HansLanda Posted November 15, 2010 Posted November 15, 2010 No, it's not. Chan said himself that he has no in-game involvement with the defense. If you start the argument there, we can. But the meltdown on that particular play had nothing to do with Gailey. I wish they'd go back to doing things the way they did under Fewell--Leodis. Yes coach? You're guarding Calvin Johnson today. Sounds good. Everyone got that? LEODIS is marking Calvin Johnson today. Gailey has to let his coaches know when to (or when they CAN'T) use timeouts. Making the Lions scramble to the 4th and 2 situation vs giving the time to think about it was not a good decision. If Edwards has that much leeway it should be rescinded after that. Completely agree about "marking" a player. The way Leodis was playing yesterday he should have been attached at Johnson's hip at all times.
Armchair GM Posted November 15, 2010 Posted November 15, 2010 They were playing a cover 2. Wheer the Safeties have the 2 "deep" halves of the field.He played that down exactly as he is supposed to. The underneath coverage is split into 4 quarters across the mid range of the field. The Underneath coverage is the one that blew the play. Finally, somone who recognizes a coverage when he sees it... no disrespect to anyone else, it's simply knowledge of defensive coverages. They didn't have Poz "covering CJ" on the play...CJ motioned into the slot where Poz's assignment was. It was Whitners responsibility to help him over the top and SURPRISE, Whitner was out of position because he sucks at coverage, they score...that is squarely on Whitner!
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