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If you're not getting pressure on the QB he's going to be able to stand in and hit longer passes.
So to combat that you want to CB's to play off so as to protect against getting burned deep.
But that just leaves them vulnerable to the underneath stuff which many of us found so frustrating.
True 3030! I get why Morris would do that but what was even more frustrating for me was the slowness or inability to adjust to everyone "taking advantage" of that strategy and were attacking the middle and underneath areas.
It seemed at times we wouldn't adjust to it the whole game allowing teams to march up and down the field with double digit drives and chewing up the clock while our vaunted O was on the sidelines watching it!
I still wonder how much McVay is responsible for the change. Seeing McVay's face while the other teams were marching up and down the field virtually "uncontested" said a lot IMO. I think McVay had seen enough and had a "talk" with Morris about what could be done differently. JMO
I'm with you Ramsdude. Following that 3 game skid suddenly our defense looked different. I'd assume the coaches got together, but maybe (as zn used to say) it was the "Perfect Storm" of adjustments, player changes, everyone finally getting in sync and/or our opponents. Regardless, it seems to have worked, so my compliments to whoever figured it out.
Early in the year I was done with Morris, now I'm good with him staying.
