03-25-2025, 09:05 PM
Who cares? It's a run first league now. We're back to leather helmets, three yards, and a cloud of dust. Stop the run and cover the pass for 10 seconds. QBs nowadays aren't good enough to complete passes if the coverage is good enough.
In all seriousness, Lou tried to do the thing of having pass rushers drop into coverage at a higher rate than the rest of the league. It was by in large awful. I'd much prefer a coverage player who can moonlight as a pass rusher than vice versa. Lou's defense was too passive. Dropping rushers into coverage is passive. You're praying that the opposing QB makes a hilariously bad mistake by throwing it right to a defensive end. Why would they try to build a defense that depended on such a flukey occurrence rather than just trying to sack the QB?
In all seriousness, Lou tried to do the thing of having pass rushers drop into coverage at a higher rate than the rest of the league. It was by in large awful. I'd much prefer a coverage player who can moonlight as a pass rusher than vice versa. Lou's defense was too passive. Dropping rushers into coverage is passive. You're praying that the opposing QB makes a hilariously bad mistake by throwing it right to a defensive end. Why would they try to build a defense that depended on such a flukey occurrence rather than just trying to sack the QB?
