They were definitely absent from this game and quite possibly the other two games.
Blitzing- I have not seen much blitzing. Did I not notice the blitz or was it actually non-existent? It seemed that they almost always rushed 4, if not 3, and only sometimes rushed 5. Also, is this a bad thing or a good thing? On one hand, we aren't blitzing; on the other hand, we still got 4 sacks and 2 INT. What would that stat be if we did blitz?
Press Coverage- I saw a lot of cushion between the WR and the DB. There seemed to be a lot of curl and slant routes that were completed due to this coverage when the Browns were rolling in the middle parts of the game. Is there a reason we aren't playing press.
If we blitz and play press coverage, wouldn't that improve our defense? Is there a reason we aren't doing these things? If we don't fix these things, will next weeks game be a long one?
Throwing deep- I am confident we have not throw one deep ball all year. It would be nice to see one of these at least once or twice a game. If we actually complete these deep passes, God forbid Fitz actually do so, it would certainly open up the field.
Also, not to turn this thread into a wildcat thread, still not any tape of us throwing the ball in this formation this year. There's no threat of the throw if there hasn't been a throw in a year.