08-05-2019, 08:04 AM
(08-04-2019, 10:23 AM)SHRacerX Wrote: Agreed, but if you are going to invest heavy in the CB position on guys that can play man (3 first round picks) and not so much the LB position (a bunch of 3rd rounders and later) then it makes more sense.
The description in Au's graph were you scroll all the way down to the laughably described MOFO defense, where the team is set up to give nothing over the top and keep everything in front of them...that was where the Bengals were top 5. And I think the real problem wasn't so much the scheme, but the guys played SO SCARED to get beat deep...like that was the only thing that would get them benched, that it was a disaster. Way too easy for today's QBs.
A few years ago, QB play was suffering and the Bengals managed to have 5 INTs against EACH TEAM from the NFC North. Yep, 5. They were playing off coverage, but the QBs they were playing were pathetic. Relying on today's QBs to make horrible throws that are essentially 10 yards down the field at the most is just plain stupid.
The problem was communication and pattern matching rules. If you go back and reread what Marvin was saying when he fired Austin he mentioned how complicated he made everything. When you see guys running free and players looking at each other it is because they each saw something different and played the coverage differently. When Marvin came in he simplified the rules.
