Springs

[Mc2guy]

Originally Posted by #56fanatic

while I know Springs coming back will definately sure up our pass coverage, the key is pressure on the QB. Williams has to be creative in getting pressure on Eli this week. I think he took a big step last week in blitzing Arch. He took Arch and blitzed him instead of having him in pass coverage, and Arch was effective in blitzing. I think Rumph can be effective as a nickel back. Kenny has picked up his game in the last week or so and Rogers definately played better last week. Taylor will be asked to play more coverage this week against shockey as well as Marcus. If we can get some pressure on Eli quick, to force him to get rid of the ball early we can get some picks and some bad throws.

Overall, I think it comes down to pressure and getting off the field on 3rd down. Stopping barber on 1st down, putting them in 2nd and 3rd and long.

Funny, I think that blitzing Arch is the reason we had to go to overtime last week. The last drive we blitzed 3 times to try and get pressure on Leftwich. The result was that Jax drove the length of the field picking up massive chunks of yardage at a time. Pressure on the QB HAS to come without the blitz for the defense to have much success against a good passing team. A quality quarterback will shred a blitzing defense, especially when he has decent receivers and the secondary is in shambles. You can't leave guys on an island when they aren't good enought to go man-to-man with the receivers and the 4th quarter of last week's game proved my point.