Defense Analysis, Part 1

SaintsBro · 12-14-2011, 01:07 PM

Losing the secondary coach Dennis Allen to the Broncos has maybe turned out to be a really big deal. This thing of leaving big cushions off the receivers, and guys not being able to catch a ball that's hitting them right on the numbers, it pretty much started late last year (when Allen was on the way out) and from right out the gate of the first preseason game this year. Maybe I had the black-and-gold tinted glasses on during the height of the Super Bowl run, but during 2009 I don't remember seeing quite so many obvious mixups of exchange coverage between the linebackers and defensive backs, plays where people get turned around and mixed-up and clearly don't know what's what, getting burned, etc. Greer and Porter in tandem were fearsome in 2009, and when they have their act together, they still make plays and look fearsome now -- it's just not all the time, which is troubling.

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SaintsBro Site Donor Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: in line with my ridiculous CLEAR PLASTIC BAG Posts: 3,650 Blog Entries: 3	Losing the secondary coach Dennis Allen to the Broncos has maybe turned out to be a really big deal. This thing of leaving big cushions off the receivers, and guys not being able to catch a ball that's hitting them right on the numbers, it pretty much started late last year (when Allen was on the way out) and from right out the gate of the first preseason game this year. Maybe I had the black-and-gold tinted glasses on during the height of the Super Bowl run, but during 2009 I don't remember seeing quite so many obvious mixups of exchange coverage between the linebackers and defensive backs, plays where people get turned around and mixed-up and clearly don't know what's what, getting burned, etc. Greer and Porter in tandem were fearsome in 2009, and when they have their act together, they still make plays and look fearsome now -- it's just not all the time, which is troubling.