(01-20-2020, 01:45 PM)Kane Wrote:

(01-20-2020, 01:41 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Ngakoue and/or Allen in wide nine was used a fair amount in 2019 for obvious passing downs. 

I posted a screenshot of it in another thread (where it was immediately misconstrued as a bad thing.) 

The pass rush was not the problem for this defense. Far from it.
What Saleh is doing with his back seven is the more relevant solution we should be looking at. 

I think a really big takeaway that many are missing here is that Saleh plays A TON of zone coverage. 
70% of the niners D snaps were in zone coverage. 
Wash has secondary players that: 
a. dont play zone well , and 
b. are seemingly not coached/developed well enough to play it better than they do

The biggest issue with our defense, imo, the run D not the pass D. Linebackers out of position. No one could tackle. Middle DL getting gashed often.

Not sure how Wash fixes that really.
The players just need to get better/be better, or be upgraded. Some of it was injury related, some of it was young guys being thrust into (or promoted into) positions they weren't ready for (maybe never ready for starting).

Well, yeah, when you give up 200+ rushing yards for 5 or 6 weeks in a row the run D is the obvious issue. 
This is why I'm so adamant about acquiring a nose tackle and middle linebacker in every pertinent thread. 
Just fixing the lack of talent and depth at those two positions will enact a sea change in the run defense. 

The linebacker issues seem to go from just lack of talent into this coaching/development realm however. 
We see player after player under Wash fall easy prey to pre-snap motion, misdirection,  run fakes, and just overall being easily lured out of position.  I wonder if a new LB coach will be part of this offseason's changes? 

Back to the run D vs pass D thing - 
The Jags pass rush is fine - the Jags pass coverage still leaves a lot to be desired. So even though run defense is the greater issue, poor zone coverage usage and execution will continue to haunt us until we acquire more talent at CB and FS and find better ways to get them in spots to make plays.

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