Redskins vs Vikings gameday thread

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by REDSKINS4ever

There's only one way to contain a scrambling quarterback and it's spying him with an inside LB. Either Riley or Fletcher could have contained Webb yesterday, just like they could have spied Cam Newton earlier this season. When an NFL defense can't stop a college play like the old option play, then it falls on the defensive coordinator. After the defense saw the option the first time, Haslett should have had London Fletcher or Perry Riley spy the QB. That's how you stop that play. That's also how you keep a QB from killing you with his legs.

With a QB spy though, you have to be willing to rush just three guys at the quarterback and live with the consequences of that. And beyond that, that spy would have had to be Orakpo or Kerrigan because Fletcher and Riley already have man to man responsibility.

If our secondary had given up yards in chunks because we didn't want to get beat by Joe Webbs legs, then while you may be "forcing him to beat you with his arm", you are also putting an awful burden on your secondary to cover receivers for a length of time they aren't designed to do.

The QB spy is dump. Rush all four and trust them to not get owned by the opposing OL. Or if you can't keep Webb in the pocket rushing four, then bring the blitzes and try to end the play early. Don't spy him and make it easy on him simply because he has good legs.

[REDSKINS4ever]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

With a QB spy though, you have to be willing to rush just three guys at the quarterback and live with the consequences of that. And beyond that, that spy would have had to be Orakpo or Kerrigan because Fletcher and Riley already have man to man responsibility.

If our secondary had given up yards in chunks because we didn't want to get beat by Joe Webbs legs, then while you may be "forcing him to beat you with his arm", you are also putting an awful burden on your secondary to cover receivers for a length of time they aren't designed to do.

The QB spy is dump. Rush all four and trust them to not get owned by the opposing OL. Or if you can't keep Webb in the pocket rushing four, then bring the blitzes and try to end the play early. Don't spy him and make it easy on him simply because he has good legs.

In a 3-4 defense, you are better off assigning one of the ILB to be a spy since he's in the center of the formation in front of the QB. If Haslett calls for Fletcher or Riley to spy, then he can only rush one OLB along with the front three. Either Orakpo or Kerrigan will drop back in coverage along with one of the inside linebackers. When spying, it would be better for the Redskins to play a soft zone coverage.

If Webb, Cam Newton, or Michael Vick decides to tuck the football and run, then Fletcher or Riley will be there to stop him. At best, or worst for the defense, the scrambling quarterback will only gain 1 or two yards at the most. They key would be for whichever inside linebacker to mirror the QB in every direction he goes when he drops back to pass. As mentioned above, Richie Pettibon did this all the time to Randall Cunningham and other QBs from his coaching era that liked to run with the football.