Cecil on the 3-man rush

Manning doesn't have 3 probowl receivers to "pick people apart" these days. Without his weapons, he's nothing.

 

The 3-man rush was a terrible decision. You can't just give Ben time to throw. Of course, it's easy to say that in retrospect, but I didn't like it as the play started.

I should add that I thought Cecil called a damned good defense for most of the game. They were excellent for 3 quarters. The D just got worn down in the 4th because the offense couldn't stay on the field.

 

chuck should have talked to dinger and told him that when they blitz, 7 step drops are not optimal.

 

If Harper would have jammed Holmes at the line and not let him go inside at all(and 'push' him towards the sideline), how would he have been able to run the quick slant route?
Granted he might be able to go down the sideline but it would take a couple more seconds for him to get open, a couple more seconds to allow our blitz to get to Ben.

Exactly. We should have been jamming the hell out of them.

 

For the life of me this is one of a few things the Titans do from a scheme standpoint that I just don't understand. Fisher's stubbornness to change would drive me nuts if I allowed it to.

 

Yea, the more I watch it the more I feel like at least half the problem was an issue in the secondary. It's not that he completed the pass - he's a good QB with good receivers, and he's going to make plays. The problem was that he completed the pass to a WR with no Titans within at least 5 yards of him when we had 8 men in coverage. The trade-off on the 3-man rush was supposed to be tight coverage... why didn't we have that?

 

I didn't like the outcome of the 3-man rush, but it was the right call to make before the snap. I just think Cecil should know; when Ben has time in the pocket, he finds open receivers down field.