Did we switch from zone to man?

[JohnnyTheFox]

After the 1st quarter or so?
Of course the pass rush helped but it seemed like coverage was much tighter after the 1st quarter.

 

[Playmaker247]

Yea it seemed like it. Our players are just so bad at zone it seems like. There’s always a open player when we run zone

 

[Stash]

After the 1st quarter or so?
Of course the pass rush helped but it seemed like coverage was much tighter after the 1st quarter.

That's what I saw. And that's when the bleeding stopped. Arizona's offense was having their way in the passing game on their first two drives against awful zone defense. Once they changed it up, the defense started working.

I don't think that this observation is getting enough play.

 

[CATCH17]

Yeah it looked like a cover 2 zone.

I hate watching our linebackers in coverage the last 2 weeks.

I don't get the lack of Damien Wilson.

 

[Roadtrip635]

Had to switch it up, those short quick passes were tearing us up with DBs giving up a big cushion. CBs had to come up to the line to help throw off the timing and try not to give them clean releases. It also our DLine time to get some pressure.

 

[krimson]

That first quarter our CB's were playing about 10 yards off the line. Made it so easy for the Cardinals to gain substantial yards on nearly every play. After the second quarter you could see that gap had changes dramatically. I think they were really babying that young secondary at first.

 

[rpntex]

After the 1st quarter or so?
Of course the pass rush helped but it seemed like coverage was much tighter after the 1st quarter.

Yes we did, on AZ's first possession after their missed FG.

 

[Bullflop]

Yes, we did switch to man coverage after seeing how Palmer was having such a field day with the zone. In fact, the commentator said as much. Here's hoping we won't wait that long in the future when opposing QBs are lighting us up so badly. Our secondary's success really turned around drastically when we switched to man coverage. In fact, I'd prefer to see us implement man coverage significantly more than we do now.

 

[CATCH17]

We are schematically so bad on this team but we have the horses to overcome it thankfully.

The problem is what do you do when you're facing Aaron Rodgers in January and their defense has stopped us twice and he's already up 2 scores and has the ball back.

 

[BermyStar]

Yes, we did switch to man coverage after seeing how Palmer was having such a field day with the zone. In fact, the commentator said as much. Here's hoping we won't wait that long in the future when opposing QBs are lighting us up so badly. Our secondary's success really turned around drastically when we switched to man coverage. In fact, I'd prefer to see us implement man coverage significantly more than we do now.

I'd like to see it implemented more as well, seems to be a strength of Lewis'.

 

[morasp]

They also put Durant in on passing downs and had six DBs a lot of the time.

 

[jrumann59]

Zone schemes can be difficult when you have guys playing that are usually only in sub packages. We had safeties playing CB hard to do your job when you are not 100% sure what your zone assignment is when you play another position entirely.

 

[MagicMan]

Man to man best suited for the young secondary, especially one that missed a lot of training camp too.

 

[AmishCowboy]

Man to man best suited for the young secondary, especially one that missed a lot of training camp too.

For now, yes, I would agree

 

[TheCount]

As I've maintained, I don't see the benefit of running so much zone when literally all our corners are known for their man coverage skills.

You can add the ridiculousness of playing your corners 10 yards off receivers on 2nd and 5 to that bucket of complaints as well.

 

[gimmesix]

After the 1st quarter or so?
Of course the pass rush helped but it seemed like coverage was much tighter after the 1st quarter.

Not completely. We mixed man coverage with zone by adding an extra defensive back. That allowed us to still put safeties over the top while manning up the receivers, with four DBs able to line up in man. That works fine for teams without much of a running game, and it was a good move in this game.

 

[John813]

Whatever they run, please just end this 10 yard cushion crap.

 

[Ranching]

After the 1st quarter or so?
Of course the pass rush helped but it seemed like coverage was much tighter after the 1st quarter.

Looked like 6 DBs, man under with 2 high safeties. At least that's what it looked like through beer goggles.

 

[Nightman]

Looked like 6 DBs, man under with 2 high safeties. At least that's what it looked like through beer goggles.

Yes, the 3-2-6 was the big change and it worked very well

The CBs were at least running with and chucking the WRs with the 2 safeties over the top

Getting consistent pressure from Tank was the key

 

[CWR]

We are schematically so bad on this team but we have the horses to overcome it thankfully.

The problem is what do you do when you're facing Aaron Rodgers in January and their defense has stopped us twice and he's already up 2 scores and has the ball back.

We put a whole lot of dbs on the field. Hopefully thats doable considering thier lack of a run game. It looks like they will throw a ton of screens instead.