What happened in the game last night?

Just to note, had a look at Ruiz quickly this morning before work. Not sure I understand the criticism of Ruiz in respect of the blitz. He played well for the most part I thought, the exception being a sack/half sack given up against Grady Jarrett when he was lined up in a 3 tech. Simply put, he got beat - good play by Jarrett. Ruiz got his hands on Jarrett ok, but perhaps placement could have been better. Jarrett got a paw on the back of Ruiz's shoulder pad and pull/swam. Ruiz needed to extend left arm (but required the right placement) and failing that, drop left leg, redirect hips, right arm on Jarrett's hip and drive and hope for the best.

The only other negative I saw (without doing a lot more analysis) was on a late blitz. There was a OLB stacked over DE, and a 1 tech. Looked like the protection was rolled to the 1 tech, but he rushed hard over the center and Ruiz adjusted late to the blitzer coming from his right after moving to his left for the 1 tech. He just about got enough on him. Without knowing fully what was called and what expectations are, it felt like he made a really good adjustment to a situation where the protection call could have been better.

We didn't deal with the blitzes well at all - that's partially down to OL. As Dan references, play calling as well as having quick options/ Hot reads helps, calling protections the right way, RB's blocking, and QB pulling the trigger quickly all plays into managing the blitz. As a case in point, one of those free blitzers coming from the left, Kamara went out on a route, saw the blitzer and tried to re-direct, but it was too late by then.