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[QUOTE="007, post: 4786884, member: 393"]
I agree with some of this, but from a schematic understanding, the coverages are not as simplistic as the "DBs were in man coverage with no safety help most of the time." One of the fundamental principles of Long's coverage schemes is not to get beat over the top. In fact, one of his core beliefs is that teams are not going to beat you very often if you are only giving up FGs. He plays a mixture and man and zone coverages on most of the obvious passing situations. It is almost always the safeties who are responsible for taking away or providing support on deep crossing patterns, with the Rover (hybrid safety/LB) often responsible for intermediate middle crossing routes when not blitzing. Too often, the safeties were getting beat because they couldn't maintain inside leverage.

Maye was the worst possible match up for this coverage scheme. Not only because of his arm talent but also his ability to read coverages pre and post snap while also avoiding the rush when there was pressure.
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