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Armon Watts' first NFL snap is an arm tackle on Ezekiel Elliott. EK fills the primary gap and Zeke tries to cut back, forcing Watts into an awkward tackle attempt which he succeeds at. Not easy
Armon's second NFL snap is a half sack against Zack Martin. Takes a while, kind of a coverage sack but the shed and then juke is pretty neat, also a hell of a punch here
Er, a pressure sack. Stephen really starts the party here
Third NFL snap, another stack and shed to set up 3rd and 7. It's very patient- Watts isn't a big beefy Michael Pierce style nose and loses low man here, so he's content to wait, hold as much ground as he can, and try to time the shed.
2 tackles & a sack on 3 snaps is nuts lol
2 tackles & a sack on 3 snaps is nuts lol
There is a size issue that shows up sometimes. It's not as bad as like Hercules Mata'afa or anything but as an every-down nose you'll see teams start to target this.
But before too long he's back to splitting double teams. Could have gotten a TFL if Kendricks and Griffen didn't explode in from the edges. This was a monstrous debut and the Vikings rewarded him with a lot more snaps for the rest of the season.
This one's such a shame, Watts denies the reach which is most of the battle, that makes Carson cut back, gets back across the G's face to still contest it, and just doesn't quite wrap up the tackle enough and it gives up like 10 yards. Got a lil greedy on the play side
But he follows that up with this one, you probs remember it. Gets enough push to have a shot at the ball, pops it up, and the god of chaos drops it into Anthony Harris's lap since this is a Vikings Seahawks night game
So NTs typically "2-gap" which means, you guessed it, defend two gaps. So you have to control whoever is in between them (Kenny Wiggins this time) with power. Watts gets overpowered and it's a 6 yard gain. Gotta stay your ground and make the RB pick the gap you're gonna shed to
This is much better. Keep your feet under you, concede no ground, and when it's time to shed Leary he's pretty consistently able to do that. Also someone goofed back side here, but was the plan for a WR to 1 on 1 Danielle Hunter?!
Hello there dead shoulder. The man's got pass rush moves and I think this is something he's learned over the course of the season but I could have just missed something. This one is just nasty. Shame he got hurt on this play, I really think he could have made some January noise
