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It’s been a thing all year. Those PFF stats having him highly ranked in zone coverage early on made no sense. It was a problem for our intermediate zone game all year because the linebackers struggled in coverage as well. A lot of what people are complaining about Evero calling “prevent” defense is guys getting straight beat at that intermediate level which by design happens to line up with the sticks. But zone allows you to diffuse responsibility by allocating across areas rather than personnel and therefore limiting the damage from a mistake. We don’t have personnel to run bump n run man coverage. Getting beat doing that means watching our guy chase their guy on long routes down the field. And yea I mean, a better pass rush is the “rising tide that raises all ships”. Definitely have some pieces but player development and a key free agent could go a long way.

Tough to play man without a pass rush. Now add the league MVP QB and the 1st team All Pro receiver to the mix. Oh and then Devante Adam’s.

You can’t execute for the players. We weren’t getting beat playing “prevent”. Scott keeps getting beat in zone on deep crossers and seams. Limited pass rush exposes him. Our linebackers aren’t talented enough to do anything other than pick a zone and stick to it. Stafford worked them all day. Wasn’t the final touchdown man down the field with Moehrig against the TE.? Hell of a game. Evero got this unit to over perform all year, including this game. Not advocating calls or style but we were slotted by most as the worst defense in the league coming into season. We need an infusion of talent at every level.

We play Rams if they beat the cardinals. We play niners if the Rams lose.

Regarding Parsons as a comparison, it’s also worth noting that he just went down with an ACL tear and may not even be back to start next year. That’s the other piece of this in the nfl. Investing heavily in ANY player is a major risk because of the threat of injuries (coupled of course with the salary cap). They literally change the rules of the game to soften that blow for QBs. That Packers D couldn’t stop anybody yesterday without Parsons. Ravens scored on like their first five drives with a backup QB in Lambeau.

Ah, makes more sense. Thanks for clarifying.

This is our playoffs. The rest is gravy. One, a win and Bucs loss gets you in. Two, evaluating this roster under high stakes conditions is arguably even more valuable long term than a week of rest for a potential playoff round. Third and related, you’d prefer to have momentum going into the playoffs, especially with all the questions surrounding BY, Canales and Evero.

Is this true? I thought they showed a stat in the first quarter where he’s 5-0 against us prior to today. Not the same thing necessarily, but just curious.

I was referring to adding said blue chip opposite of Scourton. Point was to highlight he’s demonstrating some flashes even without a strong counter part.

Egbuka was the guy as of last week. Guessing how these teams finish and the roles the respective candidates play will loom large. I think TMAC gets it if we win the division and he’s involved in the win.

Or what about a blue chip pure pass rusher? Definitely feels like they’re building something.

Anyone hear anything further about Jaycee’s arm/shoulder?

A bit off here. I watch every game and any time they make it out to vaguely the west coast, I’m there in person. I guess you’re suggesting that the saints time of possession is indicative of the defensive lapse? Despite the points? Yes, the saints’ drives dominated the time of possession. But much of that was questionable penalties extending drives and just frankly lucky contested plays. Receivers just hanging on right at the sticks. Juggled screen passes that result in a first. There was also Rozeboom just mishandling a gift fumble. Also, no argument, the 4th quarter drives were rough. But again, it goes back to what could have been done differently. We tried lining up Jaycee one on one and Olave burned him. Contrast that with today’s game. The players have to execute the plan.

Frankly surprised by the amount of people that want to hang Evero. This was a defense that was almost universally considered the bottom of the barrel before this season started. We’ve managed to stat our way to the middle of the pack whatever that means. Those critical of the zone schemes, what do you want? When even JC is getting burnt one on one by Olave you have little choice. There definitely have been moments where the zone blitz stuff has bit us. That said, are the third string linebackers (and nick Scott) covering poo anyway? This unit had only conceded 10 points going into the fourth quarter despite a litany of bullshit penalties on both sides. Them over performing is the biggest reason we are still in playoff contention.

Which means what exactly? I was comparing only to underscore the subjectivity of stats and that even Bryce can accumulate them throwing enough. Maybe this will be meaningful in Shedeur’s overall development? It’s an incredibly small sample size that looked rough before today. There are multiple reasons to question their significance, and there were some major mistakes that factored into the loss.