nfl.com's TMQ on Rucker

[law1ng2b2]

Sweet Play of the Week (Defensive)

Trailing 10-9, Les Mouflons faced second-and-3 on their 38-yard line with 50 seconds remaining in the first half. The Panthers called a three-man rush. Marshall Faulk cut-blocked Carolina DE Mike Rucker, diving at him low; Rucker responded by jumping on top of Faulk. Brilliant play! Why? Watch Rams film and you will note Faulk often cut-blocks a DE to get underneath him while selling pass-blocking, then jumps up to catch a screen pass. Rucker knew this, and simply sat on Faulk so he couldn't get up. Marc Bulger just stood there holding the ball, wondering where Faulk has disappeared to. Carolina ended up with a sack that effectively ended the first half -- although with Rucker seated atop Faulk, at that point the Panthers had only two gentlemen rushing against five offensive linemen.

I remember this play unfolding and thought it was a great move on Ruck's part to take Faulk out of the play. The rest of the article is in this link:

http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/7001075

 

[PantherMills]

That play caught my eye, as well. Bulger looked lost, he had only one read in that play and he couldn't adjust.

 

[ColinG]

And I'm thinking this was one of those examples where Ricky Proehl probably helped with his insider knowledge.

 

[Rumpeltiltspin]

Any moron who's seen the Rams play one even one game, has seen Faulk do that at least 4-5 times in that one game. It's just stoopid other DEs haven't been doing that for years now.