11-13-2023, 04:11 PM
(11-13-2023, 02:21 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Cam Taylor-Britt said something brilliant, as he often does, during the post game locker room interviews. He said the adjustments should have been made from zone coverage to plaster coverage.
If you’re unfamiliar with the term, here’s how it works:
The fundamental idea of plastering is when a quarterback decides to leave the pocket and run, defensive players in the secondary scream,
“Plaster!” and try to find the closest receiver and stick to that man for as long as they can. The concept is utilized in both zone and man coverages.
Noah Brown should have been covered this way.
That's not quite what he was saying, but kind of. The idea you posted is accurate where they grab the closest player and stick to him as if it were suddenly man coverage when a scramble drill starts, but that's not an adjustment that needs to be made nor is it a specific type of coverage. It's just what you do because the play has now broken down. Receivers are going to go off track and freestyling trying to make something happen for their QB.
In short, Cincinnati's defense does this but Stroud and company were finding ways to get open still.
