Cooley's breakdown, defense at Vikes
For those who've missed it, he's mentioned in the past that he favors W.Compton over Riley.
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I enjoyed this just as much as his offensive review. I don't know if these are constant themes he has, but here were my takeaways
1. We blitzed early, but got out of lanes. That seemed to affect our desire to blitz later.
2. In our zone, we are being coached to key on the QB and when people flood a zone, we aren't picking them up instead we are still keying on the QB. He would change that.
3. Riley doesn't seem to be instinctual and therefore is getting late to plays. Compton is playing better.
4. Robinson and Kerrigan are our best defensive players.
5. He's never seen a player like Kerrigan get mugged so much.
6. Murphy had some good moments, but needs to learn to stay in his lane when rushing.
7. The defense looked real tired in the second half. They were much better in the first.
8. The DL did not look good at all. Baker is not an NT. Constantly gets knocked out of play and doesn't shed blocks. Bowen isn't ready to play. Getting washed out and pushed around. Not shedding blocks. He wouldn't even grade him because he felt it was bad and he can't be healthy.
9. Bad communication between CBs and Safetys. Examples of it going both ways. Feels our corners are real good in man to man and we should stick with that more. In zone they seem to be thinking too much.
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