Goodberry did analysis of the defense - not pretty

[WeezyBengal]

(11-15-2023, 12:04 PM)Housh Wrote: It’s a bit unacceptable too because literally everyone said resign Bates or Bell


We all were ok with losing one but literally everyone said you can’t lose both

Bates and Reader are the pieces that allowed Lou to call defense the way he was calling it.

We are able to stop the run with a light box because Reader and we could call cover 3 so much because we had Bates who freelanced so well the cover 3 actually felt like we had 4 deep defenders back cause Bates played like he was 2 guys in coverage. That also turned our cover 2 into a pseudo cover 3 because Bates was able to cover so much ground


Without Bates we are basically
Turnover or bust.


Run defense also disappeared because Bates and Bell were decent run support guys




We just let too much talent go at once


This was a year where you kept one guy to integrate the new guy THEN let the other safety go so the impact isn’t this big

Well, I hate to tell you...but wait until they lose Reader this off-season...