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Originally Posted by BleedingRed
I do,
But I also think our personnel is better this year. I just don't feel like the defensive play calling is playing to their strengths. Feel the same way about offense honestly.
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And do what, exactly? What are these strengths that Spags is not playing to?
Lookit, you've got two rookie corners. You can't get to the QB with your front four. What do you do?
You do realize that you can't really blitz AND drop 7 to cover, right?
so what do you do?
The two rookie corners both have excellent length. Good press man skills. You'd rather have help over the top for them, but you can't get to the QB without blitzing, which means you CAN'T have help over the top.
So what do you do?
You risk it. You take the chance that yeah-you might get burnt, BUT you also might get enough pressure to screw the play up, get a sack, or maybe a turnover. At least an incompletion.
If you love it when it works, you can't complain when it doesn't, and blame the coach. That's just reactionary, emotional fit throwing.
To get effective pressure right now, we have to blitz. That means leaving corners on an island. Rookie corners. Scary.
And if Mahomes and company do their jobs, Spags probably is a genius this week.
Spags ain't the problem.
Clark is a problem. Dunlap hasn't helped much. Karlafkis is a rookie and not getting much done yet. Wharton out hurts more than is immediately apparent.
It's the front four.