(10-18-2019, 10:01 AM)Kane Wrote:

(10-17-2019, 09:16 PM)TheDogCatcher Wrote: Instead, Wash plays bend but don't break Seattle zone stuff most of the time.  

Heard someone say on TV the other day about this particular defense that people have it figured out. 8 years ago it was the bees knees, now its just a zone defense to pick apart if your pass rush doesn't get home in 3 seconds or less.

You are over simplifying the [BLEEP] out of it, but better D coordinators have absolutely had elements of it figured out for a number of years now. 

The pats laid the blueprint when they beat the s'hawks in the SB by attacking the quick stuff over the middle incessantly and then adjusting outside when seattle attempted to counter. 

The scheme relies on 4 guys up front forcing a QB into mistakes. It won't work well without that. 
If you have a QB and scheme adept at getting the ball out in 2.5 seconds or less and playmakers capable of YAC, then the scheme is beatable. 

The other way (more obvious for Jags fans) is when DC's identify zone giveaways and attack the soft spots. This is not in any way singular to this scheme however. It happens to every team.  Everyone runs some zone each week. It's just been too frequent for us under Wash.  For those who aren't aware, Wash's usage of zone sometimes varies greatly from opponent to opponent and he doesn't technically run it "most of the time."  He ran zone 44% of the time in 2018.
I'd like to see that closer to 30% personally. And I'd really love to see the bend but don't break [BLEEP] when we have a lead just disappear completely.

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