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Ramsdude
So basically she has been "covering" Pro football for 6 whole years.
Not to nitpick but this is her 8th year (2016, '17, '18, '19, '20, '21, '22 and now 2023.) FWIW it's McVay's 7th year as a head coach.
And I'm not saying that Jourdan is the McVay of the beat writer universe, I'm saying maybe 'only 8 years' isn't the right way to judge someone.
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Ramsdude
Would you rather listen to the opinion of something from a 12 year old child or a 40 year old adult?
Of course I would listen to the 40 year old in your scenario. Unfortunately this question is distorts the point. Jourdan isn't a preteen, she's approximately 32 years old and a recipient of the PFWA's Terez A. Paylor Emerging Writer award (2021). So let me throw that back at you with a more meaningful scenario: would you rather listen to the opinion of an award-winning 32 year old beat writer who has access to OTAs, coaches, and players or a 60 year old adult who opines based on what they read in sports mags and sees on TV?
edit: I lifted this passage, written by Jourdan, from a post leafnose has elsewhere in this thread. What do you think of this analysis?
if you play single high against the modern passing offense you’re gonna get eaten alive by the end of Q1…just like McVay’s offenses used to do to cover 3 in 17-18 and essentially killed that scheme. You also can’t play dominantly man without multiple elite CBs because of the amount of 11 personnel out there now + really good 1 and 2 receivers…you could maybe split the field but still you’re giving your opponent a math advantage because they’ll load up the other 2 and the pass catching TE on the non-man side and leave that guy out of the game completely. Most of the league is now playing quarters concepts at their highest ever rate. Now, that said - yeah, 100% the Rams absolutely need to get more aggressive in how they “match” within that zone philosophy as I’ve illustrated quite a lot. You can turn a zone almost into a man post-snap if you have the right players and buy into that type of philosophy and accept that there could be some bumps along the way. So like to paint the picture a little better - if you match route tendencies (studying thru the week) and smother down over the top of them out of a zone pre-snap look, you can be “sticky” while not becoming too vulnerable to the explosive pass that triples scoring probability on a drive. You also need an effective pass rush. Multiple things!
AlbaNY_Ram
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/24/2023 04:11PM by AlbaNY_Ram.
