(10-22-2019, 09:04 PM)ferocious Wrote: Last night aside, I have had a fairly favorable view of Darnold's career so far.
He is certainly rattled right now, both by his performance, and by the fact the "I see ghosts" comment aired.
How that translates to the field this weekend remains to be seen.
There is a lot of talent on that team. Many (not me) had them as a possible wild card.

Gase is the person whose leadership I question most.

It'll be interesting to see their approach on offense during their first series. Gase will either go play action, max protect with two guys going deep or he'll call a safe play and try to build up his confidence early.

At any rate. They must blitz him. They need to have a lot of activity near the line. They can send the house at him or pretend to send the house at him. But they need to mess with him at the line.

He was a deer in the headlights on Monday. He was sacked once. Just once. But you would have thought he was put in the ground at least 10 times. They were constantly in the backfield though. Plenty of TFL's were made.

Bell is a concern. He showed that "patient" running style he's known for. Again, the linebackers cannot breakdown and leave their lanes and gap assignments. They have to keep everything in front of them.

Maybe Dallas didn't blitz him enough. But I do know they were missing their starting LT and RT and their CB's were horrible in that game. So that's the key in my eyes against the Jets.

Blitz
Be active at the line
Control your gaps
Dont get beat in man to man coverage

On offense they just need to keep leaning on Fournette. Start adding Armstead into the rotation more. Figure out a way to beat their quality safety without having Minshew spend too much time in the pocket. Quick. Everything needs to be quick.

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