You left out a lot of important information regarding Wolfe and his plays. What happened was that a lot of time you didnt see the forest because of the trees.
The most important thing in that vid which you left out, was that at no time the QB held the ball for more than 3sec from the snap. After 3 sec, either the throw was made or the Qb was scrambling. In fact, many times, the throw was made after only 2 sec. And thats because the pocket was shrinking all the time on him, and pretty fast too, thanks in large part to efforts of Wolfe. And thats against Sec competition, not some bottom dwellers from the worst conference.
So to impress you, Wolfe had to shed his blocker in no time and get very fast to the QB, otherwise you would have put it as "gets stood up and QB throws on time" "easily checked by the double team" . And wolfe did just that more than enough to show that he has great playmaking ability, but still he's 4-5round material for you. That is why I mocked you, and I put out the Wilfork comparison.
The thing is, the QB had no time to make reads, only 3 sec the whole game, after that the ball was already in the air, or the QB was scrambling. Thats great pass rushing against one of the top programs in the nation.
Having said that, lets review some of your list
Derek Wolfe vs Vanderbilt 2011 - YouTube
2nd and 10. From under center, QB throws the ball backwards to his HB, HB runs and gives it back to the QB, and then runs past Wolfe. While this happens Wolfe sheds his blocker, correctly identifies that the HB doesnt have the ball so he doenst tackle him, so he moves towards the QB, which "gets out the ball on time", yeah right. The QB "got out the ball on time"
to avoid the sack.
The QB "got the ball out on time" to make the throw and avoid the sack, but he didnt had any more time to waste, because Wolfe was all over him. Solid solid play here from Wolfe. Ofcourse, you treat it like its nothing, Wolfe just "got stood up".
Wolfe didnt get knocked down, it was him who, while double teamed, jumped laterally to tackle the running qb, and ended up on the ground.
Wolfe gets double teamed and taken out of play, and the RB runs through a big hole 3 yards away from Wolfe. Did you mention the double team which took wolfe out of the play? The double team didnt move him back, but it make it impossible for Wolfe to get to the RB in time. There was also holding from Vanderbilt OL. Just well executed offense from one of the top systems in the country. No way is Wolfe to blame here.
This is not true. No, the lane through which the Rb run was 2 lanes laterally away from Wolfe, not the one directly next to him at the LOS.
Wolfe's teammate to his left gets pushed back 2 yards by a double team, which creates a massive hole for the RB to run through. The Rb does just that, Wolfe who is 2 lanes away, jumps laterally to stop the RB, but cannot complete the tackle as the Rb had too much speed.
Not the fault of Wolfe at all, it was the fault of his teammate to his left, who was pushed back 2 yards by a double team, and thus a massive hole was created for the RB to run for the TD.
The direct lane next to Wolfe, to his left was the line with the painted marks for the yards. That was not the lane through which the RB run at the LOS.
The lane through which the RB run at the LOS was the lane to the left of the painted mark, as seen from Wolfe's perspective. Wolfe covered the lane of the painted marks, but couldnt get there in time for the lane through which the RB run for the TD.
This one is a clear mistake from Wolfe, as he chooses the outside of the blocker to get to the RB, and the RB runs through the inside. Clear mistake, Wolfe is at fault here.
... by a double team. Why didnt you mention the double team? Again you present false information.
That double team leaves Wolfe's teammate to his left completely free to make the tackle, Rb sees that, and runs in opposite direction. But who cares, wolfe just "got stood up". Who cares that its a double team, who cares that, because of that double team, Wolfe's teammate was completely free to make a play should the RB run in their direction.
What do your write here. That double team allows one of his teammates to get completely free at the LOS, RB sees that open man, moves laterally and escapes the tackle, and then scrambles outside for minimal gain.
This is type of play that allowed Cinci
to lead the nation in TFLs per game, and come second in the nation in sacks per game. All pretty much on Wolfe and the double teams he got.
You present Wolfe in a very bad light, when in fact Wolfe's double team helped one of his teammates to get free at the LOS, and, if that teammate didnt miss the tackle, it would have been another TFL for Cinci. Credit to the RB, but he had to move laterally to avoid the tackle at the LOS, he lost plenty of his speed and then he scrambled for minimal gain on the outside.
"Bad" LOL. What is very very bad is your "analysis".
What happened here is that
Wolfe basically destroyed Vanderbilt play and stopped them on 3rd down.
It was 3rd down and 5.
Vanderbilt designed the play for the QB to run inside to the left with a couple of tacklers in front of him. If the QB managed to do that, it would have been an easy 3rd down conversion, as the tacklers running in front of him would have taken out the Cinci defenders, and QB would have dived for the 1st down.
What happened was that Wolfe shed his blocker in no time and completely shutdown the inside running option for the QB. The Qb was forced to run on the outside, around his WR and the Cinci CB, lost his speed and time doing that, and the Cinci defenders got to him well before he reached the yellow line.
Great, great play from Wolfe to force a punt from Vanderbilt, yet you managed to spin it as "he doesn't have the speed or lateral ability to get to the sideline to make a tackle attempt". Yeah right, he just has the ability to force punts on 3rd downs with great plays, like he showed it in this play.
What you write here again. "Solid gain"? That solid gain = nothing.
It was 3rd and 15.
The scrambling QB was stopped well short of the yellow mark, 6 yards short. Vanderbilt had to punt.
Again a great play from Wolfe(and his coaches, I give them credit).
No, what happened was that Wolfe
was not pushed off from the G to the T,
he run from the start of the snap to the T. He took the G with him, and his teammate to his right was left completely free to run and pressure the QB.
His teammate did just that. Vanderbilt was toasted once that happened.
Wolfe's teammate runs straight to the QB, rb sees him, tries to block him, Wolfe's teammate pushed the rb aside, the G comes back from Wolfe to block Wolfe's teammate, and in doing so it destroys the pocket. QB has to start scrambling, otherwise next second the pocket collapses on him.
The Qb started scrambling and running towards the yellow line, but he is stopped well short, 6 yards short. Vanderbilt has to punt, and Cinci get the ball back.
Great, great play from Wolfe and his coaches, perfectly executed. Yet you managed to spin it as some amazing bad play of Wolfe.
Yeah, Wolfe misses the tackle, who cares, there were plenty of Cinci defenders to tackle the running QB who had to run 25 yards before he got to the yellow line.
Vanderbilt has to punt. The play was perfectly designed and executed to destroy the pocket and force the Qb either to throw it away or to start scrambling. With a little bit of luck, wolfe's teammate could even have gotten himself a sack. Doesnt matter, once the QB started to run he was hopeless, he started to run from 10 yards from behind LOS, so he needed to run 25 yards to get to the yellow line. He was stopped well before that.
Allright, that's enough. I have completely exposed your analysis. For me, the only bad play of Wolfe was #7, when he chose the wrong way to get to the RB, and the RB took advantage to run for a 1st down.
He showed he's a great pass rusher, that even double teams can hardly stop him, and those double teams allowed other teammates to get free and make plays. And when he is taken 1-1, the Qb has like 3sec to get the ball out, after that he better start to scramble to make something happen.
No way is he a 4-5th rounder, when a guy like Reyes who put up much worse production playing in the same conference same position is projected to go late 1st/early2nd.
