Basically every analyst says pretty much the same thing

[Sydla]

If Dallas wants to come in and play that soft zone, they have no shot at all.

I was listening to a podcast from one of the Eagles beat writers and he said the reason why people shouldn't be afraid of Sanchez spitting the bit in this game is that in the games he struggled, teams played a healthy dose of man and challenged the Eagles WRs at the line. The games Sanchez has looked good, teams gave their WRs free release and sat back in zones and let the Eagles just churn up 8 yards here, 14 yards there, etc. sitting in the soft spots in the zone. Teams are afraid of the Eagles beating them deep but the reality is that's not Sanchez's comfort zone. He wants the short stuff, he wants to work the middle of the field (for example, slot WR Matthews production has gone up since Sanchez took over).

Seattle came in and took away all the short stuff and when that wasn't working the Eagles were dead in the water.

 

[tomsanders921]

Yeah the zone was awful the 1st game. Guys wide open all over the place and we couldnt tackle either.
We need to come out like we did against the hawks and play aggressive

 

[WoodysGirl]

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

If Dallas wants to come in and play that soft zone, they have no shot at all.

I was listening to a podcast from one of the Eagles beat writers and he said the reason why people shouldn't be afraid of Sanchez spitting the bit in this game is that in the games he struggled, teams played a healthy dose of man and challenged the Eagles WRs at the line. The games Sanchez has looked good, teams gave their WRs free release and sat back in zones and let the Eagles just churn up 8 yards here, 14 yards there, etc. sitting in the soft spots in the zone. Teams are afraid of the Eagles beating them deep but the reality is that's not Sanchez's comfort zone. He wants the short stuff, he wants to work the middle of the field (for example, slot WR Matthews production has gone up since Sanchez took over).

Seattle came in and took away all the short stuff and when that wasn't working the Eagles were dead in the water.

For the most part you are right.
But there is the scenario where they feast on our zone, then we get ball and run all over them

A shoutout!

 

[JD_KaPow]

A shoutout!

A shoutout to who?

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

A shoutout to who?

Heehee.
Damn autocorrect


SHOOT OUT!

 

[jazzcat22]

So one analyst said it, and everyone else runs with it....j/k

That zone crap does hurt us. Always seemed too.

 

[links18]

So one analyst said it, and everyone else runs with it....j/k

That zone crap does hurt us. Always seemed too.

Do people trust Carr one on one deep with their receivers?

 

[Stash]

I think I'd rather live and die with man coverage than see them get picked apart like they're not even there in zone coverage.

But, to do that, they have to do a better job containing the run game, because if they can't, you don't want your corners running downfield facing away from the line of scrimmage.

 

[Stash]

Do people trust Carr one on one deep with their receivers?

I'd rather see that than see him struggle in zone. He's getting paid, and is a better man corner, let him sink or swim. And Maclin is good but I don't consider him to be a speed burner of a receiver.

 

[jazzcat22]

Do people trust Carr one on one deep with their receivers?

Roll a S over to help on the deep passes if need be.
See how he handles it first, and how often would they really go deep. If he can cover enough time to get Sanchez and the timing off, maybe we pressure him into a mistake or an incompletion.

Notice I said pressure, as we won't get sacks. LOL

 

[morasp]

I hope Patmon comes back and makes a difference. It should give the secondary more flexibility to go to the dime package.

 

[Sydla]

Do people trust Carr one on one deep with their receivers?

No but I also know we can't trust him in zone. So I'd rather mix it up and try different things than jus sit back and watch a team that picked apart the zone 2 weeks ago do the exact same thing again Sunday night.

 

[sbark]

Especially when Carr drops off the WR going deep along the slidelines to come back toward Sproles who is already covered by O-Scan and the QB hits the wide open Wr.....happened 2x 1st iggles game.........give him a man assignment and keep it simple.

 

[CATCH17]

Do people trust Carr one on one deep with their receivers?

I trust his ability to stay on his guy more than I do him releasing his guy.

Our zone D gives receivers so much space to sit in. We just aren't good at it.


If they want to play zone then at least have the corners man up on their guy.

 

[khiladi]

I trust his ability to stay on his guy more than I do him releasing his guy.

Our zone D gives receivers so much space to sit in. We just aren't good at it.


If they want to play zone then at least have the corners man up on their guy.

Last year against Detroit, I didn't even blame Carr. We played a lot of zone and I saw Carr, multiple times leaving him to the zone and it looked like our safeties were out of position and just lost.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Do people trust Carr one on one deep with their receivers?

Nope. I don't trust our pass defense at all. But I prefer him in man than in zone. Also, I think there's a good chance that Sanchez can't hit those deep receivers consistently.

 

[xwalker]

If Dallas wants to come in and play that soft zone, they have no shot at all.

I was listening to a podcast from one of the Eagles beat writers and he said the reason why people shouldn't be afraid of Sanchez spitting the bit in this game is that in the games he struggled, teams played a healthy dose of man and challenged the Eagles WRs at the line. The games Sanchez has looked good, teams gave their WRs free release and sat back in zones and let the Eagles just churn up 8 yards here, 14 yards there, etc. sitting in the soft spots in the zone. Teams are afraid of the Eagles beating them deep but the reality is that's not Sanchez's comfort zone. He wants the short stuff, he wants to work the middle of the field (for example, slot WR Matthews production has gone up since Sanchez took over).

Seattle came in and took away all the short stuff and when that wasn't working the Eagles were dead in the water.

The Cowboys lost the 1st game to the Eagles because the Cowboys offense only scored 10 points and didn't keep the ball long enough.

 

[Oh_Canada]

Do people trust Carr one on one deep with their receivers?

I do. He's faced far better ones this year and though he loses his fair share he is rarely beaten badly when in man to man. His problem is zone.

 

[jterrell]

of course every analyst is going to say that...
they just saw seattle play man press and dominate them.

now all dallas has to do is borrow sherman and thomas and we win by 30....

dallas has to mix it's coverages man/zone and bring some pressure to get sanchez off the spot.
same as pretty much every other week.