Why no prevent defense at the end?

[Titleist]

I know many on this website hate prevent and/or 3 deep defense but if any time would have been appropriate to use it, the last Seattle drive would have been it.

Frustrating and a bit surprising from our usually conservative coaching staff that we didn't just rush 3 and put all the DB's out there to stop the long ball.

 

[DallasDW00ds0n]

DBs were playing back and zone, you could have fooled me .... Thought they were

 

[Doomsday]

That was their prevent defense and they need to toss it out the window.

Every time they have run it this season teams march right up the field and score.

 

[Hawkeye19]

Not sure what Byron was doing with Lockett on that 60 yarder....smh

Seattle was able to isolate him on favorable matchups against us all game.

I thought our front 7 earned an A- grade for the game... the secondary gets a C-.

Too many big plays and errors in coverage.

 

[JayFord]

That was prevent defense

And idk why team still run prevent

Run the same d just close off the sidelines idc if they go 80 yards if it take all the time off the clock

 

[ArbynTX]

That was their prevent defense and they need to toss it out the window.

Every time they have run it this season teams march right up the field and score.

It was so very frustrating that they gave up that late game touchdown. Fortunately that ‘onside kick’ worked in our favor.

 

[JohnsKey19]

Looked like prevent defense to me. The DB awareness was just piss poor.

 

[HungryLion]

That was prevent defense

And idk why team still run prevent

Run the same d just close off the sidelines idc if they go 80 yards if it take all the time off the clock

I don’t know why they play the zone crap in that situation.

Play man coverage with cover 2 over the top. That way the corner tries to stay with his man all the way and the safeties can try to prevent anyone from getting behind them.

 

[Eddie]

Why do we run a Prevent D only to allow them to score in under a minute ??? I freakin' hate it.

 

[Cowboys22]

I think it kind of was but someone blew their job. The better question would be why is there never a safety there on time to help defend a deep pass. It must be scheme related because I see average safety’s defending deep passes every week but in Dallas, they can never get there on time. They are always still 5-10 yards away when the ball reaches the WR. It’s maddening once you have realized this. Our CBs are always left 1 on 1 on deep passes.

 

[JayFord]

I don’t know why they play the zone crap in that situation.

Play man coverage with cover 2 over the top. That way the corner tries to stay with his man all the way and the safeties can try to prevent anyone from getting behind them.

There you go

Years ago with 2 minutes left and down by 9 the ravens played the same defense (like your saying) and just let the underneath man catch it and tackle him inboundS

Yeah Peyton completed like 9 in a row for about 60 yards but by the time they got in position to score they had no time left

That’s how it should be done imo

 

[NumOneQB]

Not sure what Byron was doing with Lockett on that 60 yarder....smh

Seattle was able to isolate him on favorable matchups against us all game.

I thought our front 7 earned an A- grade for the game... the secondary gets a C-.

Too many big plays and errors in coverage.

That wasn’t Byron, Cowboys we’re playing in a deep zone and Heath was out of position playing up.

 

[Hawkeye19]

That wasn’t Byron, Cowboys we’re playing in a deep zone and Heath was out of position playing up.

You could be totally right... All I saw was Byron give him a free release and then turn late into the trail position.

It looked to me like he was looking inside and then was surprised when Lockett blew past him.

Either way— it’s inecusable to give that play up to that particular player at that spot in the ball game.

Just awful situational football

 

[NumOneQB]

You could be totally right... All I saw was Byron give him a free release and then turn late into the trail position.

It looked to me like he was looking inside and then was surprised when Lockett blew past him.

Either way— it’s inecusable to give that play up to that particular player at that spot in the ball game.

Just awful situational football

It’s possible Byron messed up, but if you watch the play the zone spacing is just way off. Heath is way too shallow there. Zones overlap but not that much for that situation.

 

[glimmerman]

Not sure what Byron was doing with Lockett on that 60 yarder....smh

Seattle was able to isolate him on favorable matchups against us all game.

I thought our front 7 earned an A- grade for the game... the secondary gets a C-.

Too many big plays and errors in coverage.

He gets slack here and there because they rarely go to his side. They catch him it seems the last few games. He needs to stay on his guy every play.

 

[cheyennes]

you can use many options
nickel or dime, With 4 dl or 3 and one qb spy.

with 10 points lead, use cov4 with 3 or 4 under.
but a 60 yards vertical pass, is awful way to play.

 

[Teague31]

Told my wife all the have to do is keep everything in front of them. And then that. Unreal

 

[flosho]

It was prevent but Jones and someone else blew the coverage on Lockett.

I mean the first thing Garrett should have told the defense before that series is, "do not let lockett behind you."

 

[uvaballa]

I’m pretty sure they were in a soft cover 2 on that big gainer to Lockett. Byron should stayed deeper at that point if the game and not worried about the flat route.