The corners are lined up 10 yards off the LOS, many times they immediately begin to bail once the ball is snapped. I don't get it, it's easy to exploit but they continue to do it. What is the logic behind it? Below average teams exploit it, good teams will destroy it.
Someone please help me understand soft coverage
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No pressure on the QB dictates how they play call the defense as far as I can tell.
I have to believe if you're getting to the QB, it allows for less pocket time and can play tighter cause the patterns are shorter. More pocket time, need more cushion, underneath is open.
I have to believe if you're getting to the QB, it allows for less pocket time and can play tighter cause the patterns are shorter. More pocket time, need more cushion, underneath is open.
I know, if we didn't play soft coverage they might march right down the field on each drive... Oh wait...
It is to much to ask for the Hawks to comfortably win a game. Need an ulcer or it is not Hawk football.
Yep. Bend don't break is a very real scheme. Don't give up the big play and force the other team to make 17 play scoring drives without making a mistake. Somewhere in a drive there always seems to be a penalty, a turnover or a dropped pass that can end the drive short of points. Its a disciplined based system and fails miserably if people aren't in the correct place.
When it doesn't work though? Wouldn't you game plan for the possibility of the bend don't break breaking?
Ferentz strategy has always been to win the game - not the drive. We're going to give up points with that coverage but not as many as we're gonna score.
Tell that to Ohio State. They will smoke this coverage.
That strategy won't beat Ohio State, it won't even beat Nebraska.
You don't have to change the scheme while making 2nd half adjustments. It'll be interesting to see the tweaks made second half. I'd be surprised if a whole lot changed.
Why? I didn't think their QBs we're all that efficient?
I'd be worried about their running game and QB scrambles. Best chance is to make them beat you with short passes
Lack of a pass rush makes it very difficult on a secondary that has only one good cover guy.
It's not necessarily their QB efficiency, but their coaches ability to game plan for it.
True, but you can't argue as to the quality of opponent and quality of coaching staffs.
Purdue did Iowa a huge favor by dropping a number of key passes.
Part of the strategy. A lot of college teams don't pass the ball consistently. Plenty of bad passes and drops
Teams need to,just throw the dang ball against us. I shutter to think what will happen when a quality team throws 40 times against us.
Keep whining, Iowa coaches are laughing at you with their division title.
Tight coverage worked pretty well in the 1st qtr. Not sure why they changed it in the 2nd qtr, but it was a horrible decision.
Our pass defense sucks and our DC is borderline incompetent. We are definitely being carried by the offense at this point. The rest of these games are going to be track meets where our O is going to have to outscore people. We have been incredibly overrated on D this year and are just flat not very good on that side of the ball.
He's got a legit point though. I understand the philosophy, but I hate seeing our D hand them scoring drives.
I get it, but that's been Iowa football for 17 years. Lose the battle, win the war.
I'd be more happy with it if Ott was back. Loving the season though, it's truly amazing what is going on.
"From Iowa’s touchdown early in the second quarter until the game-changing 91-yard drive in the third, Purdue gained 207 yards to Iowa's 20. That Purdue managed just 13 points in that stretch speaks to the resolve of the Iowa defense, which bent but did not break."
We better adjust quickly, because Nebraska or Michigan/Michigan State could tear us to shreds.
People are saying things like "So what? We're still undefeated" or "Quit whining". This is a legitimate problem that needs to be solved asap. Especially when we play teams that are actually considered good.
People are saying things like "So what? We're still undefeated" or "Quit whining". This is a legitimate problem that needs to be solved asap. Especially when we play teams that are actually considered good.
We've played teams that are better than what people think. I agree with what you are saying though. It needs to be addressed, Minnesota took advantage of it, and now so has Purdue. To be honest, I'm neither concerned with MSU nor Nebraska though. I'm looking ahead.
We have ONE CB who is capable of close man coverage. The other defensive backs do not have those skills. I thlnk if we had a healthy Drew Ott (resulting in better pass rush), our DBs wouldn't have to play so soft. Parker is managing our defensive weakness and doing a good job at it
I have to say that beating a Big Ten team by 20 and not look the greatest doing it is better than beating an FIU team by 6 in OT. Black Friday beat down!!
I do have to say though that Maybin scares me as he seems to be getting beat every game, hope this doesn't come back to haunt us, but if he's in there, that means that whatever's behind him isn't much better.
I do have to say though that Maybin scares me as he seems to be getting beat every game, hope this doesn't come back to haunt us, but if he's in there, that means that whatever's behind him isn't much better.
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