Zone is fine against lesser QBs and works well if you have a dominating pass rush. It is only the star QBs that can pick it apart (Brady, Brees, Peyton Manning, Favre...). Man-to-man is fine but it is susceptible to separation in crossing routes, especially the ones that involve picks. It was just too bad that they could not come up with a more imaginative way to mix or hide the types of coverage.

I find it odd that they did not use Coughlin's formula - pressure on Brady and knock him down a few times early in the game to get him rattled and inside his head. Forget dropping 8 in coverage, someone will ALWAYS get open in zone coverage - just keep the pressure up and it will eventually cause an errant throw at the point of origin.

I think the personnel could fit the 46. At least it would keep offenses from guessing who is coming in and who isn't.

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