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[QUOTE="DomeHolmes, post: 5489095, member: 10113"]
I always watch slow motion  because it exposes so much of what you couldnt see in real time. Lots of mistakes to go around.   It’s clear to me many of our mistakes are not necessarily due to defensive line getting eaten up, (which they were) as it is lack of instinctive play by our linebackers and safeties.   We just don’t have very good “read and react” players. There are two overriding mistakes though that are constantly made by the defensive coordinator.

1.  We often rushed five or six and completely VACATED THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.  Leaving us open to being attacked down the middle or swing passes to running backs.    There always has to be somebody 10 yards deep in the middle of the field with eyes in the backfield.  We often didn’t have this, and we were often exposed.  That is a scheme issue.

2.  Our cushions are too big. We die a death by 1000 cuts.  Make an inaccurate quarterback beat close coverage,  don’t let him throw easy 7 yard passes over and over thinking you are “keeping it in front of you”.
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