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Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection
Is anyone else worried by the short passing defense though? While we shut down most deep and intermediate routes, we got eaten up underneath.
I guess that's good if we put up more points.
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Well, the one or two times Green did go deep, ST was (again...) out of position, and Chambers was well behind the defense.
Luckily, he's Chris Chambers and will drop anything he can get his hands on. Still, there was not much to like about the pass D yesterday, IMO.
Obviously, the scheme wants someone else besides the DBs to be responsible for the hook/curl zone. This year, we just may have the LBs to do that. Rocky Mac and Washington are both quick enough to at least make the throw into the flat/curl zone a difficult one, wheras last year, Holdman and Marshall would just allow an easy throw. I think we improve against that short passing game this year.
The deep....eh, lets just say the early returns (sample size=2) aren't good at all.