06-05-2023, 04:30 PM
We have so many game specific checks to our defense the idea we HAVE to run anything is kind of comical. The thing Lou has done, maybe better than anyone in football, is be able to look at what you do and create checks that NO ONE in football is running that are so counter intuitive to how other teams play certain coverages it rattles teams.
I had a buddy who did QA for the Chiefs last year and he said what the Bengals did was literally say this is what KC does and we are doing to play to their personnel not to the coverage. They run a deep over to Kelce out of a lot of variations of unbalanced formations that essentially put safeties in conflict. We had unique rule sets for KC that said if Kelce runs this route we know KC will do this so we will essentially change three different people's responsibilities. He said what was so frustrating for Mahomes at time was that he couldn't pre determine anything he had to hold the ball and WAIT for Cincy to declare which at times is what resulted in the pressure getting there. They made adjustments for playoffs but still found it was different checks than even the first time we played.
We don't simply do this from Cover 1/3 but we do it out of 2,4, 6, and so on. While our defense can be very complex the thing is it is complex by the week, as we change based on who we are playing. We need intelligent guys who know how to make the proper checks and get where they need to be.
I had a buddy who did QA for the Chiefs last year and he said what the Bengals did was literally say this is what KC does and we are doing to play to their personnel not to the coverage. They run a deep over to Kelce out of a lot of variations of unbalanced formations that essentially put safeties in conflict. We had unique rule sets for KC that said if Kelce runs this route we know KC will do this so we will essentially change three different people's responsibilities. He said what was so frustrating for Mahomes at time was that he couldn't pre determine anything he had to hold the ball and WAIT for Cincy to declare which at times is what resulted in the pressure getting there. They made adjustments for playoffs but still found it was different checks than even the first time we played.
We don't simply do this from Cover 1/3 but we do it out of 2,4, 6, and so on. While our defense can be very complex the thing is it is complex by the week, as we change based on who we are playing. We need intelligent guys who know how to make the proper checks and get where they need to be.
