Re-watching the game

[Navy_football]

12 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

And no defense in the NFL should know how that is more than us. Smitty wrote the book on being THAT receiver and DJ carries it into practice every day. 

You'd think we could scheme against that, just by trying stuff in practice or something...

You'd think. But honestly I don't have an issue with not scheming a special defense to stop him in preseason. Just make sure a CB is covering him. I don't care who. Any CB would be better than a LB against a guy like Cole. It was just too easy. Couldn't fully evaluate the pass rush or safety play because of it.

[Khyber53]

2 hours ago, Navy_football said:

You'd think. But honestly I don't have an issue with not scheming a special defense to stop him in preseason. Just make sure a CB is covering him. I don't care who. Any CB would be better than a LB against a guy like Cole. It was just too easy. Couldn't fully evaluate the pass rush or safety play because of it.

Of course, the coaches could have been doing that on purpose to really evaluate those LBs in pass coverage. And kept doing it to see if the MLBs could adjust. They couldn't.

Really makes you understand how good Luke and Shaq are.

I think a good part of our defensive struggles could be chalked up to this against Buffalo. There were a lot of guys exposed as not ready for prime time. Sometimes that makes them work harder in training camp. Sometimes it doesn't. It does make it easier to put the old pink slip in the locker, though.

[bababoey]

On 8/19/2019 at 6:55 AM, Tepper's Chest Hair said:

Buffalo had the number 2 defense (yards/game) and were 8th in takeaways.

8-2 = 6.

Buffalo had 6 wins last season.

Thats how it works..right?

[Navy_football]

1 hour ago, Khyber53 said:

Of course, the coaches could have been doing that on purpose to really evaluate those LBs in pass coverage. And kept doing it to see if the MLBs could adjust. They couldn't.

Really makes you understand how good Luke and Shaq are.

Honestly I don't think Luke at 6'3" 240 lbs could cover Cole, and he's the Panther's best cover LB. Just physics. Too big to cover the little scat slots because they can't start and stop as quickly. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

9 hours ago, Navy_football said:

And athlete.

A 5'8", 180 pound guy running a 4.4 forty with a 40' vertical is not someone you put a linebacker on. There is no way that LB can cover him - he's too small and shifty. 

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