12-06-2022, 01:05 PM
To answer the OP, no base D "works" against any elite QB.....UNLESS you just doninate the other guys via:
1) Elite pass rush both outside and up the middle.
2) Shutdown coverage.
3) A combination of the two that is not quite elite/shutdown, but ehen taken together is quite a handful.
NFL football is like NBA basketball now, you cannot stop great offense, you just try to make them work harder, be a bit less efficient, make them uncomfortable, don't give them their pet plays, and hope that eventually it pays off with mistakes. Or being off just a smidge off that turns 7 into 3 or a first into 4th.
The other way to stop elite offenses is to use your offense to:
1) Put pressure on them by outscoring/getting the lead.
2) Shortening the game via dominant ball possession
1) Elite pass rush both outside and up the middle.
2) Shutdown coverage.
3) A combination of the two that is not quite elite/shutdown, but ehen taken together is quite a handful.
NFL football is like NBA basketball now, you cannot stop great offense, you just try to make them work harder, be a bit less efficient, make them uncomfortable, don't give them their pet plays, and hope that eventually it pays off with mistakes. Or being off just a smidge off that turns 7 into 3 or a first into 4th.
The other way to stop elite offenses is to use your offense to:
1) Put pressure on them by outscoring/getting the lead.
2) Shortening the game via dominant ball possession
