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Originally Posted by DrSpaceman
All true.
But I think we saw early on the problem with the Colts secondary playing up to close. Donte Moncrief beats them deep and scores a TD. These corners are not good at all in man to man, one on one coverage. Its why we are seeing this. That plus the mentioned lack of a pass rush. After that first deep score I think they decided to stay back and keep everything in front of them.
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They were playing Cover-1 man on the Moncrief TD. It wasn't a result of getting burned by tightening zones. It was a result of...
1. Jags spreading out Colts, and Arthur Maulet having to play CB this week. Maulet sucks.
2. Hooker rotating over a tad late (I'm sure a read held him, but I'd need to see the full route tree)
3. A poor tackle by Hooker then erased by Maulet tackling Hooker off Moncrief.
I don't think you can look at that play and say "see, this is what happens when you tighten your zones!" Mostly because it wasn't zone coverage.
I do think you can look at it and say: we need to do a better job hiding man coverage before the snap if we're going to play man.