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We are all obviously very disappointed with the outcome of the game Sunday Night. All this talk about how there's a formula to stop Peyton and the Broncos. Press Man, Cover Two, Four Man rush that gets constant pressure and hits on Peyton Early and often.
Just as there is a formula to stop Peyton or so the NFL thinks, there's also a formula to beat that formula to beat him.
Peyton needs to be sharper and more patient. Baltimore played Cover 2 in the playoffs, and JAX and Indy ran press Cover 2. You beat Cover 2 through the seems and running the football. If this is the formula to stop Peyton, we need to exploit the weaknesses of that formula.
How do we do that?
Peyton needs to take what the defense is giving him. In the Cover 2, the areas that are the most vulnerable against this defense is the flats, short to intermediate throws underneath the safeties, putting receivers in motion to help against press, running receivers against the safety forcing him to choose, and the middle of the field. Countless times in the game thread there was complaining about, another run, or another pass into the flat. That's how you beat the Cover 2, unfortunately execution was terrible!
http://blogs.thescore.com/nfl/2011/1...ts-variations/
The three areas where the offense can improve to beat this formula:
OLine- Better protection in pass blocking, getting to the second level against favorable box counts.
RBs- There will be favorable box counts all season, our RBs need to get it together and run the ball for chunk yardage. The real estate is there, our RBs must take advantage. They also need to have the ability to catch passes in the flats, the edge is a weakness in the Cover 2.
WRs & TEs- The middle of the field and short and intermediate routes are there. Thomas and Welker need to have a bigger role against this defensive scheme. DT and Decker will need to sell comeback routes, which will open up the double move later in the game.
If we can run the ball well, a safety will have to cheat to stop the run or even sell out and come down in the box. If the WRs sell the comeback routes, there will be a couple of times when the double move will catch the defense. The big plays will be there, they may be reduced, but there will be opportunities, so we need better execution.
Just as there is a formula to stop Peyton or so the NFL thinks, there's also a formula to beat that formula to beat him.
Peyton needs to be sharper and more patient. Baltimore played Cover 2 in the playoffs, and JAX and Indy ran press Cover 2. You beat Cover 2 through the seems and running the football. If this is the formula to stop Peyton, we need to exploit the weaknesses of that formula.
How do we do that?
Peyton needs to take what the defense is giving him. In the Cover 2, the areas that are the most vulnerable against this defense is the flats, short to intermediate throws underneath the safeties, putting receivers in motion to help against press, running receivers against the safety forcing him to choose, and the middle of the field. Countless times in the game thread there was complaining about, another run, or another pass into the flat. That's how you beat the Cover 2, unfortunately execution was terrible!
http://blogs.thescore.com/nfl/2011/1...ts-variations/
The three areas where the offense can improve to beat this formula:
OLine- Better protection in pass blocking, getting to the second level against favorable box counts.
RBs- There will be favorable box counts all season, our RBs need to get it together and run the ball for chunk yardage. The real estate is there, our RBs must take advantage. They also need to have the ability to catch passes in the flats, the edge is a weakness in the Cover 2.
WRs & TEs- The middle of the field and short and intermediate routes are there. Thomas and Welker need to have a bigger role against this defensive scheme. DT and Decker will need to sell comeback routes, which will open up the double move later in the game.
If we can run the ball well, a safety will have to cheat to stop the run or even sell out and come down in the box. If the WRs sell the comeback routes, there will be a couple of times when the double move will catch the defense. The big plays will be there, they may be reduced, but there will be opportunities, so we need better execution.
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