Titan's Defensive Issues Explained

Discussion in 'Tennessee Titans and NFL Talk' started by Soxcat, May 25, 2021.

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  1. HurrayTitans!

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    I agree on that with all teams going through it. Only “pass” is if this is a new scheme. Not all teams had a new scheme put in place, I’m not even certain the titans did but that execution is really, really bad if it’s not even a new scheme.
     
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  2. Soxcat

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    One mistake was running the robber look where they obviously saw Byard as the best option but that leaves Hooker or Vaccaro as the middle high safety. Technically the design is to stop crossing routes in the middle of the field but was a real liability on the outside and middle high. The trend in the NFL, unless a team runs a single high safety in Cover 1, is to have two Ss that are interchangeable.

    IMO the biggest improvement will be if Farley can be 100% healthy because that allows us to shift away from his side where we had a weakness last year with injury. Maybe we can try being less tricky and actually better in coverage. Any improvement in pass rush and we should see a big improvement.
     
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  3. ColtKiller

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    Honestly, Byard in 2019 took a huge step forward playing more of a hybrid SS / in the box sort of role. I'm not surprised that his FS utilization went down.
     
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  4. Soxcat

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    Even a slight improvement with our pass rush will make anything we do on the back end look better. Looks to me like the entire defense was a cluster, bad scheme, no pass rush, NB and CB lacking talent, lost our best cover LB....

    That is really a bad combination. Reminded me of 2001 where we lost Greg Williams as DC and had a bunch of injuries. Went from one of the best defenses in the league in 2000 to one of the worst in 2001.
     
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