Has the league figured out the cover 2?

[Citizens for 81]

I read this article earlier this morning. Interesting take by Williams.

I'm a big GW fan, but I couldn't help but think that this sounded like someone making excuses.

I give him credit for his apparent humility he displayed and his willingness to change things up.

I also feel this "soft middle" talk has come out this week because Marshall gave up a few plays over the middle last week.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Citizens for 81

I read this article earlier this morning. Interesting take by Williams.

I'm a big GW fan, but I couldn't help but think that this sounded like someone making excuses.

I give him credit for his apparent humility he displayed and his willingness to change things up.

I also feel this "soft middle" talk has come out this week because Marshall gave up a few plays over the middle last week.

I think that's a misinterpretation on your part, at no point does it sound like an excuse to me. He realizes that it's his job to stay ahead of the offense. It just seems like he's analyzing and explaining what has happened to the D.

I'm just glad to hear detailed thoughts out of the coaching staff. Gibbs can be frustrating because he just coach-speaks all the time, never offers any football thought. I know he's good at analyzing stuff, but we don't get a glimpse of what he's thinking. This article on GW shows that he thinks he's found the problem. That puts him one step closer to figuring out what to do about it.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I think that's a misinterpretation on your part, at no point does it sound like an excuse to me. He realizes that it's his job to stay ahead of the offense. It just seems like he's analyzing and explaining what has happened to the D.

I'm just glad to hear detailed thoughts out of the coaching staff. Gibbs can be frustrating because he just coach-speaks all the time, never offers any football thought. I know he's good at analyzing stuff, but we don't get a glimpse of what he's thinking. This article on GW shows that he thinks he's found the problem. That puts him one step closer to figuring out what to do about it.

Excellent point......GW also realizes by this being a copy cat league, everyone will continue to exploit your weaknesses until you find a remedy. It shows he's well aware of what's happening to his defense, and why. What's going to be interesting is what changes he's going to make in cover 2 to help make the center of the field less inviting to oposing offense's. He further intend's to solicit input from other DC's around the league in an atempt assist in his evaluation.