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Are the Panthers going to be sucessful in the cover 2?

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jramsey4 Newbie

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I dunno....from what I've seen, we've stayed cover-2 and an occasional corner blitz the whole time

I have seen Fox call a few blitzs but they are usually obvious and the pass goes right over there head. I'm starting to think the problem is not just the scheme but that the players just don't seem to be responding to it. I see no intensity out these guys on D.

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jramsey4 Newbie

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(edit: overly mean)

Cover 2 was his base defense, of course he didn't run it solely.

Just like it is our base D right now and we change up from play to play.

I don't really think that was Overly mean. You are entitled to his opinion. Its not like you insulted my motha.

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pantherj Grand Master

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I think we have the secondary to play cover-2, but our front 4 is lacking to put it mildly. In order to pressure the QB, you need a DE like Peppers, and a DT like Jenkins. The point is to put the QB in a vice, collapse the pocket, Pepp prevents the QB from backing up, Jenks prevents the QB from stepping up into the pocket. Now you have a cover-2 defense that will either kill the QB, or generate interceptions. Without a pass rush in the middle of the pocket, there is no reason to play cover-2. The only thing our cover-2 is doing is preventing the deep pass. Our zone blitzes look horrible. If our coaches knew the passing tendancies of our opponents, then we could fire-zone blitz more to pressure the QB. At any rate, Fox was foolish to go into this season with Lewis as our pass rushing DT. 'I'll get there sooner or later' Lewis. We need a MURDERER at DT, not a FAT SISSY!

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I think we have the secondary to play cover-2, but our front 4 is lacking to put it mildly. In order to pressure the QB, you need a DE like Peppers, and a DT like Jenkins. The point is to put the QB in a vice, collapse the pocket, Pepp prevents the QB from backing up, Jenks prevents the QB from stepping up into the pocket. Now you have a cover-2 defense that will either kill the QB, or generate interceptions. Without a pass rush in the middle of the pocket, there is no reason to play cover-2. The only thing our cover-2 is doing is preventing the deep pass. Our zone blitzes look horrible. If our coaches knew the passing tendancies of our opponents, then we could fire-zone blitz more to pressure the QB. At any rate, Fox was foolish to go into this season with Lewis as our pass rushing DT. 'I'll get there sooner or later' Lewis. We need a MURDERER at DT, not a FAT SISSY!

I think everybody sees that lewis is just avg..i just wish fox could see it.i know in the ATL game Leonard was getting more Pressure.that and brayton yes he is a solid run stopper but in a scheme built on speed you think charles johson would be better DE

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pantherj Grand Master

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Fire-zone pass blitz will work, Peppers shooting up the A gap, with Beason and Davis coming, will either result in a sack, or scare the sh!t out of the QB. But it doesn't work well unless the other DE knows the QBs hot read. We fire-zone blitzed a lot in 2005, both the run and pass versions of that blitz. It worked extremely well, but then we went away from it after 05'.

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