If you can't apply pressure while having the best secondary it doesn't matter. Passing teams will always have an advantage.
its 2021 and analytics basically confirm that the truth is actually the exact opposite.
The issue is that we have to beat the Chiefs and there's no way around it. Mahomes is perfectly happy waiting for guys to get open. Without a good 4 man pass rush we're toast no matter how good the secondary is.
Pat mahomes puts himself in the laps of the pass rush at an alarming rate lol. And if you’re implying your defense can stop mahomes with a weak secondary, you’re wrong. Pass rush alone isn’t gonna stop or even slow mahomes, Andy Reid is content with throwing screens to hill and hardman and CEH, and quick routes to kelce.
Nobody is perfect. If you want to stand a chance against Mahomes, Reid and the Chiefs you absolutely have to limit big chunk plays. The more you have to pass the ball the more likely you make mistakes -> you have to force errors. And I believe that single high safety coverage will not stop them. You can't give them space to operate with. Nothing is more demoralizing than watching them cruise down the field in 1-3 plays.
Look no further than our 2014 defense which is quite literally the inverted version of our 2018-current defense.
And the way to do that is to play top down and double their playmakers, they can beat you with Watkins and hardman, but if you force them to beat you with Watkins and hardman well that’s the closest thing to being on the right track, if you let kelce and hill run then you can just hop on the bus at halftime and go home.
But holy shit was our secondary sorry as the season waned. Signing dudes off the street and whatnot. Add that pass-rush to THIS secondary when healthy and it's curtains.
Bro can you read? Where did I say pass rush alone will stop him? I said there needs to be good pass rush and secondary play. We don’t have a good pass rush.
Sheesh, someone is cranky
This is great news!!!!!
That was when I began believing secondary was more important than pass rush. That damn patriots game crushed me man, I think the way that team was humming, if they had a healthy jimmy and Webb they would have absolutely rolled to a super bowl, that would’ve been probably the best looking team of harbs career had we had a healthy secondary to finish the season.
