http://www.jaguars.com/media-gallery/vid...84f3722ad2

 

And hear i thought we were a man coverage team. No wonder there are so many wide open guys. I think this is causing the confusion and simplifying to a more man coverage scheme may in my opinion make things easier because everyone will know who they're responsible for. Thoughts?

---

There's zone coverage then there's blown coverage. We need to clean up the flats. Luck dinked it all game long for ridiculous YAC.

---

I think the problem is every team knows this and exploits it. ..easily

---

Man - atlethic team


Zone - slow team


Defensive team that is..

---

Telvin in particular looks completely lost in zone coverage.

---

You need high quality DB's and LB's to play man coverage. If your teammate gets beat 1 on 1, it's probably a touchdown unless a safety makes a stop. I have a feeling we would get destroyed 1 on 1. There's a reason why the man coverage teams are like the Bears, Cardinals, and Seahawks. Those teams have Patrick Peterson, Richard Sherman, Charles Tillman, Tim Jennings, Maxwell, Cromartie, etc...

 

Would you really trust Gratz, Blackmon, McCray and Ball covering star WR's 1 on 1?

 

It is a easier scheme to learn, but it's even easier to get burned constantly. If our players develop well or if we get pro bowl DB's in the draft/FA then it'd be okay to do man coverage.

---

2015?

We could get clever and use both man and zone. Or adjusting to our opponent and not just sitting in the same porous defense we've been in.

---

No pain, no gain.

We would have to be a Hybrid defense that could play both. And that means learning even more than they're learning now. If they're struggling this bad with zone coverage, it would be terrible to make them study man and know when to actually use one of the two schemes. On top of studying the opposing teams offense, they'd have to study individual players to get the right matchups if they were to use man coverage.

---

2015?

We would have to be a Hybrid defense that could play both. And that means learning even more than they're learning now. If they're struggling this bad with zone coverage, it would be terrible to make them study man and know when to actually use one of the two schemes. On top of studying the opposing teams offense, they'd have to study individual players to get the right matchups if they were to use man coverage.

 

That's true but these guys all went to college and are getting paid handsomely, right?

---

No pain, no gain.

They get paid too much for what they bring to the table. Players like Prosinski have a few million in the bank lolol.

 

Anyways, would you honestly trust Gratz or McCray to cover star WR's? The talent just isn't good enough to do that. Not saying they won't get to that elite status, but players like Sherman and Patrick Peterson are rare, and they were 10x the players Gratz/McCray were in their rookie/second year.

---

2015?

I'm not surprised by that designation. Obviously there are times they run man, but the personnel simply isn't there.


Zone makes it a little easier on the younger guys but when you primarily run a zone like that, there are the usual soft spots.


The seam is a big one. Hopefully with a little more experience under their belts or maybe some different pieces added next season, the transition will be more to a scheme similar to what Gus ran in Seattle.


Keep in mind our two best secondary guys are just second year players and the amount of time they're on the field doesn't help them in coverage.


Hopefully bortles can help keep them off the field and fresh.

---

Coughlin when asked if winning will be a focus: "What the hell else is there? This is nice and dandy, but winning is what all this is about."

Honestly, I think everything is going to get much better with Bortles now. Of course we aren't thr best even right on the first defensive series, but those zones get softer and softer after every 3 and out our old offense put us in. With rest our guys will hopefully stay mediocre instead of bad after the first quarter. Aaron Colvin better be good is all I can say. Caldwell most likely only took him because Gus really loved him at the senior bowl instead of more pffensive line help

---

"Expect for the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes."

 

No pass rush equals no pass defense. It's as simple as that. Luck could have taken a nap in the pocket today. 

---

They seem to be running more zone this year than last.  I get why they are trying based on Gus's scheme - but they obviously don't have the personnel to pull it off effectively yet.  I'd expect some scheme tweaking in the coming weeks to compensate. 

---

They are a zone coverage team.  The Twilight zone.  How does so many receivers get wide open in zone coverage?  Just insane

---

No pass rush equals no pass defense. It's as simple as that. Luck could have taken a nap in the pocket today.

I tend to agree with this. It really doesn't matter if the team is man/zone scheme based, if we struggle to rush the passer like in years past it doesn't matter what we run the D won't be successful.


What is concerning to me is that when we tried to manufacture a pass rush the secondary could not hold up.

---

"Sucess Is Not a Goal, It is a By-product"

I've seen us use man coverage twice that I noticed one was against Washington and we got rubbed immediately, the other was late in the game yesterday when there were 3 receivers on one side of the formation and it worked rather well. I think there are too many moving pieces in our defense. Half of where the defense lines up is dictated by the offensive formation, the other half always stays the same. So, not only is it relatively easy to figure out what we're doing, they also put us in the position they want us in in the first place.

---

My only Concern is what I call "The Gabbert Effect". Since his inception we were told about his big arm but he could never throw the ball deep. With Gratz etc, we were told that they're physical and fit the press man scheme but they play more zone. If there's any time to play more man it's now.....can't help but think they need an identity and honestly feel better if they played Physical man coverage because in zone all I hear is insert name is wide open. Just my two cents worth of thought on the matter

---

"We're a zone coverage team"...............problem is they are in a different postal zone from the opposing team's receivers.

---

I hate to say it... and I know I'm not the first, but Poz is looking a step closer to being done. We need LBs bad.

---

No one is safe.