From March, 2006:
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/ramblings.php?p=167&cat=1
Can we say that this is possibly reflective to the breakdown of Carr in week 2 against the Colts? The dink and dunk offense didn't stand a chance against this style defense:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/justice/texans/3898813.htmlCarr is being asked to do less on the field than in the previous system. At one point last season, one NFL talent evaluator speculated Carr was being asked to make more on-the-field reads than most other NFL quarterbacks.
The West Coast offense he's now learning will be simpler in that he'll be asked to drop back quickly and run through his checklist of places he can throw the ball.
The Cover 2 stops a West coast offense extremely well, for a variety of reasons. In a true Cover 2, defensive linemen provide all the pressure. Blitzing should be unnecessary. Defensive lineman line up in gaps to slow the run, and make it more difficult for holes to open up. If the front 4 play their gaps correctly, they’ll clog up the running lanes and force the running backs to run outside, where the corners, linebackers, and safeties (the overall speed of the team) can all help.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/ramblings.php?p=167&cat=1
Can we say that this is possibly reflective to the breakdown of Carr in week 2 against the Colts? The dink and dunk offense didn't stand a chance against this style defense:
While the normal Cover 2 has each Linebacker or Cornerback covering about 1/5th the width of the safeties, who each cover half, the Tampa 2 pulls the middle linebacker into deep zone coverage as well, similiar to a Cover 3. What this does is allows the safeties to have to cover less ground, so they can cover the traditional soft zone past the corners more effectively. Since the middle linebacker drops into coverage to watch the center of the field, the four men underneath each cover about 25% the width of the field each.