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Originally Posted by T-post Tom
Yes. And refusing to move your best corner to the best receiver when prudent. And for not going heavy in obvious running situations. And for not selling out on the run when you played Pitts. And ignoring the fact that it's okay to blitz in the appropriate situations. (Carr should have been hammered and the Oakland game should have been a win.) And refusing to move another CB outside when the starter (Acker) is getting torched repeatedly. Or NOT moving your best pass rusher around to attack the offense. Has anyone heard any player go out of their way to say something good about Sutton or the scheme? Maybe I missed it. Seems to happen on the offensive side of the ball and special teams. Not so much on defense.
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I still think the Houston in coverage thing and not blitzing enough is a bit of an overreaction. I'd like to see less of it but it isn't the silver bullet people think it is.
The rest of your list makes sense. We have to figure out two defenses. The Dime isn't a bad front against a team like New England but we have to get a million times better at guarding 50/50 balls. Pass rush is a much smaller issue compared to completely incompetent ball skills on the deep ball. In fairness, we've gotten screwed on this because we're getting hosed big time on bullshit non-calls on OPI.
Using Dime on PIttsburgh was moronic. What we did against Dallas was a big improvement but we need to go a step further because in selling out to stop the run, we couldn't stop the pass. We've got to figure out how to make that base 3-4 defense work against power teams like Dallas and Pittsburgh.