Defensive Coverage

[Derrick]

(09-28-2015, 01:07 PM)masterpanthera_t Wrote: Yeah, as a general rule, you don't put a taller corner on a shorter receiver when they run quick short routes, because of the quickness disadvantage.  I believe Adam would have done a better job of containing Smith, but not sure if this was their decision or just the way Smith lined up.  But, I may have seen some crossing routes where a LB was expected to tackle Smith and a slower Reggie Nelson was expected to tackle Smith after the catch in space.  They could have made their lives so much easier if they had just double covered him the whole game and forced Flacco to look elsewhere, but as I said before, I don't know if this is what they did and Smith beat them anyway or not.  Looking for some comments from anyone who noticed this part of the game.

I agree the coaches should have defended the Ravens' one-trick pony offense much better. Besides, Lamur was too slow, too late all day long. Hope to see some changes there SOON!

For the 300th time, why do the Bengals come out in the 3rd Q and play like shyt? Then I remember ML is the HC.   This was another example of the Bengals defense slacking off in the 4th Q. Hopefully you experts will correct my misconceptions.