Defensive Coverage

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(09-28-2015, 12:57 PM)GreenCornBengal Wrote: It surprised me they had Kirk shadow him instead of Adam Jones. Maybe they were looking to avoid some personal fouls... not sure.

Iloka whiffed big time on his 4th down TD, but otherwise this is what you typically see out of Steve Smith.

Guy is amazing, if if I hate his 8th grade attitude and stupid antics.

AJ Green vs Steve Smith might be one of the greatest WR battles I have seen in the AFCN. Fun stuff to watch.

Yeah, as a general rule, you don't put a taller corner on a shorter receiver when they run quick short routes, because of the quickness disadvantage.  I believe Adam would have done a better job of containing Smith, but not sure if this was their decision or just the way Smith lined up.  But, I may have seen some crossing routes where a LB was expected to tackle Smith and a slower Reggie Nelson was expected to tackle Smith after the catch in space.  They could have made their lives so much easier if they had just double covered him the whole game and forced Flacco to look elsewhere, but as I said before, I don't know if this is what they did and Smith beat them anyway or not.  Looking for some comments from anyone who noticed this part of the game.