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Originally Posted by nate505
I won't pretend to be any sort of mastermind at football, but I really don't understand the cushion coverage.
I mean, I'm guessing the philosophy is let the other team get their 7-8 yard chunks until they get to the red zone, and then the field shrinks up so you can hopefully hold them to FGs. I just hate it as a philosophy.
I'm also guessing the argument against not giving a cushion is it allows your guys to get beat on big plays. I understand that, but after some point when the other team is just eating you alive, isn't that worth the gamble?
EDIT: Ok, once you mentioned the pass rush I'm also guessing the philosophy works more when the QB has less time to throw the ball. Still, once it was figured out he did have all day, it seems like mixing it up would have been called for.
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Its a chicken or egg type of argument to be made, but to be certain- the job isn't getting handled. Our pass rush seems decent based on the eye test but FAR from great. They get a nice initial jump of the line, but don't seem to have anyone breaking the point of contact with a spin move or bull rush that dominates. Paye has nice intangibles and is a good football player but it no pass rush specialist. He's vanilla here, but will rack up athletic sacks I'm sure. Where the HELL has Yannick been? Bucker is not worth his $ Tag and should be an immediate trade candidate for us.
As for the secondary, they are brutal. Kenny Moore looks washed up. Rodgers absolutely should be player ahead of him right now.
But if we are all watching these games it is painstakingly obvious what is crushing our D- its our scheme. We are too often giving too large of a cushion to all of the receivers. The only thing opposing QB's need to do is drop back and have it out quick with 2 predetermined reads and watch their completions rack up. We are used to this dogshit horse and pony show as Colts fans. The D-line will not get any sacks when the ball is out in one second, and the corners will give up a lot of productions if opposing QB dinks and dunks. It's what Mills did to us and it's what Trevor Lawrence has done to us now a few times.
I have news for whoever is watching Jags film on our Defensive coaching staff- Lawrence has not proven at all to be a long ball threat. We should have been blitzing the hell out of him and played with way more urgency instead of playing right into the only thing he has proven he can do in the NFL up until now.
We need to start jamming up receives and buying an extra few seconds for our d-lineman to work- and the sacks will come.