints defense. RT Jordan Mills Mills has somehow managed to hold onto his position, even after weeks of getting dominated physically. Sure, he put together one, maybe two solid games, but the Saints’ defenders overpowered him at times. Offensive line coach Juan Castillo preaches vertical kick slides and for Mills to execute the ‘hug’ technique. Rather than have offensive linemen kick slide and ‘punch’ at the pass rusher, Castillo has Mills kick slide vertically and then when ready to engage bring his hands up wide and ‘hug’ or grab the defender, then just slide with them. The wide hands immediately put a bullseye on the lineman’s chest and allows defenders to over power him with bull rush moves, and that has happened week in and week out to Mills. The technique is very good if you’re an athletic offensive lineman and are able to mirror defenders or anchor well. But it was readily apparent that Cameron Jordan scouted Mills and knew how…

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