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Originally Posted by htismaqe
And here's my take on those things:
1) I think part of this pattern comes from Andy Reid, not from Sutton.
2) All teams run soft zones on 3rd down and long. You'll see it multiple times every Sunday. You saw it last night with Pittsburgh and Tampa. That's a valid and VERY effective defense, when your players can tackle. I know people hate it and want him to be more aggressive but he's actually making the smarter call. Players just cannot execute.
3) He has to. Our corners can't makeup ground. If you miss the jam at the line on 3rd and short (and our corners do), that's a touchdown.
I know people hate Bob Sutton but I've been watching zone defenses on the college and pro levels for 35 years. He's not stupid and these problems are absolutely being cause by a lack of talent.
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1) I agree completely. I've long complained about Reid being this teams biggest enemy when they get a big lead early. It happens to a lot of teams but Reid's teams seem to be especially flat. The offense goes vanilla and full of 3 and outs and the defense stops attacking. Teams like NE (of previous seasons) have no problems running up the score until it's safe to let off the throttle. We do it at half time....regularly.
2) I don't agree. Not all teams run soft zones 3rd and long. Bad defenses do. You won't see a Wade Phillips defense do this. You won't see great defenses do this.
3) He doesn't have to. The defensive talent says otherwise. Hell, Peters played off man coverage a ton. You can't have a good pass rush if you give up 5 yard+ quick passes every down because your corners play soft.
I've hated Sutton before he was brought here and he hasn't given me a reason not to. He needs multiple star players to field a decent defense. This team should have fired him and moved from to the 4-3 because their talent was better equipped for it.