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illdefined · 08-10-2004, 10:23 AM

i'll say it one more time, its because we're BLITZING EVERY DOWN. by commiting an LB to the blitz, we're leaving a flat completely open. they took advantage of that all night. our LBs must have been telegraphing which side and not done any disguising (preseason?).

its been my biggest worry about the defense, without the DLine applying pressure on its own, or at the very least soaking up blocks for the blitzing LBs, we're completely leaving the middle open to one backer.

hopefully during the season, we'll mix up the blitzes better so they dont know which side to rollout/throw across to. but ideally, our Dline would do its job and apply pressure by itself..

cant be relying on Taylor to save our ass every time our LBs dont get there in time.

08-10-2004, 10:23 AM	#3
illdefined Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: nyc Age: 49 Posts: 2,631	i'll say it one more time, its because we're BLITZING EVERY DOWN. by commiting an LB to the blitz, we're leaving a flat completely open. they took advantage of that all night. our LBs must have been telegraphing which side and not done any disguising (preseason?). its been my biggest worry about the defense, without the DLine applying pressure on its own, or at the very least soaking up blocks for the blitzing LBs, we're completely leaving the middle open to one backer. hopefully during the season, we'll mix up the blitzes better so they dont know which side to rollout/throw across to. but ideally, our Dline would do its job and apply pressure by itself.. cant be relying on Taylor to save our ass every time our LBs dont get there in time.