Owens and Evans were open frequently. I too was there and saw it.
Yes, you can roll safeties to aid in coverage but quite frequently Evans and Owens were open. Trent never looked downfield, never let routes develop. Part of that is on the Line for doing such a poor job.
Those safeties started off deep but when Jackson was running well, those safeties cheated up, a lot. It looked like AVP was setting them up to send something over the top but it never transpired.
The truth is this: Evans/Owens is a top-3 WR tandem. Evans can out run anyone on the field and Owens is bigger and stronger than any DB that matches up on him. There is no excuse for these guy to not have at least 5 catches and 60 yards each, every game.
TO is so good that he hasn't been held off the stat sheet since he was a rookie, that should tell you something right there. NO's porous defense didn't "suddenly" come to life and lock down Evans and Owens. We beat ourselves.
That and Jauron is the worst coach EVER.