 }})
Lost amid all the hand-wringing on offense is the relative underperformance of the defense in 2009.
Blache is running schemes that don't fit the personnel and then has at least 2 or 3 players playing out of position.
Blache is too conservative and fails to pressure opposing quarterbacks on key downs.
Last night Manning sat back and shredded the zone defenses he saw on third down.
The idea you are goinf to get Manning to make unforced errors and undo his teams drives without pressure is foolishness.
That works against rookies and younger qbs but not tested veterans.
Ask yourself why the defense came up short against Dallas and Philadelphia in the fourth quarter and you can point to a lack of aggressiveness.
The other factor here is that the Redskins backfield is not well-suited to playing zone.
Hall and Tryon are smallish cover guys and not good open field tacklers. Landry at free safety is not instinctual and is not consistently in the right place in the zone.
Teams that run the Tampa zone have corners like Rhonde Barber and Sheldon Brown, who are excellent tacklers and positionally sound. They are backed up by a free safety that covers the deep gaps.
The Redskins without changes at CB and FS would be better served being more aggressive with their strength, the front seven, and creating pressure up front rather than sitting back.
Zorn needs to go but he needs to take Blache with him.
Posted via BGO Mobile Device
Blache is running schemes that don't fit the personnel and then has at least 2 or 3 players playing out of position.
Blache is too conservative and fails to pressure opposing quarterbacks on key downs.
Last night Manning sat back and shredded the zone defenses he saw on third down.
The idea you are goinf to get Manning to make unforced errors and undo his teams drives without pressure is foolishness.
That works against rookies and younger qbs but not tested veterans.
Ask yourself why the defense came up short against Dallas and Philadelphia in the fourth quarter and you can point to a lack of aggressiveness.
The other factor here is that the Redskins backfield is not well-suited to playing zone.
Hall and Tryon are smallish cover guys and not good open field tacklers. Landry at free safety is not instinctual and is not consistently in the right place in the zone.
Teams that run the Tampa zone have corners like Rhonde Barber and Sheldon Brown, who are excellent tacklers and positionally sound. They are backed up by a free safety that covers the deep gaps.
The Redskins without changes at CB and FS would be better served being more aggressive with their strength, the front seven, and creating pressure up front rather than sitting back.
Zorn needs to go but he needs to take Blache with him.
Posted via BGO Mobile Device
