Was Austin the Problem with the Defense?

[Jojo the Circus Boy]

(01-14-2019, 06:59 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: Really dig the write up.

I don't think Austin was bad persay, just his defense wasn't a good fit for what the Bengals had.
He preferred zone and attempting to maximize on turnovers. The cornerbacks are MUCH better with man to man. Look at Jackson before and after Austin. His play completely changed.

This sounds familiar. A coordinator that forced players into his SCHEME instead of planning to the strengths of his PLAYERS. I just hope our new coordinators are brought in to play to this teams strengths or at least show the ability to be flexible with their game planning. Even the local high school coach knows how to change his offense depending on if it's a once a decade QB that chucks it 40+ yards vs. most years where they have a RB at QB leading to the triple option.