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Originally Posted by barrett
Harrison can look back all day and he won't get any faster. He simply doesn't have the range to play a deep ball and be in run support. It is one or the other with him. If we guess it wrong before the snap, then he is out of the play. That is why you have seen us play alot of cover 1 with wilson (which you don't see much).
As for Reeves, you nailed it. His ball skills are poor. He does a good job of being in the play but a poor job of making it once he gets there. That's what makes him an average/mediocre #2 NFL corner.
My point was not about that play in particular though. It is about the original post that said we are giving up too many deep balls lately. I just wanted to point out that giving up a few more deep balls is an automatic trade-off when you blitz more (which obviously has helped our defense on the whole).
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Not to stick on that one play vs. the overall point of getting beat deep because of the blitz....but I can't resist. I think Harrison has the most responsibility on that play. No way to know without knowing the play call but that's how I saw it. I thought Reeves actually had a decent day.
I do agree that giving up big plays is a by product of blitzing. In this case we were so far on the other end of the spectrum with how conservative we played that we were still giving them up. I think the coaches just said "screw it we're getting beat anyway and we've got nothing to lose" and started blitzing. While it hasn't necessarily meant more sacks, I think there have been more hurried throws. My big concern is that when the next season starts, and we've got something to lose again, we crawl right back into the shell.