M'Kevon;3247761 said:
If both corners are not pressing, that is an excellent clue that the D was called for them not to press. I don't get the hate on TN for running the coverage as it was called for. Blame Campo, not TN.
No, it isn't. When this first came up after the Chargers game, that was the argument that was used to excuse Newman. However, going back to even the middle 90's, when the Cowboys used Cover 2 as their base D with Campo as the coordinator, that defense didn't mean that both CBs had to press. It was adapted to, essentially, protect the other CB playing opposite of Deion, who everybody knew the ball wasn't going to be thrown to and didn't need any help from the safeties. Deion was going to do his thing ( as he's often said on TV ) and the rest of the defensive backfield was going to do another.
That was not a coincidence that Tony Dungy, who made his coaching career using that defense, and Troy Aikman, who was the starting QB for the Cowboys during that time, came up with the same, exact criticism on two incredibly similar plays in 2 different games. Neither of them are going to call out players unless they have a good reason to.
And it still doesn't excuse the brain cramp Sensabaugh had. That was his play the entire way.
I completely agree with this on the Vikings play. It was a poor, poor, poor technique from him not to turn around and look for the ball. My only guess is that he lost the ball and gave up on it midway through the play and didn't want to cause a pass interference. But that still does not excuse him losing the ball to begin with.
Still, had Newman " checked " Rice, Sensanbaugh would have had more time and might have located the ball or the ball would have been a long incompletion.
