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But when passing offenses and pass defenses are "ranked" they only go by yards, not effiency. I agree it will not be effective if you throw a ton and the other team knows it, but you will rack up yards, thereby ranking high in "passing".
Ahhh... ok. So kind of a meaningless ranking then I would think.
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I agree about all the sacks and stuff. As a matter of fact, I used this exact arguement in defending Mcnabb, and you disagreed that the pass rush would be more effective if the other teams passes a lot and the defense expects it. I will look later, and copy and paste the relevant passages.
Hmmm. I don't recall. Doesn't seem like an arguement that I'd make. But bring it if you can. If so... I'll conceed error on my part.
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They have 4 new starters on defense, 2 new corners. In the base Tampa 2 the corners hae a very big responsability in run defense in keeping contain and turning all runs into the middle or making tackles on the outside. More that any other sceme IMO, corners in the Cover 2 need to be good run defenders.
This is pretty much fundamental footbal really. I don't think that it's specific to the Cover 2. I remember having the same thing drilled into my head in Canadian highschool football circa 1989.
And more basically... are these players "faster"?
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One could say the same thing about new England. They have led practically every minute of the season. They are just as untested. More I think. Indy just easily beat a team that historically has given the a lot of problems.
I agree. But historically, NE isn't the same as they are this year. This year they are just rolling over people offensively. In prior years, they won games in large part because of good defense. Whereas in prior years, Indy has always just rolled over teams offensively.
NE's D *is* untested as of this year... but they have past history on their side too. It also looks like Seymour is back (who I think is huge and underrated), as well as Harrison. I think that NE's D can only get better... which is scary.
