Why does our defense always give up the underneath pass?

smazza · October 25, 2014

Because playing soft coverage was part of the official cultural shift.

our nfl dc knows what he is doing

George_Bullnard_Shaw · October 25, 2014

I can't believe teams don't run the bubble screens every single play against us. They're basically guaranteed 6-8 yards every time. How freaking long does it take to figure out how to stop that play?? 8 games not enough Chuck??

Na man, we'd rather sit 7 yards off when all they need is 4-5 yards then backpedal another 3+ yards away from the line to make at the snap! It's genius i tell ya!

4th and 2? Lets play 7 yards off. How the hell did our DB coach ever get hired into the NFL?

It is extremely frustrating to see them playing 5 yards off the receiver every play. It was 3rd and near automatic for Cinci. Over and over and over, short uncontested pass + a few extra yards.

cptkid570 · October 26, 2014

There was one play, I'm pretty sure it was the 4th quarter, where it was 3rd and and less than 5 yards (I believe 4 yards... and it may have been 4th down). The announcers showed the replay from where our DB lined up 7 yards off and ran downfield. The WR ran about 6 yards and turned around. Easy catch, easy 8 yards, 1st down.

Now, on that pay. 1 of 2 things happened. 1. They were in a zone defense and the CB had a deep zone and somone forgot to come over and cover the short zone. Or 2. Our d-coordinator is terrible. Absolutely terrible.