Here's my breakdown of Tyron Smith's Week 1 performance against the Jets.
First snap, Tyron Smith needs to finish better. Had great position against his man who was rushing left as Tony was rolling right, but let him pull a spin move and get behind him. Didn't matter in the play, but you have got to play to the whistle and anticipate the moves of the DL. Obviously he's going to want to stop going left and start going right to follow Tony, so know that and prevent it.
I said this in my preseason Film Studies of Tyron Smith, but when he gets his hands on you in the run game, he WILL move you. And this guy is still growing into his body. Scary.
When pulling and in space, needs to have better concept of who to block. Tried to block the same guy as another blocker, and by the time he adapted and looked elsewhere, the play was over and he had blocked no one.
That said, Tyron gets to the second level very well. Has the mobility needed to get there and a knack for finding a way to shuffle through the trash.
Smith moves DL successfully, and LBs are absolutely no match for him.
Read the blitz better, man. Looked like he did what the scheme called for to focus inside the pocket, but he literally has his back turned to the blitzing CB who comes late and disrupts Tony's throw.
"Smarts" is Smith's main problem from what I can see. Another example of looking inside and letting the edge rusher come free. Jets are a tough task to handle, for sure, but that doesn't preclude you from playing smart.
Random thought: Kevin Ogletree ran a great route against Darrelle Revis to create space on 3rd and 6. Caught the slant for the first down. He must be doing a lot of this on plays when he's not targeted to still be on the roster.
Another random thought: DeMarco Murray caught a screen pass, and he was extremely slow in terms of turning upfield. Like a 50 acceleration in Madden. This is what I think Greg Cosell was talking about.
Bryan Broaddus, former Cowboys scout who now is part of the media, has noted that when Tyron Smith gets beat, it tends to be when he overextends wide and the rusher gets inside. That just happened on the Murray screen pass I was talking about. Not an issue on this play, but definitely something that has caused problems in other spots.
Random thought: John Phillips just did more as a receiving TE on one play than Martellus Bennett has done all year. Caught a pass in the flat, plowed over a LB, and got a first down. Should've been stopped for no gain. Give Phillips more chances!
Another play where Smith blocks inside and lets the edge guy come free. Caused incompletion.
Great body positioning by Smith in run blocking. As he is blocking, he rotates so that he is always directly between the defender and the runner. Really nice play.
Nice job of locating the edge rusher, Tyron. See, you can get the hang of this!
Tyron needs to finish the play better. He shoves his man instead of engaging him and his man goes on to force the Romo goal line fumble. Finish the block, win the game, Tyron!
Overall, I was impressed with Tyron Smith. The mental side of his game needs work, but it improved as the game progressed, which is good to see. He needs to work on short yardage blocking. I noticed that he didn't get the same push in the run game when it was short yardage as when it was a regular run play. Obviously that's a technique issue, because the strength is clearly there. He handles wide rushes very well, but needs work on stopping inside rushers. At worst, he is a solid RT who shows flashes of dominance in certain areas, and for a rookie starter who didn't have any real offseason programs, I'll take that for sure.
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