Below are the play by play pass rushing breakdowns of Steelers linebackers LaMarr Woodley and Lawrence Timmons from this past Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. I compiled these to see just how much attention the Titans paid to outside linebackers in pass protection and the answer is not much. In fact, they only used a tight end to stay in to help block either of them once and a running back never chipped in support either.
The designations are straight forward below of who each linebacker rushed against. The “DNP” means that player was not in on that play. A “D” means the player dropped into coverage. “S” stands for sack, “I” for interception, “H” stands for hit and “P” stands for pressure.
The Steelers also used Timmons for a few plays on the left side to spell Woodley and Chris Carter came in at right outside linebacker for those snaps. I have Woodley charted as being in on 2 sacks, registering 1 quarterback hit and 4 pressures on 38 pass rushes and dropping 9 times into coverage. Timmons registered 1 hit and 1 pressure on 37 pass rushes. He dropped into coverage 13 times and had 1 early pass defensed in addition.
These are listed in order of each Titans passing play.
Play | Woodley | Timmons |
---|---|---|
1 | RT-H | D-PD |
2 | D | LT |
3 | D | LT |
4 | TE-P | D |
5 | RT | LT |
6 | RG | LT |
7 | D | LT |
8 | FB-S | D |
9 | RT | LT |
10 | D | LT |
11 | RG | D |
12 | RT/RG | D |
13 | RG | D |
14 | RG-P | D |
15 | D | D |
16 | D | D |
17 | RG-S | RT |
18 | RT | LT |
19 | D | LT |
20 | D | D |
21 | D | LT |
22 | RT | LT |
23 | RT | LT |
24 | RT | LT |
25 | RT-P | LT |
26 | RT | D |
27 | RT-I | LT |
28 | RT | LT |
29 | RT | LT |
30 | RT | LT |
31 | RT | LT |
32 | RT | LT |
33 | RT | LT |
34 | RT-P | DNP |
35 | RT | DNP |
36 | RT | DNP |
37 | RT | RB |
38 | RT | D |
39 | DNP | RT |
40 | RT | LG |
41 | C | LT |
42 | LT | C |
43 | RT/RG | LT-P |
44 | RT | LT |
45 | DNP | RT |
46 | DNP | RT |
47 | RT | DNP |
48 | C | LT |
49 | RT/RG | LG |
50 | RT/RG | LT |
51 | DNP | RT-H |
52 | DNP | RT |
53 | DNP | RT |
54 | DNP | D |
55 | DNP | RT |