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[RSTuthill]

Maine has 4-3 personnel converted to a 5-2 under front (and man-free in the secondary) on this play with the "Sam" LB (#52) lined up at the 9-technique (outside the TE, Bloom) to the formation.

Agreed. The Sam is Sterling Sheffield who already had one sack.

Meyers, playing the "F", is essentially a fullback lined up in the C-gap between Peart (LT) and Bloom (TE). Prior to the snap the defensive tackle jumped from a 4-technique (head up on Peart) to a 5-technique (Peart's outside shoulder, or in the C-gap). This shift changes the blocking assignments up front. Bloom now has to block down on the 5-technique. Peart will work with Bloom chipping the 5-technique then release to the next level to seal the "Mike" LB (#6) inside. Meyers will kick out the 9-technique. Thomas has to work back inside to crack on the SS (#21), who is in run support based on his alignment.

Sounds right.

This look shows everyone doing what they're suppose to do. Bloom blocks down on the DT, Peart is working toward the "Mike", Hopkins works toward the "Will", Meyers kicks out and Thomas is working toward the SS. The field CB is the only player, when everything is blocked correctly, that Newsome needs to beat outside of the FS, who's on the opposite hash.

Yup.

The field CB steps up, but doesn't commit for fear of Newsome bouncing outside. Newsome reads that and hits the hole. Peart whiffs on the "Mike" and falls down. Thomas takes a bad angle in the SS, who meets Newsome on the hole.

In defense of Peart he made good contact on the Mike and only went down when Bloom took his man to the inside and the whole pile went down.

I now agree with you, having had time to look closely, that Thomas shoulda got there. He started cutting left way too soon and failed to anticipate the SS's track to stuff the play and give it some windage to the right. But that is a difficult angle as it really isn't a crack-back. The defender can see the WR coming (and did). And if Thomas had taken a better angle, he would have been even more visible.