11-25-2021, 01:18 PM
(11-25-2021, 12:35 AM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: I know that there's a lot to coverage's and defensive schemes and I'm not pretending to know anywhere near a coach at any level. But coaches can out think themselves or not adjust there scheme to match a certain situation that a casual fan can clearly see is a problem. I can tell watching the game that we can't give Mike White 400yds at 3.7YPA and maybe we should cover the running back. Now I might not be able to call the defensive to use to achieve this but apparently neither can Lou. But I'm not a NFL defensive coordinator.
Was the 'scheme' the problem, or was it the execution? Playing soft coverage and keeping things in front of you isn't a bad idea in a vacuum. Letting them dink and dunk down the field eats time and forces them to be consistent which is really hard to do in the NFL. I'm not saying that Lou did everything perfectly, he could have switched it up, but I do understood what he was trying to do. The problem is that the players failed in coming up and making their tackles. You don't allow 278 yards after catch otherwise, which by the way, is the 6th most yards after catch allowed since 1999. The Bengals missed 15 tackles in that game.
The Bengals talent failed them. The Jets were perfectly content with throwing short passes and the Bengals were perfectly content with keeping the play in front of them. If they make those tackles, then we aren't talking about this, but they didn't. People love to say "hey, just man up and blitz them! It's a backup QB!" but you can't do that as a base defense. No team in the NFL plays more man than zone and you can't blitz every down. If you sit in man, teams bring out crossers, whips and other man beating routes. Your DBs also get gassed. Offenses will literally call plays with a WR running a 9 route with no intention of throwing it, just to gas your DB. Then, they'll rotate that WR out and hit the tired DB who just ran two 40's in a row.
Point being, the calls weren't that bad. Play zone, keep it in front of you and rally to the ball. If they want to throw it short, then let them and we'll tackle. The problem is, Cincinnati didn't tackle. I blame the players more than I do Lou and I'm not necessarily a Lou truther.
