It is curious that our secondary has zero interceptions...

 

The zone defense is only as good as the defensive front is at getting pressure on the quarterback... consistently. Let's face it, while last year we did get some sacks, they were the exception as in general we didn't actually put much pressure on the opposing quarterbacks. That means that other teams quarterbacks were able to play with a fair amount of time in the pocket before pressured and pick apart our soft zone coverage.

 

Combine that with our relatively low scoring offense and it's easy to see why we've consistently been losers. Add additional 'road blocks' like poor special teams play and questionable play calling at times (along with the poor use of time outs and challenges) and achieving a victory... especially on the road... seems like an almost insurmountable objective!

 

However, I should like to go on record as saying that the game this past Sunday vs. the jets was, in some ways, encouraging, even though we bought another loss. I'm of the opinion that in the end the jets didn't really win that game so much as fourth quarter errors on our part lost it. Remove the muffed punt/fumble, the red zone fumble by Bortles, and Poz' recovers that fumble... and maybe we're looking at a win against a team with a winning record.

 

It's clear that our defense sold out to stopping the run... and was successful at it for the most part. It certainly appears that we're better at stopping (or at least, limiting) opponents running games than we are at getting to their quarterback very often. If we're playing a team with a limited passing attack (the ravens, for example...) then we might consider trying the same concept of selling out to stop the run again. The ravens have a good quarterback though, so who knows; we could get burned... but then again, what else is new?

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