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Indy couldn't stop **** all day yesterday. Teddy Cottrell's defense outplayed them all day long. This is a FLAWED defense that has been caught up to and exploited by offensive minds nowadays. Give me a good old 3-4 any day.
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Last year both teams in the Super Bowl ran the cover 2....Its proven to work if you have the right players
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Indy had the right players this year and the Bears were without a few and look where it got them.Originally posted by FerrygoatTo be the man you got to beat the man!Comment
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Make no bones about it, Indy won because of their offense. The Bears had the best Cover Two in the league and Indy lit them up pretty good. The only reason they didn't get lit up by the Bears was because of their ineptitude on offense. When the Cover Two has even the most minute breakdown it is prone to getting lit up really bad and things can get ugly in a hurry.Originally posted by FerrygoatComment
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Were both the teams in the Super Bowl last year Cover 2 schemes? Thanks, you can look at it any way that you want, but they were there....so like i said, if you have the right players, the defense worksOriginally posted by mchurchfieComment
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No freeney no win....
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You dont think that Mathis and Freeney being injured had anything to do with it? Rob Morris injured also. Indy had the best pass D in the NFL and the surprising thing about that is teams were usually trailing Indi and had to pass a lot to catch up and it made no difference.Originally posted by mchurchfie
Freeney being injured alone was a huge factor, with Mathis barely playing as well it makes perfect sense that they couldn't advance. DEs are the keys to a cover 2.
This defense has so many advantages. It's actually a brilliant concept.Comment
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Don't forget Anthony McFarland at DT. He was a big loss at DT in their version of the cover-2. Freeney, Mathis and McFarland.... wow, kinda amazing that they got that far really.Comment
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And, guess what defense the NY Giants were playing for most of the second half against Dallas? 3 points, 141 yards, and an INT. (Also shows how important it is to get pressure from the front 4 if you are going to play Cover 2).Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. And, thus it was that they surrendered their freedom; not with a bang, but without even a whimper.Comment
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C'mon now...the cover 2 is not the issue. Any scheme will fail without the right players, execution and play calling.Comment
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Right, I've seen the brilliance all year with the Bill's defense.Originally posted by MahdiComment
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I don't like the cover two it's predicated on speed not size. What ends up happening is as the game goes on your guys are small and fast but they tire in the 4th quarter and they are just a step slower...that spells doom against a good offense. When fatigue sets in if you are huge you are still huge.Comment
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And requisite experience.Originally posted by KerrComment
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cover 2 sux. i cant see how people still support it. its flawed, overated and outdated.Comment
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you guys make me laugh.
san diego has a 3-4 full of all stars and they got lit up by the colts.
400 yards passing with marvin harrison off?
and the colts had 4 turnovers right in SD's end, they could have easily had 12 more points kicking FGs or 28 more if they got touches, and all were on balls bouncing out of hands and unforced fumbles and fluke plays like that.
freeney, mathis, mcfarland.
3 pro bowl linemen missing.
how do you think the SD D would do missing merriman all season and then losing J.williams and olshansky? they'd give up even more yards.
if i was as dumb as half the posters here i'd swear that the 3-4 must be a worthless D, right?Comment
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