Prevent defense

[Mobinvans]

Don’t ever do that again coach McDonald

You would be better off just letting them score quick if they hit a home run

Last thing you want to give is a good QB time and space

 

[Aven8]

DQ has been slacking for a month

 

[Runwildboys]

This is the first time I've ever been shocked to see the defense go into prevent mode. I thought they were past that idiocy.

 

[Jenky]

Detroit has good line. Our pass rush wasn’t getting there tonight. We had some nice TFLs.

 

[Tabascocat]

It prevents wins…

 

[HeavyBarrel]

Just play regular D, like you have done all night-it isn’t that hard if you don’t overthink it

 

[THEHEREAFTER]

On the TD to St Brown they ran some type of wierd zone and lost him? Just a horrific drive after playing great all night.

 

[DoctorChicken]

“We gotta stop the other team from scoring! Let’s let them pick up 20 yards every play!”

- Coaches when calling prevent defense

 

[CowboysDrew]

I have never understood prevent. It's the most absurd strategy in football.

As the late great John Madden said "The only thing prevent does is prevent you from winning"

The fact Quinn used it is very telling about his mentality.

 

[john van brocklin]

Don’t ever do that again coach McDonald

You would be better off just letting them score quick if they hit a home run

Last thing you want to give is a good QB time and space

You mean like last week,?
This team is dumber than a box of rocks.
We don't learn.

 

[TWOK11]

That wasn’t prevent defense. Prevent is an umbrella 3 or 4 deep zone, usually with 8 (but a minimum of 7) dropping into coverage.

Dallas played 2 high man and brought four on all but one snap on the last drive.

 

[HungryLion]

Don’t ever do that again coach McDonald

You would be better off just letting them score quick if they hit a home run

Last thing you want to give is a good QB time and space

No movement on the DL either. No stunts, no blitzes, it was so bad.

 

[TD-40]

Lou Holtz used to call it the 'Prevent Victory' defense. I always thought you should keep playing the defense that has gotten you to that point and not change it up and allow a bunch of 10-15 yard passes like it does. I hate that defense.

 

[DallasInDC]

Just play regular D, like you have done all night-it isn’t that hard if you don’t overthink it

Agreed...playing prevent is playing scared and when you play scarred, that is the recipe for losing.

 

[Kingofholland]

There were quite a few times today the db was playing too far off the WR. Sometimes you gotta get up there and jam and we don't do that often.

Terrible defense on that last drive though that coverage looked like they were playing 4th and 20 every play.

 

[Creeper]

I am out on Quinn. I think he is overrated and has benefitted tremendously from having Micah Parsons on his defense. That defense they played late in the game was just horrendous.

That 2 pt conversion penalty saved McCarthy and Quinn from well deserved criticism.

 

[reddyuta]

DQ needs to go against his instinct ,his prevent Defense have always been terrible.

 

[Nova]

I have never understood prevent. It's the most absurd strategy in football.

As the late great John Madden said "The only thing prevent does is prevent you from winning"

The fact Quinn used it is very telling about his mentality.

It’s such a CYA move, IMO.

It’s the fear of getting beat deep quickly, that causes DCs to use it.

They’d rather get roasted for losing by playing “safe”

 

[AbeBeta]

DQ has been slacking for a month

yeah, but you've been slacking on posts for a decade.

 

[JW82]

Don’t ever do that again coach McDonald

You would be better off just letting them score quick if they hit a home run

Last thing you want to give is a good QB time and space

Amen. D played great 2 weeks in a row and then disappears in crunch time. Scrap that plan.