(09-25-2020, 02:01 PM)knarnn Wrote:

(09-24-2020, 02:02 PM)NeptuneBeachBum Wrote: I'm not sure you understand what you're looking at here.  We only rushed 3 on this play and tried to add extra coverage by dropping Taven.  Its not like the receiver here was his man... he was dropping to take away another throwing lane in the zone and just trailed the receiver.  That was Jack's play to make.

I posted this in another thread, but it seems more appropriate in this one.  The problem is not Wash... it is talent.  Some have expressed we have not sheltered our secondary enough... that is just plain wrong.  We have one of the lowest blitz percentages in the League (9.6% after 2 games).  That IS sheltering our secondary.  We seem to be in Cover 3 or Quarters all game and get picked apart because we can't get to the QB.  The problem is our pass rush isn't good enough to get pressure without blitzing and our secondary isn't good enough to hold up in coverage if we do.  You know why?  Its LACK OF TALENT.  Great defenses can rush and cover, average defenses are good at one or the other... we do not do either well.  The fact we have been giving up 400 yards per game (300 in the pass game) and have only had 2 sacks all season clearly demonstrates that.

What would you like to see Wash do differently?  Blitz more and truly leave our secondary exposed?  I actually feel for the guy... he is choosing a slower death by playing coverage and hoping someone can make a play than a quick one by blitzing.  Its damned if you do, damned if you don't.  That's not scheme... its lack of talent.

I’m familiar with drop backs like this but you would normally drop a DT or a end on a zone blitz. Not like this. It’s a horrible play design.

This is not a zone blitz, its only a 3-man rush.  This is a red zone Cover 2 with a DT peeling off into coverage.  They were in a 3x1 formation with the back offset to the weak side.  The weak corner does not allow an outside release, passes the inside route to the safety, and would be responsible for Henry in the flat.  Jack faked like he was blitzing and dropped to to hook-curl zone, but he was looking at the back in the flat (who the corner would have had) when he should have been expecting a crosser from the the trips side.  The safety had the WR on the inside route.  That was Jack's play to make, but he had his eyes in the wrong place and did not follow his keys properly.  Dropping the DT here was to help re-route any crossing routes (which he did... though it could have been more effective), take away another potential throwing lane, or fill a gap if the QB started to scramble towards the end zone.

On 3rd and goal from the 5, I have no problem with this play call... its solid.  Especially against a QB like Tannehill.  But it was poorly executed, particularly by Jack.  Jack is a very athletic player, but tends to make mental errors like this throughout the game and it holds him back from being elite. Poz would have made this play. Now if you want to argue "well that is coaching because Jack made a mistake"... I'm with you. But the scheme here is fine.

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