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Puck said:maybe thats why the Ravens shut-out Tampa Bay
TitanJeff said:How would you have felt about the technique if McCareins fought off a jam and caught one in the corner of the endzone?
TitanJeff said:The Eagles and Ravens get it done with their DL more than most. Freeney would be a stud on any team.
TitanJeff said:Yet, with the exception of KVB and Hayesworth for stretches, we didn't get much pressure on Pennington all game long. What does that tell you?
TitanJeff said:What a blitz often does is leave holes in the secondary. Pennington, and his short drops, made the reads and burned the Titans a few times when a blitz didn't get to him by hitting something quick in the vacated areas.
TitanJeff said:Bottom line, blitzing is effective if used strategically. The Titans do use it more than I think you give them credit for. But the pressure the DL gets so that a couple of them require double teams just makes the blitz that much more effective.
So, in your mind, it is ALWAYS better to jam the WR in that situation even though our #1 corner is six inches shorter and 40 pounds lighter than some of the more physical receivers he covers?Vigsted said:That would have been either bad ply by our corner or great play by McCareins. Playing him soft allowing him to break across the middle for an easy catch would be bad scheme.
"When healthy" is the key there, isn't it? And KVB is about all we've got to hang our hat on as a consistent pass rusher. I think our lack of pressure on opposing QBs with our front four says it all. You, yourself, said we needed to blitz more to get pressure because our front four can't get it done. So I think we are agreement on our DL. The solution is where we differ. I see some serious scheme flaws by overusing the blitz.KVB would be a stud on any team, so would Haynesworth (when healthy).
And the Titans do as well. The difference is the top teams also get it done with only their front four too and are more effective because they have players on their DL who will beat a one-on-one matchup more often.Did you borrow that paragraph from Jim "You can't blitz Manning" Schwartz? The best defences in this league have always used a variety of blitzes, Eagles blitzes alot, Patriots blitzes a lot, Steelers blitzes a lot, Redskins blitzes a lot, so do the Ravens and while I don't follow the Bears much, I'd be surprised if they don't blitz regularly.
C'mon, man. It's only sound scheme if player executes it properly? All Schwartz can do is put his players in position to make plays. Yet he gets blame for when Hill can't make a read or bites on a fake.Well, considering that aside from 1 play by Finnegan, we didn't accomplish anything with these blitzes, they're not being used in a strategically sound way.
TitanJeff said:So, in your mind, it is ALWAYS better to jam the WR in that situation even though our #1 corner is six inches shorter and 40 pounds lighter than some of the more physical receivers he covers?
TitanJeff said:"When healthy" is the key there, isn't it? And KVB is about all we've got to hang our hat on as a consistent pass rusher. I think our lack of pressure on opposing QBs with our front four says it all. You, yourself, said we needed to blitz more to get pressure because our front four can't get it done. So I think we are agreement on our DL. The solution is where we differ. I see some serious scheme flaws by overusing the blitz.
TitanJeff said:C'mon, man. It's only sound scheme if player executes it properly? All Schwartz can do is put his players in position to make plays. Yet he gets blame for when Hill can't make a read or bites on a fake.
TitanJeff said:I think I get your position here though. If a blitz doesn't work, Schwartz gets the blame because he didn't get pressure AND he left a hole for the QB to hit a receiver for a easy, big play. If he doesn't blitz, he's a pansy.
Riiiiiiight.Vigsted said:No, if it's 3rd and long or any other situation were short yardage isn't crucial, it perfectly fine to give a cushion. This situation wasn't one of them.
In other words, if the blitz isn't effective, give em more!I never said to overuse it, but I think Schwartz isn't using it enough. As I said, besides Finnegan I didn't see a single blitz that put any pressure on Pennington, didn't even come close. Even if the player doesn't get there, at least collapsing the pocket should be possible.
I believe in '04 and '05, we had less talent and experience. Combined, that isn't a good thing. We bring in some help and the rest of the guys mature and I think we'll see a much better defense this season.But this all goes back to the talent versus coaching discussion. You believe we don't have talent on defence and I believe our talent is being misused.
TitanJeff said:In other words, if the blitz isn't effective, give em more!
TitanJeff said:Schwartz should have the horses to do some things on defense he hasn't done since '03 when the Titans D was pretty good.
It's poor scheming in my book if you repeat errors. I don't abandon the blitz but I also don't overuse it for the sake of doing it if is isn't successful.Vigsted said:Would you rather give up on it and just let opposing QB's shred our secondary to pieces?
Revisionist history?Like some other posters here, I'm starting to question whether the defence was really that good in 2002/2003 or if it was a result of a much better offence forcing the other teams be 1 dimensional.
Sledge said:Not to sound rhetorical, but we had a shot at Antrel Rolle and did not take it